A U.S. jury found Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller did not cause an Oregon man’s cancer, the German agriculture and pharmaceuticals company said on Saturday, handing the firm its fourth consecutive trial victory over such claims.
The verdict, reached on Friday by the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Oregon, is “consistent with the assessments of expert regulators worldwide as well as the overwhelming evidence from four decades of scientific studies concluding that Roundup can be used safely and is not carcinogenic,” Bayer said.
“Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Bayer brands such as Roundup and RangerPro.
It has been at the center of mass litigation in the United States brought mostly by residential gardeners claiming the weedkiller caused their cancer.
The company has spent billions of dollars to settle close to 100,000 Roundup cases.
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