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Jury finds Monsanto liable in the first Roundup cancer trial – here's what could happen next

  • Written by Richard G. "Bugs" Stevens, Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
Plaintiff Dewayne Johnson reacts after hearing the verdict in his case against Monsanto at the Superior Court of California in San Francisco, Aug. 10, 2018. Josh Edelson/Pool Photo via AP

In the first of many pending lawsuits to go to trial, a jury in San Francisco concluded on Aug. 10 that the plaintiff had developed cancer from exposure to...

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