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	Podcast:		Newshour
	Episode:		Monsanto ordered to pay $289m damages in Roundup cancer trial
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:49:08
	Publish Date:		2018-08-11 08:17:00
	Description:		It's the first lawsuit to go to trial alleging a glyphosate link to cancer.Monsanto denies that glyphosate causes cancer and says it intends to appeal against the ruling. "The jury got it wrong," vice-president Scott Partridge said outside the courthouse in San Francisco. Also on the programme: NASA forced to postpone satellite launch exploring the sun; Saudi-led air strike on Yemeni school bus triggers investigation; and the crows cleaning up a french theme park (Picture: Crops are often treated with the herbicide glyphosate Credit: AFP)
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