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Bayer To Pay $2.25B After Roundup Weed Killer Found To Cause a Man’s Cancer

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A Pennsylvania landscaper has won a record payout from Bayer. He maintained that the company’s weed killer Roundup caused his blood cancer, and for that, he was awarded $2.25 billion.

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