Shares Slide for Germany’s Bayer after Roundup Ruling
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A US jury has ruled that the glyphosate-based weed-killing agent Roundup contributed to a California man’s cancer. Following the announcement, shares of the German chemical company Bayer dropped 12 percent. Bayer acquired Roundup manufacturer Monsanto last year for $63 billion.
除草剂: herbicide
致癌: to cause cancer
重挫: to plummet
专利: patent
过期: to have expired
市面: market conditions
尔后: subsequently
除草劑: herbicide
致癌: to cause cancer
重挫: to plummet
專利: patent
過期: to have expired
市面: market conditions
爾後: subsequently
德国化学制药大厂拜耳（Bayer）股价重挫12%，因美国陪审团一致裁定，旗下除草剂产品农达（Roundup）致癌。
这是生产农达的孟山都（Monsanto）第二次遭裁决。拜耳去年以630亿美金高价收购孟山都。
相关诉讼也正进行当中，以决定孟山都是否为产品致癌负责，而承担的责任又为多少。
孟山都是第一家以「草甘膦」（Glyphosate）制成除草剂的公司。该产品的专利已过期，而市面上也有许多类似产品。
草甘膦为目前全球最普遍使用于除草剂中的成分。
根据法律专家分析，周二陪审团的裁决将影响尔后相关诉讼的结果。
该案件是美国审理的11,200起农达相关诉讼案中的第二起。
有些监管机构如美国国家环境保护局，称草甘膦并不会致癌。
但2015年，世界卫生组织认定草甘膦是「对人类可能的致癌物」。
德國化學製藥大廠拜耳（Bayer）股價重挫12%，因美國陪審團一致裁定，旗下除草劑產品農達（Roundup）致癌。
這是生產農達的孟山都（Monsanto）第二次遭裁決。拜耳去年以630億美金高價收購孟山都。
相關訴訟也正進行當中，以決定孟山都是否為產品致癌負責，而承擔的責任又為多少。
孟山都是第一家以「草甘膦」（Glyphosate）製成除草劑的公司。該產品的專利已過期，而市面上也有許多類似產品。
草甘膦為目前全球最普遍使用於除草劑中的成分。
根據法律專家分析，週二陪審團的裁決將影響爾後相關訴訟的結果。
該案件是美國審理的11,200起農達相關訴訟案中的第二起。
有些監管機構如美國國家環境保護局，稱草甘膦並不會致癌。
但2015年，世界衛生組織認定草甘膦是「對人類可能的致癌物」。
The German chemical manufacturer Bayer saw a 12 percent drop in shares after a US jury unanimously ruled that Roundup weed killer contributes to cancer.
This is the second ruling against the maker of Roundup, Monsanto, which Bayer acquired for $63 billion last year.
An additional lawsuit is underway to determine whether and to what extent the company is liable for the carcinogenic effects of Roundup.
Monsanto was the first company to produce a glyphosate-based weed killer. The product is no longer patent protected, and many versions are available on the market.
Glyphosate is now the most commonly used weed-killing agent around the world.
According to legal experts, the jury’s decision on Tuesday could help determine the outcomes of subsequent cases.
The case decided this week was the second of 11,200 Roundup lawsuits set to be tried in the US.
Several regulators, including the US Environmental Protection Agency, have reported that glyphosate probably does not cause cancer in humans.
However, in 2015, the World Health Organization indicated that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”
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