Bayer pays dearly for blind faith in science

Bayer on June 24 agreed to pay as much as $10.9 billion to settle U.S. lawsuits claiming that its widely-used weedkiller Roundup caused cancer after more than a year of talks.

The German drugs and pesticides maker said it had come to terms with about 75% of the current Roundup plaintiffs, involving about 125,000 filed and unfiled claims overall. The settled cases account for about 95% of those currently set for trial, it added. “The Roundup settlement is the right action at the right time for Bayer to bring a long period of uncertainty to an end,” Chief Executive Werner Baumann said.

The company will make a payment of $8.8 billion to $9.6 billion to resolve the current Roundup litigation – including an allowance expected to cover unresolved claims. It will set aside a further $1.3 billion to support a separate class agreement to address potential future litigation. Bayer said it expected cash payments would not exceed $5 billion in 2020, and $5 billion in 2021. The company said it could cover the costs from existing liquidity, future cash flow, the proceeds of the sale of its Animal Health unit and additional bond issues.

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Reuters edwardcropley So much corruption

Reuters edwardcropley Didn't a lower court just sent CA from putting cancer warnings on Roundup? Or did trumps EPA roll back regs?

ReutersBiz edwardcropley $1 bln to the claimants and $10 bln to the ambulance chasers!!

ReutersBiz edwardcropley And yet my father who use to spray Roundup with out shoes on and got non Hodgkin’s lymphoma won’t even attempt to be apart of any lawsuits. They are also Trump supporters, so that probably says a lot...

ReutersBiz edwardcropley It was a billion I was being told anyway, consistently.

edwardcropley Between lawsuits maybe Bayer can contribute to finding a viable Covid19 vaccine

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Bayer paying up to $10.9B to settle Monsanto weedkiller caseBayer will pay up to $10.9 billion to settle legal claims that the weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. Monsanto, a Bayer subsidiary that makes Roundup, maintains the herbicide is safe, but a French agency labeled it a “probable human carcinogen” in 2015. Dear cable companies, Like the my pillow guy commercials, please stop polluting our eyes, ears and faces with this BS too.... - Thanks You don't pay over $10 billion in settlements if your product is really 'safe'. More contrived news by the code of Gematria. 10.9 billion? 😂😂😂
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