Bayer reaches settlement agreement over Roundup

Bayer has announced its latest settlement to resolve a collection of claims that Roundup causes cancer — avoiding a trial that was set to begin this week.

In a statement to Brownfield, Bayer says it’s pleased that the case was settled on reasonable terms.

The agreement, reached last Thursday, addressed a lawsuit filed in 2017 by a St. Louis resident who said he was exposed to Roundup while working for the city in the 1990s.

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