Jury Orders Monsanto To Pay $289 Million To Terminally Ill Man

A San Francisco jury has ordered the agrochemical company Monsanto to pay $289 million to a groundskeeper who has terminal cancer and was frequently exposed to the chemical weedkiller Roundup.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with NPR food and agriculture correspondent Dan Charles (@nprDanCharles) about what this case could mean for Monsanto and for the regulation of chemicals.