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Bayer Ordered to Pay US Couple $2Bln Over Weed Killer Cancer Case - Reports

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A US jury ordered German pharmaceutical giant Bayer to pay more than $2 billion to a California couple over allegations the company’s weed killer product caused their cancer, media reported.
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The jury awarded $2.055 billion to Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a northern California couple who had used Roundup weed killer product for 35 years, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday.

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Two other California residents successfully sued Bayer in Roundup cancer cases. In March, a jury awarded the plaintiff $80 million and in October a judge upheld a decision awarding $78.6 million for allegations the product caused cancer.

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In 2018, Bayer acquired US-biotech giant Monsanto which produces Roundup thereby exposing itself to 13,400 claims related to similar allegations, the report added.

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