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• 否认 — Bayer

  "We are pleased with the jury's favorable verdict for Monsanto validating our belief that there is no evidence to prove design defect, fraud or negligence claims in the Roundup litigation,"

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• The three women had said they were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after regularly using the weedkiller.

• The German pharmaceutical giant Bayer won a trial on Thursday over claims the Roundup weedkiller, manufactured by subsidiary Monsanto, caused cancer in three women. The Missouri jury sided unanimously with Bayer.

• A Missouri circuit court jury reached a unanimous verdict in favor of Monsanto Oct. 29 in the three-plaintiff case of Theresa Aretino, et al. v. Monsanto Company, the first Roundup trial since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Monsanto v. Durnell.

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• 否认 — Monsanto

  Reportedly, Monsanto denies the allegations in the plaintiffs’ complaint and further denies any liability.

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• The plaintiffs lawsuit alleged that Monsanto committed fraud by not alerting consumers on the product that it is linked to cancer.

• Reportedly, Monsanto denies the allegations in the plaintiffs’ complaint and further denies any liability.

• A group of Roundup users asked the Delaware District Court to give preliminary approval to a $45 million settlement and certify a nationwide class of consumers in a lawsuit against Monsanto Co., the company which produces Roundup.

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• The Wall Street Journal reported that Bayer has agreed to draft settlement terms with law firms representing tens of thousands of people alleging its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer.

• agreed to pay more than $10 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits claiming that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer.

• Bayer did not admit any wrongdoing or liability as part of the settlement.

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• Bayer-Monsanto have announced that the company will make a total payment of $10.1 billion to $10.9 billion (€9.1 billion to €9.8 billion) to settle the non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Roundup litigation in the U.S..

• Bayer also revealed Wednesday a series of agreements that resolve cases representing some of the company’s exposure to PCB water litigation.

• One agreement establishes a class that includes all local governments with EPA permits involving water discharges impaired by PCBs.

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• It also struck a separate deal with attorneys general in New Mexico, Washington state, and the District of Columbia to resolve PCB claims for $170 million.

• Bayer will pay $400 million to farmers who claimed their crops were damaged from dicamba.

• Bayer CEO Werner Baumann called the decision to settle the lawsuits the right one in order to end a long period of uncertainty.

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• 否认 — Bayer

  In a statement Tuesday, Bayer said, "The appeal court's decision to reduce the compensatory and punitive damages is a step in the right direction, but we continue to believe that the jury's verdict and damage awards are inconsistent with the evidence at trial and the law.

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• But the California Court of Appeal in San Francisco reduced the award to groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson, who suffers from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, from $78.5 million to $20.5 million.

• A former Vallejo groundskeeper with terminal cancer won an appeal Monday against Monsanto Co., which was seeking to overturn a trial court decision to award the man more than $75 million in damages.

• In a statement Tuesday, Bayer said, "The appeal court's decision to reduce the compensatory and punitive damages is a step in the right direction, but we continue to believe that the jury's verdict and damage awards are inconsistent with the evidence at trial and the law.

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• 澄清 — Bayer

  Bayer has long said regulators have deemed glyphosate safe. “We continue to stand strongly behind the safety and utility of Roundup,” the company said.

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• Bayer has long said regulators have deemed glyphosate safe. “We continue to stand strongly behind the safety and utility of Roundup,” the company said.

• The decision by the California Court of Appeal came after a San Francisco jury had in August 2018 awarded $289.2 million to the plaintiff Dewayne Johnson for his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a sum later cut by the trial judge to $78.5 million (all figures US$).

• In its 86-page decision, the appeals court said Johnson offered “abundant” evidence that glyphosate, together with other ingredients in Roundup products, caused his cancer.

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• The Court of Appeal later reduced the damages to $20.5 million.

• Bayer AG has asked California’s Supreme Court to review a decision awarding $20.5 million to a groundskeeper who claimed the company’s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, arguing the ruling was at odds with federal law and settled legal principles.

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• 否认 — Bayer Australia

  In a statement, Bayer Australia said it had great sympathy for any individual with cancer, but the "extensive body of science" on glyphosate-based herbicides supported the conclusion that Roundup did not cause non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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• Mr Wild's case was lodged with the Victorian Supreme Court earlier this week.

• In a statement, Bayer Australia said it had great sympathy for any individual with cancer, but the "extensive body of science" on glyphosate-based herbicides supported the conclusion that Roundup did not cause non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

• Mr Carbone said the warnings on Roundup bottles were inadequate and his client's clothes and body had been "drenched" in the herbicide over a 40-year period of use.

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• German chemical giant Bayer said on Monday it had asked a US federal appeals court to reverse a $25 million (€22.4 million) judgment ordering it to pay a California man who blamed the weedkiller Roundup for his cancer.

• Bayer AG has asked California’s Supreme Court to review a decision awarding $20.5 million to a groundskeeper who claimed the company’s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, arguing the ruling was at odds with federal law and settled legal principles.