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04/14/2022
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By News Editors
‘They tried to kill me,’ biologist who exposed dangers of Roundup weed killer tells RFK, Jr.
French biologist Gilles-Éric Séralini and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., chairman and chief legal counsel of Children’s Health Defense have something in common: They’ve both devoted a portion of their careers to exposing the toxicity of Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller. (Article by Susan C. Olmstead republished from ChildrensHealthDefense.org) The two met for the first time on “RFK Jr. The Defender […]
12/21/2021
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By Cassie B.
Monsanto pleads guilty to multiple environmental violations in Hawaii as locals call for them to leave the islands
Agrochemical giant Monsanto has agreed to plead guilty to environmental crimes stemming from its pesticide use in Hawaii. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the company, which was acquired by Bayer in 2018, will pay $12 million in fines for violating the Federal Insecticide Fungicide And Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Monsanto has admitted to 30 […]
12/16/2021
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By Ethan Huff
Cost of doing business? Monsanto pleads guilty to 30 environmental crimes, agrees to pay measly $12 million fine
The Monsanto Company agreed to plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes related to the use of a pesticide on cornfields in Hawaii, court documents filed in the state earlier this month show. Monsanto admitted in a plea agreement that it committed 30 misdemeanor crimes related to the use of a glufosinate ammonium-based product sold under […]
08/25/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Monsanto ordered to pay $87M following reckless disregard of Roundup verdict
The 1st Appellate District in the Court of Appeals for California rejected a bid from Bayer-owned Monsanto to overturn its decision, indicating that Monsanto acted with “reckless disregard” against its cancer-causing weed killer, Roundup. The appeals court in San Francisco refused to overturn the 2019 verdict, in which a jury awarded over $2 billion to […]
02/01/2021
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By Divina Ramirez
Farmers, conservationists ask court to ban the use and sale of glyphosate
The World Health Organization (WHO) determined in 2015 that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Bayer AG’s weed-killer Roundup, was a probable human carcinogen. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) backed agrochemical giants like Bayer AG by affirming that the pesticide poses no risks to human health despite initially agreeing with WHO. EPA’s wishy-washy approach to regulating, if not totally […]
01/17/2021
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By Cassie B.
Monsanto slapped with $10M fine after using banned pesticide on Maui AFTER it was banned
Monsanto must pay $10.2 million in fines as part of a guilty plea for spraying a banned pesticide on research crops growing in Hawaii as the lawsuits continue to pile up against the company over its dangerous practices. The pesticide in question, Penncap-M, was stored by Monsanto at sites in Maui and Molokai, according to […]
09/23/2020
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By Cassie B.
STOP supporting Bayer, urges campaigner: Shareholders must prioritize public health and the environment
Environmentalist Dr. Rosemary Mason recently wrote an open letter to shareholders of Bayer Crop Science and the company’s chairman, Werner Wenning, outlining some very serious concerns about the company’s dangerous practices. In her appeal to shareholders, she asks them to stop funding Bayer and to put human health and nature first. She explains how their […]
03/05/2020
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By Cassie B.
Bayer’s chairman quits as the company attempts to settle Monsanto lawsuits
As Bayer continues to try to clean up the mess of lawsuits stemming from the destruction that Roundup has wreaked on human health and the environment, its chairman and a key figure in the firm’s takeover of Roundup manufacturer Monsanto, Werner Wenning, will be leaving his post. According to a company announcement, Wenning will step […]
02/19/2020
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By Cassie B.
Bayer and BASF ordered to pay $265 million to Missouri peach farmer in dicamba weedkiller lawsuit
A Missouri peach farmer has been awarded $265 million in a crop damage lawsuit after he says Bayer and BASF encouraged farmers to spray a difficult-to-control weedkiller in an irresponsible manner. Bill Bader sued the companies after thousands of his fruit trees were damaged by the herbicide dicamba, which drifted in from cotton fields nearby […]
01/27/2020
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By Ethan Huff
Trump administration pushing to overturn rulings against Bayer, Monsanto for health damage caused by glyphosate (Roundup)
California is leading the charge in holding Monsanto (now owned by Bayer AG) accountable for the widespread health damage caused by its cancer-causing herbicide Roundup (glyphosate). But the Trump administration is actively fighting against this justice-seeking endeavor by pushing to overturn a landmark court ruling that found Monsanto guilty of basically committing crimes against humanity. It was […]
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