Bayer: Company Faces 8,000 Plaintiffs, Not Separate Cases, Related To Glyphosate

LEVERKUSEN, Germany - A spokesman for Bayer AG, which recently completed its acquisition of Monsanto Co., on Aug. 24 said that the company faces federal and state lawsuits over the chemical glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's herbicide Roundup, in which the total number of plaintiffs equals 8,000.
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