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03/10/2022
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By Kevin Hughes
600+ lawsuits linking Syngenta’s weed killer to Parkinson’s set to proceed
After Monsanto Co. suffered its first courtroom loss over charges that its glyphosate weed killer causes cancer and that the company hid the risks, it is now Syngenta’s turn. The mass crime machinery that brought down Monsanto has fixed its view on the Chinese-owned, Switzerland-based agrochemical titan Syngenta and its selling of a weed killer known as paraquat. (Related: Lawsuits piling in against […]
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 […]
02/08/2021
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By News Editors
Glyphosate endangers wildlife, too. Tell the EPA to ban it
Your actions, based on the following information, could alter the future of our planet. (Article by Zen Honeycutt republished from ChildrensHealthDefense.org) Glyphosate herbicides are among the most widely used agrochemicals in the world. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), more than 300 million pounds are used in the U.S. each year — 280 million pounds of which […]
07/08/2019
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By Tracey Watson
Glyphosate byproduct AMPA found to interfere with photosynthesis, the basis of nearly all life on planet Earth
It has been four years since the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer announced that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” In that time, there has been a lot of focus on the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Roundup, the world’s most popular weed killer. As bad as the direct effects of […]
05/24/2019
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By Ethan Huff
What’s the environmental impact of Impossible Foods GMO burgers, made with genetically modified soy that’s sprayed with glyphosate weed killer?
Climate-anxious media outlets are raving about a new artificial beef product known as “Impossible Burger” that, according to the company that manufactures it, has an 89 percent smaller “carbon footprint” than real beef. But are genetically-modified (GMO) soybeans that have been sprayed with toxic glyphosate (Roundup) really environmentally-friendly? The reason we ask is this important […]
06/05/2018
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By Cassie B.
Explosive new analysis reveals that farmers are spraying glyphosate on crops right before harvest
You’re going out of your way to seek organic foods, while other people you know might shrug off the potential harm of pesticides. Some people believe that weed killers and other chemicals are used so early in a food’s life cycle that very little remains by the time it makes its way to their plate, […]
06/26/2017
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By Mike Adams
California declares glyphosate weed killer (Roundup) to be a cancer-causing poison; will add to Proposition 65 warning list
In a significant victory for consumer safety — and a devastating blow to Monsanto — California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has declared that glyphosate weed killer is a known, cancer-causing carcinogen that will be added to the scope of Proposition 65. Glyphosate weed killer, also sold under the Roundup brand name by […]
06/16/2017
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By Russel Davis
Scientists developing laser robot that can zap weeds without using pesticides
A team of researchers from the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation at the University of Bonn in Germany are currently developing a robotic tool that readily identifies weeds and shoots laser to eliminate them, thus reducing the need to use herbicides. The project received an EXIST Business Start-up Grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. […]
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