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Jury finds Monstanto's Roundup cause a man's cancer

by VTV420 March 2019 Last updated at 13:22 PM

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VTV.vn - A jury in federal court in San Francisco has concluded that Roundup weed killer of manufacturer, agribusiness giant Monsanto was a substantial factor in a California man's cancer.

The unanimous verdict on Tuesday came in a trial that plaintiffs' attorneys said could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits against Monsanto. It was the second jury verdict to find that Roundup caused non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Tuesday's verdict came in the case of 70-year-old Edwin Hardeman, who had used this weed killer for 25 years.The judge overseeing Hardeman's lawsuit had split the trial into two phases.The trial will now proceed to the damages phase.