Victory in court for Monsanto Bayer over the umpteenth lawsuit involving glyphosate. A California judge reduced the damages the company will have to pay to Alva and Alberta Pilliod from $ 2 billion to $ 87 million.
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Victory in court for Monsanto Bayer over the umpteenth lawsuit involving glyphosate. A California judge reduced the damages the company will have to pay to Alva and Alberta Pilliod from $ 2 billion to $ 87 million.
On May 14, we talked about the Pilliods, a couple who fell ill with cancer following the use of Roundup glyphosate herbicide for over 30 years. At the time, the judges had ruled that the multinational should compensate them with more than 2 billion dollars.
Specifically, Alva should have received 18 million in compensation while 1 billion was the figure established for punitive damages; Alberta, on the other hand, 37 million in compensation and 1 billion in punitive damages, according to the jury, according to the jury, the wife and husband have become ill with cancer after using glyphosate for over 30 years.
This substance was in fact, according to the court, a "significant factor" in the onset of the disease which specifically is non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Now, a Californian judge, while not overturning the sentence and confirming the responsibilities of Monsanto which as we know was bought by Bayer, has reduced the compensation by establishing that the first amount established was too high and the proceeding unconstitutional.
As we know, the Roundup continues to be the first herbicide in the world, but it has long been argued that it is not safe for human health. In 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO) added glyphosate to the list of substances "Probably carcinogenic", while according to the International Agency for Research Against Cancer (IARC) it is likely to be carcinogenic, although it is not proven.
In 2017, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) decided not to classify glyphosate as a carcinogen because it believed there was not enough evidence, but the lawsuits against Monsanto continue to be hundreds.
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Dominella Trunfio
