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August 13, 2018

Monsanto Ordered to Pay $289 Million After Groundskeeper Got Cancer from Roundup Exposure
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A jury in California has ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million in damages
to a school groundskeeper who developed cancer after regularly using the
Roundup weed killer. The 46-year-old man, Dewayne Johnson, has
non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Doctors say he is unlikely to live past 2020.
Judge Suzanne Ramos Bolanos read the jury's verdict.

Judge Suzanne Ramos Bolanos: "Was the Roundup Pro or Ranger Pro design a
substantial factor in causing harm to Mr. Johnson? Answer: Yes."

Monsanto faces more than 5,000 similar lawsuits around the country
involving Roundup and other weed killers containing glyphosate.


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