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A Missouri court has ordered Bayer to pay a $600 million judgment in a lawsuit claiming its Roundup herbicide causes cancer.
Bayer has paid out approximately $11 billion to settle nearly 100,000 lawsuits related to Roundup, with thousands still pending.
The company has stopped making glyphosate-based Roundup for home use and may soon cease production of the agricultural version.
German chemical giant Bayer must pay a $600 million Missouri court judgment that found its herbicide Roundup causes cancer, a ruling the company says could hasten a decision to stop making the popular product.
The Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 30 refused to hear an appeal in the Cole County lawsuit that initially awarded four plaintiffs $1.56 billion. The October 2023 jury award was reduc