Monsanto ordered to pay US$2b in new Roundup trial

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SAN FRANCISCO: A jury in California on Monday (May 13) ordered Bayer-owned Monsanto to pay more than US$2 billion damages to a couple who sued on grounds the weed killer Roundup caused their cancer, lawyers said. The award was the latest in a series of court defeats for Monsanto over Roundup. The …