For the
second time, a California jury has decided a man’s cancer was caused by a
glyphosate-based weed killer. The six-person
jury deliberated a full week, ruling Round Up was a significant factor in plaintiff Edwin Hardeman developing non-Hodgkin
lymphoma. Hardeman used the product for
26 years to control weeds and poison oak on his property.
Unlike
an earlier trial, the Hardeman vs. Bayer’s Monsanto unit was separated into two
phases. The first phase focused on if
glyphosate is carcinogenic. The second
phase will now look at what punitive damages might be assessed against Bayer.
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