8,000 suing Monsanto over weedkiller, says Bayer

Bayer says the number of US lawsuits brought against newly acquired Monsanto has risen to about 8,000 from 5,200 previously after the company was told to pay damages for not warning of alleged cancer risks of glyphosate-based weedkillers.

Dewayne Johnson: Bayer shares have lost more than 10% and €10bnin market value since Monsanto was ordered to pay $289m to theformer school groundskeeper dying of cancer.