editor’s note: soon to be called “bayer”….
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In the first case of its kind to reach trial, a California man dying of cancer is suing Monsanto, the maker of popular weed killer Roundup. Dewayne Johnson used Roundup during his two years as a groundskeeper and blames his 2014 cancer diagnosis on its active ingredient, glyphosate.
The 46-year-old is just one of thousands of people nationwide reportedly accusing Monsanto of failing “to exercise reasonable care to warn of the dangerous risks associated with use and exposure” to glyphosate. Under California law, Johnson’s case was allowed to go first because he is dying.
Monsanto denies the allegations and in a statement to CBS News said, “We have empathy for anyone suffering from cancer, but the scientific evidence clearly shows that glyphosate was not the cause. We look forward to presenting this evidence to the court.”
CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman told “CBS This Morning” on Tuesday that the trial’s outcome will serve as a “bellwether” for the thousands that could follow.
