"Jury Orders Bayer to Pay $2.25 Billion for Roundup Weed Killer Cancer Verdict"

A Philadelphia jury awarded a $2.25 billion verdict to a man who claimed his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was caused by Bayer's Roundup weed killer, with $2 billion in punitive damages. Bayer plans to appeal the verdict, stating that its products can be used safely and are not carcinogenic. This is the latest in a series of lawsuits against the company, with previous awards including $332 million and $175 million. The World Health Organization suggested in 2015 that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Roundup, is "probably carcinogenic to humans," but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency later stated that there are no risks of concern to human health when glyphosate is used according to its current label.