US jury finds Monsanto guilty in Roundup trial

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AFP San Francisco
Last Updated : Aug 11 2018 | 4:41 AM IST

A California jury has ordered agrochemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer.

Jurors found Monsanto acted with "malice" and that its weed killers Roundup and the professional grade version RangerPro contributed "substantially" to Dewayne Johnson's terminal illness.

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First Published: Aug 11 2018 | 4:41 AM IST

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