Bayer Notches More Wins in Roundup Weedkiller Cancer Trials
March 5, 2024 | Source: Reuters | by Brendan Pierson
March 5 (Reuters) – Bayer (BAYGn.DE), opens new tab on Tuesday said it won a trial in a lawsuit brought by a retired postal service worker in Pennsylvania who alleged he developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma from using the company’s Roundup weedkiller.
In addition to the jury verdict in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Bayer said a California farmer, who said he contracted the same type of cancer from exposure to the product, and his wife on Tuesday voluntarily dropped their lawsuit while a trial was underway in the in state court in Sonoma County, California.