Lawsuits accusing Bayer weedkiller Roundup of causing cancer have increased from 8,700 in August to 9,300 in October. Bayer took ownership of the weedkiller as part of its acquisition of Monsanto. Plaintiffs claim Monsanto either knew, or should have known, the dangers of the product. Bayer argued that studies and regulators have said the weedkiller's compound is safe. Bayer has lost €30bn ($33.9bn) in market capitalisation since August, when a US jury ruled the company liable for a former groundskeeper's terminal German lymphoma. The company has since launched an appeal against the decision.
Lawsuits accusing Bayer weedkiller Roundup of causing cancer have increased from 8,700 in August to 9,300 in October. Bayer took ownership of the weedkiller as part of its acquisition of Monsanto. Plaintiffs claim Monsanto either knew, or should have known, the dangers of the product. Bayer argued that studies and regulators have said the weedkiller's compound is safe. Bayer has lost €30bn ($33.9bn) in market capitalisation since August, when a US jury ruled the company liable for a former groundskeeper's terminal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The company has since launched an appeal against the decision.