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US judge slashes jury award in Roundup cancer case

Pesticide Roundup contains glyphosate which has been linked to cancer. – EPA pic, July 16, 2019.

A US judge yesterday slashed punitive damages a jury ordered Monsanto to pay in a Roundup cancer trial, saying the sum was too high despite the company’s “reprehensible” conduct. US District Court Judge Vince Chhabria denied a request by Monsanto for a new trial, but ruled that the US$75 million in punitive damages was “constitutionally impermissible.”

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