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Monday, March 31, 2025

A jury in Georgia has ordered Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, to pay nearly $2.1 billion to a man who says the weed killer Roundup gave him cancer. This is one of the largest verdicts yet in lawsuits against the product. The jury's decision includes $65 million for damages and $2 billion as a punishment. John Barnes filed the lawsuit in 2021 after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The verdict will help him get the treatment he needs and expose the truth about Roundup's risks. Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018, denies that Roundup causes cancer and plans to appeal. The company argues that scientific evidence and global regulators support the product's safety. However, Bayer has faced over 177,000 lawsuits and set aside $16 billion for settlements. Documentary about Monsanto: documentary.net

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Why Bayer bought Monsanto is anyone's guess, but this don't look smart.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-31 10:08 AM | Reply

About the acquisition, one blogger wrote that Bayer did not buy Monsanto because they were struggling. Bayer is struggling because they bought Monsanto. That transaction meant the legal risks Monsanto assumed now lie with Bayer, and so far this has not done any good for the German company. Bayer made the assumptions that the legal risks wouldn't be so bad because Monsanto's patents were worth it. But Bayer leadership underestimated just how bad Monsanto's business practices were.

Also, the EU has been attempting to ban Monsanto's products for years. Europe has a "farmer vs environmentalist feud," played out the most vocally in France. The US market may have seemed safer for these carcinogenic products, so Bayer put aside billions for the imminent lawsuits.

phys.org

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-31 01:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I know way too much about Bayer's legal woes.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-31 02:03 PM | Reply

It's time to revoke their patents and trademarks again!

#4 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-03-31 08:27 PM | Reply

"Bayer made the assumptions that the legal risks wouldn't be so bad because Monsanto's patents were worth it. But Bayer leadership underestimated just how bad Monsanto's business practices were."

Time to pull a Johnson and Johnson!

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-31 08:30 PM | Reply

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