Edwin Hardeman started using Roundup products in the 1980s and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2015. Photo: APRoundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man's cancer, a jury has determined, in the first phase of a trial attorneys say could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits. Edwin Hardeman (70) was the second plaintiff to go to trial out of thousands around the country who claim the weed killer causes cancer. Hardeman's trial is before a different judge and may be more significant. Hardeman's attorneys first had to convince jurors that using Roundup was a significant factor in his cancer before they could make arguments for damages.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 20, 2019 01:29 UTC