‘Completely safe’: Monsanto owner Bayer hit by new wave of lawsuits over Roundup weed killer
German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer disclosed that lawsuits from 9,300 plaintiffs were pending at the end of October. The lawsuits allege that the company’s recently acquired weed-killing product causes cancer.
Plaintiffs claim that Roundup weed killers, which Bayer acquired in its takeover of US agrochemical firm Monsanto, made them ill and that the company knew or should have known of the risks but failed to warn adequately.
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, which is the most popular weed killer in the US.
“We continue to believe that we have meritorious defenses and intend to defend ourselves vigorously in all of these lawsuits,” said Bayer’s chief executive Werner Baumann.
He acknowledged, however, that “more lawsuits are to be expected.” There were 8,700 lawsuits against the company as of the end of August.
https://www.rt.com/business/443852-bayer-monsanto-weedkiller-lawsuits/
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