Over 160K lawsuits later, Bayer ramps up its search for legal protections against Roundup cancer claims

The lawsuits allege that Roundup ingredient glyphoste causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

After failing in several U.S. states this year, global chemical manufacturer Bayer said Tuesday that it plans to amplify efforts to create a legal shield against a proliferation of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer.

Bayer, which disputes the cancer claims, has been hit with about 170,000 lawsuits involving its Roundup weedkiller and has set aside $16 billion to settle cases.