Roundup Was “Substantial” Factor In Man’s Cancer, Jury Says.

reports that “Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man’s cancer, a jury determined Tuesday.” The jury’s verdict “in federal court in San Francisco came in a lawsuit filed against Roundup’s manufacturer, agribusiness giant Monsanto.” The California man, Edwin Hardeman, “was the second plaintiff to go to trial out of thousands around the country who claim the weed killer causes cancer.” He was “diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2015.” The New York Times (3/19, Zaveri) reports that the “verdict concluded the first of two phases in the federal case about the possible health risks of Roundup and whether Monsanto misled the man, Edwin Hardeman, about those risks.” The case’s second phase, “which begins Wednesday, will focus on whether Monsanto, which was acquired by Bayer AG last year, should be held liable for partly causing Mr. Hardeman’s cancer, said his lawyer, Jennifer Moore.” Hardeman’s attorney “said lawyers would seek to prove that Monsanto manipulated public opinion and science to play down Roundup’s health risks.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/jury-roundup-weed-killer-is-major-factor-in-mans-cancer/2019/03/19/5fe43864-4a99-11e9-8cfc-2c5d0999c21e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4f35ba30eb2f