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Bayer to review Roundup's future in U.S. after court setback

Bayer to review Roundup's future in U.S. after court setback

By Carl Surran
SA News Editor
May 26, 2021 10:49 PM ET

Bayer (OTCPK:BAYRY) says it will evaluate whether to continue using glyphosate in its Roundup weedkiller in the residential U.S. market after a judge today rejected its plan to settle future claims alleging the herbicide causes cancer.

Bayer also says it will abandon attempts at a court-approved solution to address its future Roundup liability, and instead will pursue options such as creating a new website with studies relevant to Roundup's safety that could also be reflected on its label.

The company says it will rethink selling glyphosate-based products to U.S. residential consumers - the source of the bulk of lawsuits - while continuing to sell to professional and agricultural users.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said Roundup is safe and would not permit a cancer warning label, but that leaves the company in a quandary over how to contain liability on a product it sells without any warning label.

Earlier this month, Bayer lost an appeal in one of the three Roundup cases to go to trial.

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