A U.S. jury ruled March 19 that agrochemical company Monsanto’s weed killer product, Roundup, was a contributing factor in causing cancer. It is the second such ruling.
Shares in Bayer, the German parent company of Monsanto, fell more than 12 percent on March 20 after the latest jury decision made in the San Francisco federal court. The unanimous decision was not a finding of Bayer’s liability for the cancer of plaintiff Edwin Hardeman.
