Shares in German pharmaceuticals and chemicals group Bayer fell almost 10 per cent in early trade on Monday, after a US court ruled that weedkiller Roundup had caused cancer in a groundskeeper and awarded him $298m in damages.
德国制药和化工集团拜耳(Bayer)的股价在周一早盘下跌近10%。此前,美国一家法院裁定除草剂农达(Roundup)致使一名场地管理员患癌,他被判获得2.98亿美元赔偿金。
The US court ruled on Friday that the maker of Roundup, US seed and chemicals group Monsanto, had failed to warn groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson as well as other consumers of the cancer risks posed by its weed killers. It awarded him $39m in compensation and $250m in punitive damages.
该法院上周五裁定,农达的制造商、美国种子和化工集团孟山都(Monsanto)未能警告场地管理员德韦恩•约翰逊(Dewayne Johnson)及其他消费者该除草剂可能致癌。该法院判处孟山都向约翰逊支付3900万美元赔偿金和2.5亿美元惩罚性赔偿。