Source: PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE, 6/29/20

The German company Bayer has agreed to shell out around $10 billion to around 95,000 plaintiffs who alleged that glyphosate, the key ingredient in its Roundup weed killer, gave them cancer. Roundup originally was developed by Monsanto in the early 1970s. Bayer bought the company in 2018. The company said these agreements contain no admission of liability or wrongdoing. Senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity Nathan Donley said the health concerns around glyphosate are alarming, yet the herbicide continues to be touted as safe by Bayer and the Environmental Protection Agency.

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