Monsanto appeal guilty verdict over weedkiller cancer risks

The manufacturers of one of the world's most widely used weedkiller's are insisting it does not cause cancer.

Monsanto appeal guilty verdict over weedkiller cancer risks

The manufacturers of one of the world's most widely used weedkiller's are insisting it does not cause cancer.

It comes after a California jury ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay almost $290 million (€253m) in damages for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weedkiller Roundup might cause cancer.

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