Jury backs man who claims Roundup weed killer caused cancer
(World News Science)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco jury on Friday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company`s popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease. Dewayne Johnson`s lawsuit was the first of hundreds of cases filed in state and federal courts alleging that Roundup causes non-Hodgkin`s lymphoma, which Monsanto denies. Jurors in state Superior Court agreed the product contributed to Johnson`s cancer and the company should...