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Germany’s Bayer reports rise in number of Roundup lawsuits

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2019, file photo, containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco. A Northern California judge has upheld a jury's verdict that Monsanto's Roundup herbicide caused cancer in a couple but reduced damages from $2 billion to $86.7 million. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Judge reduces $2B award in Monsanto Roundup case to $87M

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US judge slashes $80 million award in Monsanto cancer case

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2019, file photo, containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco. A federal judge said at a hearing Tuesday, July 2, 2019, that he will reconsider a jury's $80 million damage award to a Sonoma cancer victim who used Monsanto's Roundup weed-killer. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Judge to reassess $80 million award in Monsanto cancer case

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Bayer to invest $5.6 billion in new weed killing methods

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Key West bans weed killer after $2B California jury decision

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California jury awards couple $2 billion in verdict against Monsanto in third decision involving Rou

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CEO Werner Baumann, right, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Werner Wenning, left, shake hands during the annual general meeting of the Bayer stock company in Bonn, Germany, Friday, April 26, 2019. Following the record acquisition of U.S. biotech and seed company Monsanto, Bayer's agricultural business has become a risk for the German chemical company. Bayer is facing enormous cost if the U.S. court will find Monsanto's glyphosate to be causing cancer. Since the take-over of Monsanto in June 2018, Bayer lost around half of its value in market capitalization. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Bayer managers face shareholders amid Monsanto fallout

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Edwin Hardeman, right, speaks next to attorney Aimee Wagstaff at a news conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. A U.S. jury has awarded $80 million in damages to Hardeman in a high-stakes trial over his claim that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Man awarded $80M in lawsuit claiming Roundup causes cancer

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

French activists of Attac spray-paint the Paris headquarters of Bayer AG to protest its production of environment-damaging pesticides in la Garenne Colombes, suburb of Paris, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Germany-based Bayer is also under fire from environmental activists in Europe and the U.S. for production of weed killer Roundup by its subsidiary Monsanto. Roundup's key ingredient glyphosate has been blamed for health problems including cancer. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Shares in Germany’s Bayer plunge on US weed killer ruling

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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019 file photo, containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco. A jury in federal court in San Francisco has concluded that Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man's cancer. The unanimous verdict on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, came in a trial that plaintiffs' attorneys said could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits against Roundup's manufacturer, agribusiness giant Monsanto. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Jury: Roundup weed killer is major factor in man’s cancer

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 26, 2017 file photo shows containers of Roundup, a weed killer made by Monsanto, on a shelf at a hardware store in Los Angeles. A jury in federal court in San Francisco will decide whether Roundup weed killer caused a California man's cancer in a trial starting Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, that plaintiffs' attorneys say could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

High-stakes trial starts in Roundup weed killer cancer claim

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Baltimore sues chemical company Monsanto over PCB pollution

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Illustration on anti-chemical lawsuits by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Litigation over the use of Roundup weedkiller reveals trouble to come

By Paul Driessen

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2018 file photo, plaintiff DeWayne Johnson, a school groundskeeper who says Roundup weed-killer caused his cancer, leaves a courtroom in San Francisco. Agribusiness giant Monsanto is appealing a $78 million verdict in favor of a dying California man who said the company's widely used Roundup weed killer was a major factor in his cancer. The company filed a notice of appeal Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in San Francisco Superior Court challenging the August jury verdict in favor of Johnson. (AP Photo/Paul Elias, File)

Monsanto appeals $78M verdict in California weed killer suit

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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2018 file photo, Dewayne Johnson reacts after hearing the verdict in his case against Monsanto at the Superior Court of California in San Francisco. A Northern California groundskeeper says he will accept a judge's reduced verdict of $78 million against Monsanto after a jury found the company's weed killer caused his cancer. DeWayne Johnson's attorney informed the San Francisco Superior Court on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. (Josh Edelson/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Groundskeeper accepts reduced $78 million Monsanto verdict

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The Latest: Monsanto weed killer legal battle to last years

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FILE - In this June 28, 2011, file photo, bottles of Roundup herbicide, a product of Monsanto, are displayed on a store shelf in St. Louis. German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG announced Monday, May 23, 2016, that it has made a $62 billion offer to buy U.S.-based crops and seeds specialist Monsanto. A Northern California judge has upheld a jury's verdict finding Monsanto's weed killer caused a groundskeeper's cancer, but slashed his $287 million award to $78 million. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos ruled Monday, Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Monsanto weed killer ruling is 1st step in long legal battle

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Trump taps ex-Monsanto executive to lead wildlife agency

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press