In five years of litigation over Monsanto’s popular weedkiller Roundup, the company has won 10 out of 16 cases. But it’s just been issued the largest verdict yet: $2.2 billion paid to a man in Philadelphia who blamed his cancer on his exposure to the herbicide when he worked as a landscaper.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Roben Farzad, host of public radio’s “Full Disclosure,” for the latest on this verdict and what it means for the company moving forward.
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