Bayer commits over $10bn to resolve legacy Monsanto lawsuits
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Rebecca Trager2020-07-06T10:37:00
Agreement settles about 75% of Roundup-related cases and resolves PCB and dicamba litigation
Bayer will pay more than $10 billion (£8 billion) primarily to settle about 95,000 lawsuits that claim the company’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup caused plaintiffs’ cancers. $820 million will go towards lawsuits related to water contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), while about $400 million will settle ongoing legal action involving dicamba