Class action over alleged impacts of Roundup begins in Melbourne court

Federal court to hear allegations Monsanto-produced weedkiller has caused non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which company denies

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Hundreds of Australians diagnosed with cancer are fighting in court to prove their disease stemmed from a component of a widely used herbicide.

The landmark class action, launched by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers on behalf of more than 800 complainants with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, alleges a component in the popular Roundup weedkiller called glyphosate caused their disease.

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