It is the worlds most widely used lead killer going to break german chemical giant buyer a court in the United States linked to round up to a mans cancer buyer which now owns do her best make her. May have to pay the price also coming up brussels strikes again the European Union has google with a billion dollar fine for the first time in three years well see whats got the e. U. Commission so upset and why South Koreans turn to fatty pork when faced with high levels of air pollution. Good to have you with us. A jury in the United States has found that the Weed Killer Roundup was a quote substantial factor in causing cancer in a seventy year old man round up a drive for state based herbicide is made by a Group Chemical for monsanto which was acquired by
a german multinational buyer last year the landmark verdict could affect thousands of other cases buyer said it was disappointed with the jurys decision the case now moves to a second phase to determine the companys financial liability. H
conclusions the world health organization says in one study there is a cancer risk another says glyphosate does not cause cancer the court decided in favor of the plaintiff though some twelve thousand other cases are in the legal pipeline the coming weeks will show if an avalanche of cost is rolling towards buyer only nine months after it bores up monsanto. for more on this let s bring in our wall street correspondent scored against buy your shares got hammered today in europe what was the picture like where you are. well i mean the one big question is if. the dust cause cancer and if still did. know about potential health threats and events could be or should be proof then it could really become expensive for a buyer then we re talking about punitive damages in the billions so what i m