Monsanto owner Bayer sued in Australia over cancer linked to Roundup

AFP Scott Olson

An Australian farmer has launched a legal action against Bayer agricultural chemicals unit Monsanto after being diagnosed with a type of leukemia.

According to the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), New South Wales farmer Ross Wild was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma last year after using Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup on his farming property near the border of NSW and Victoria since 1976. Monsanto is currently owned by Bayer.

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