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Bayer to appeal $2 billion verdict in Roundup cancer lawsuit

Name: Bayer to appeal $2 billion verdict in Roundup cancer lawsuit
Uploaded: 2019-05-14T07:14:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 54 s
Description: Bayer, the company behind the maker of Roundup weed killer, plans to appeal a $2 billion verdict against it. On Monday a jury in California found the herbicide was linked to an elderly couple’s cancer. The judgement is the third since August against Monsanto’s parent company, Bayer. Anna Werner reports.

Bayer, the company behind the maker of Roundup weed killer, plans to appeal a $2 billion verdict against it. On Monday a jury in California found the herbicide was linked to an elderly couple’s cancer. The judgement is the third since August against Monsanto’s parent company, Bayer. Anna Werner reports.