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Bayer to Pay $1.45Bn In Glyphosate Damages

Arsenij Percov — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:48:33 +0000

According to a German environment ministry’s spokesman, by the end of the current legislative period, which ends in 3 years, use of glyphosate based weedkillers should be halted. Additionally, after a California jury ordered Germany’s Bayer’s (BAYGn.DE) unit, Monsanto, to pay $289 million for not warning of cancer risk posed by its most popular weed […]

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France Willing to Ban Weedkiller Glyphosate

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 05:13:14 +0000

Glyphosate, the strong chemical used in Monsanto’s common weedkiller, Roundup, is classified by the World Health Organization as a cancer-causing substance. In its study last March, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has claimed otherwise, prompting the European Union to propose a ten-year extension on glyphosate’s license. Meanwhile, France, European Union’s largest agricultural producer and exporter, […]

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Monsanto Begs to Keep “Cancer-causing” Glyphosate on Market

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 07:54:04 +0000

Monsanto seeks to renew its glyphosate license for another 15 years despite an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 2015 study that predicted the chemical could cause cancer. In the United States and Brazil, Monsanto sells genetically modified glyphosate-resistant corn and soybean seeds. Unfortunately the herbicide glyphosate may present health problems. The majority of […]

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