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US Supreme Court rejects Bayer's appeal to stop Roundup weedkiller lawsuits

There are numerous court cases against Bayer over glyphosate, the active ingredient in its Roundup product. © AFP / file

The Supreme Court has rejected Bayer's appeal to shut down thousands of lawsuits claiming that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.

The justices on Tuesday left in place a $25 million judgment in favor of Edwin Hardeman, a California man who says he developed cancer from using Roundup for decades to treat poison oak, overgrowth and weeds on his San Francisco Bay Area property. Hardeman's lawsuit had served as a test case for thousands of similar lawsuits.

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