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Jury Awards $80 Million In Damages In Roundup Weed Killer Cancer Trial

The verdict represents the second time a jury has decided in favor of a multimillion-dollar damage award after concluding that Roundup caused cancer.

A jury in San Francisco has awarded a California man $80 million in damages after he claimed that the weedkiller Roundup caused his cancer.

earlier this month sided with 70-year-old Edwin Hardeman, whose lawyers argued that

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