A key trial concerning the controversial weed killer Roundup — a trade name for glyphosate — begins Monday in San Francisco. At issue is whether or not Roundup and Monsanto are responsible for a Californian man's cancer.

 

The maker of the controversial herbicide Roundup, Bayer's Monsanto, goes on trial again on Monday in the United States, six months after a groundskeeper won the first-ever lawsuit alleging that the chemical causes cancer.

 

Roundup contains glyphosate, a chemical that environmentalists and other critics have long maintained leads to cancer. Roundup is a brand owned by German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer after its purchase of US-based Monsanto last year.

 

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