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A United States (US) court has ordered the parent company for the world-renowned weed killer, Roundup, to pay US$2 billion in damages to a couple who claimed that their non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL) was caused by decades of using the product. The award to Albe…

David Knight hosts this live, Tuesday transmission to bring an alternative analysis of today’s top news stories. Bayer’s subsidiary company, the infamous Monsanto, has been hit with a $2 billion dollar loss after a third lawsuit against the company over the …

Another Roundup verdict is in, and once again, bizarre new tax rules make the IRS the biggest winner. This time, a Northern California jury found that Monsanto failed to warn users that Roundup was dangerous, awarding Alva and Alberta Pilliod&nbs…

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A couple who blame the weedkillerRoundup Ready for causing their cancer have been awarded £1.5bn. A jury in California on Monday ordered Monsanto to pay damages to Alva and Alberta Pilliod, both in their 70s, in the third and largest courtroom loss for the a…

Berninger said he "firmly believes that other countries in Europe will be affected. "We consider what we have seen so far to be completely inappropriate," he said. "However, we were of the opinion that the reports of these dealings with journalists, politic…

A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date against the company in litigation over the chemical. The large puni…

This article, Jury awards couple $2 billion in weed killer cancer trial, originally appeared on CBSNews.com A jury in Oakland, California, has awarded a couple $2 billion in punitive damages after concluding that sustained exposure to Monsanto Co.'s popular …

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Bayer acquired Roundup as part of its takeover of US company Monsanto A jury in California has awarded more than $2bn (£1.5bn) to a couple who said the weedkiller Roundup was responsible for their cancer. It is the third ti…

A Californian jury has ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay $US2 billion ($2.8b) to a couple who say they contracted cancer after using the commonly used weedkiller, Roundup. Monsanto $2 billion jury payout order Key points: Alberta and Alva Pilliod used…