Bayer postpones more glyphosate lawsuits in pursuit of settlements
06 December 2019 - 18:04
Frankfurt — Germany’s Bayer has agreed with plaintiffs to postpone its next two US lawsuits over the alleged cancer-causing effects of its glyphosate-based weed killers to allow more time for talks on a settlement.
The company, which is facing 42,700 US plaintiffs, is widely expected to eventually buy itself out of the litigation, with analysts putting the size of a future settlement at between $8bn and $12bn...
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