Bayer takes legal battle over Roundup cancer claims to US Supreme Court

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Bayer takes legal battle over Roundup cancer claims to US Supreme Court


Bayer, trying to contain billions of dollars in legal costs, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court verdict that upheld damages to a customer blaming his cancer on the German group's glyphosate-based weedkillers.

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