Bloomberg Law
June 19, 2018, 1:16 PM UTC

Monsanto Faces Man Dying of Cancer in Roundup Trial

Joel Rosenblatt

• Groundskeeper’s case is first among thousands of people suing • Company says herbicide ingredient is most tested in history

Lee Johnson’s doctors didn’t think he’d live long enough to testify in court that exposure to Monsanto Co.’s Roundup weed killer caused his deadly cancer.

But the 46-year-old is now first in line to go to trial against the agrochemical giant among thousands of people across the U.S. who blame its herbicide for their disease.

As groundskeeper for the school district in Benicia, California, about 40 miles east of San Francisco, Johnson mixed and sprayed hundreds of gallons of Roundup. ...

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