Bayer ordered to pay $2.1 billion in Roundup cancer lawsuit - Vida Newspaper

A court in the US state of Georgia has ordered German chemical giant Bayer to pay $2.1 billion (1.9 billion euros) in damages over a link between its Roundup herbicide and cancer. Bayer will appeal the decision, according to a statement on the company's website.

A jury in the state of Georgia (USA) ordered the German pharmaceutical multinational Bayer to pay approximately $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claims that its Roundup herbicide, whose main ingredient is glyphosate, caused cancer. Bayer announced that it plans to appeal the verdict, issued Friday night, according to local US media reports. The company has already paid $10 billion to settle disputes related to Roundup and still faces approximatel…