weed killer/ herbicide 除草劑

weed killer/ herbicide
繁：除草劑
简：除草剂

美國加州一名患癌男子，入稟控告德國拜耳集團，旗下一間除草劑生產商，未有在產品標示可能致癌風險警告字句，法院判他勝訴，獲賠償近3億美元。

美漢疑因除草劑致癌獲賠22億港元 孟山都指將上訴（2018年8月11日）。TVB新聞，取自 http://news.tvb.com/world/5b6efd08e60383722032b6d8/

A jury’s $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said Monsanto’s Roundup left him dying of cancer will bolster thousands of pending cases and open the door for countless people who blame their suffering on the weed killer, the man’s lawyers said.

Jury awards $289M to man who blames Roundup for cancer. (2018, August 13). WNCT. Retrieved from https://www.wnct.com/news/national/jury-awards-289m-to-man-who-blames-roundup-for-cancer-1/1365213626

Johnson, 46, alleges that heavy contact with the herbicide caused his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The state Superior Court jury agreed that Roundup contributed to Johnson’s cancer and Monsanto should have provided a label warning of the potential health hazard.

Jury awards $289M to man who blames Roundup for cancer. (2018, August 13). WNCT. Retrieved from https://www.wnct.com/news/national/jury-awards-289m-to-man-who-blames-roundup-for-cancer-1/1365213626