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1. GM firms: (Category); ... GM firms developed out of the chemical industry and the three biggest seed companies (Monsanto/Bayer, Corteva and Syngenta) are also three of the biggest global pesticide producers. Monsanto, for instance, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
2. Bayer, BASF lobby pushed to scrap safety rules on new GM crops – even if they increase pesticide use ...: (2023); ... Europe Observatory via a Freedom of Information request show that after the leak, lobby groups Euroseeds, CropLife Europe (both of which count among their members the big four GMO corporations, Bayer, ...; Created on 05 December 2023
3. Date set for legal challenge against Monsanto/Bayer's "bogus" drought tolerant GM maize ...: (2023); ... decisions of the South African Executive Council (EC): GMO Act (EC), the GMO Appeal Board, and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, approving Monsanto/Bayer’s GM drought-tolerant (DT) maize ...; Created on 04 February 2023
4. India: GM mustard must be "uprooted and burnt"/Bayer owns patent on similar GMO ...: (2022); ... 2. GM mustard is not India's own, it's patented by multinational company Bayer, government of India "misleading" Supreme Court, Modi is told --- 1. "GM mustard must be uprooted and burnt" By RASHME S ...; Created on 12 December 2022
5. Veteran science reporter accuses Kevin Folta of “amazing gaslighting” over Bayer’s cash ...: (2022); ... Literacy Project’s long delayed disclosure of its Bayer funding and his alleged involvement in securing that cash. Responding to our article in a series of tweets, Folta complained that GMWatch had subjected ...; Created on 20 September 2022
6. Monsanto’s smear merchant, the Genetic Literacy Project, is now Bayer’s bully ...: (2022); Kevin Folta stands accused of helping the GLP get Bayer’s big dollar funding, then lying about it. Report by Jonathan Matthews Recently the Genetic Literacy Project has been heavily targeting critics ...; Created on 29 August 2022
7. Time for Bayer/Monsanto to leave Hawaii after pleading guilty to violations that harm people and environment ...: (2022); ... It's time for Bayer/Monsanto to leave Hawai’i after pleading guilty to multiple violations that harm people and environment of the state, advocates say Beyond Pesticides, December 15, 2021 https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2021/12/its-time-for-bayer-monsanto-to-leave-hawaii-after-pleading-guilty-to-multiple-violations-that-harm-people-and-environment-of-the-state-advocates-say ...; Created on 13 January 2022
8. Appeals court rejects Bayer’s bid to overturn Roundup trial loss ...: (2021); ... vated by the desire for sales and profit." --- Appeals court rejects Bayer’s bid to overturn Roundup trial loss, slams company for 'reckless disregard' for consumer safety Carey Gillam EHN, 10 Aug 2021 https://www.ehn.org/roundup-rejected-26546065 ...; Created on 11 August 2021
9. Bayer confirms end of sale of glyphosate-based herbicides for US lawn and garden market ...: (2021); Move follows costly litigation battle over cancer-causing weedkiller Roundup Bayer's announcement is here. --- Bayer confirms end of sale of glyphosate-based herbicides for US lawn and garden marke ...; Created on 30 July 2021
10. Bayer gets lift in pre-trial ruling ahead of Roundup cancer trial ...: (2021); Judge agrees with Monsanto that federal law regarding pesticide regulation and labelling preempts “failure to warn” claims under state law EXCERPT: If Bayer can ultimately get a U.S. Supreme Court ...; Created on 21 July 2021
11. Bayer to rethink Roundup in US residential market after judge nixes $2 billion settlement ...: (2021); Judge called the plan "clearly unreasonable" Due to the development below, Bayer has postponed an online webinar that was due to take place today, called "Science and the US glyphosate litigation". T ...; Created on 27 May 2021
12. Another loss for Bayer over Roundup cancer claims as court shoots down preemption argument ...: (2021); ... in the water,” Hardeman lawyer Aimee Wagstaff said of the preemption defense. “They need to let that one go.” --- Another loss for Bayer over Roundup cancer claims as appeals court shoots down preemption ...; Created on 17 May 2021
13. EU Court of Justice rejects Bayer attempt to overturn ban on bee-killing pesticides ...: (2021); Court rejected Bayer’s final bid to overturn the ban and undermine the EU’s precautionary principle The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the European Commission was right to ...; Created on 08 May 2021
14. Mexican court strikes down Bayer’s legal challenge over glyphosate ban ...: (2021); Mexican President issued decree last year that seeks to ban the herbicide by 2024 A Mexican court has reversed a temporary reprieve German firm Bayer received in its legal challenge to a government ...; Created on 08 May 2021
15. Bayer accused of "pay to appeal scheme" by Roundup lawyers ...: (2021); In confidential settlement Bayer insists plaintiff keep fighting through the court, or face a $100,000 penalty, so they can defeat him and win a case on appeal EXCERPT: Bayer is “paying [plaintiff] ...; Created on 23 April 2021
16. Growing opposition to the Bayer Monsanto Roundup settlement ...: (2021); ... States who has been exposed to Roundup can never sue Monsanto for punitive damages or medical monitoring.” --- Gerson Smoger on the growing opposition to the Bayer Monsanto Roundup settlement Corporate ...; Created on 19 April 2021
17. Bayer won’t ask US Supreme Court to reverse Roundup loss ...: (2021); ... causes cancer - remains Bayer’s biggest challenge. After losing three trials over the matter in the U.S., the company has been negotiating with tens of thousands of claimants for more than a year and a ...; Created on 26 March 2021
18. Bayer’s plan for settling future Roundup cancer claims faces broad opposition ...: (2021); Plan could set a dangerous precedent EXCERPT: The plan benefits Bayer and provides “blood money” to the four law firms that worked with Bayer to design the plan, he [attorney Gerald Singleton] said. ...; Created on 26 February 2021
19. Monsanto owner Bayer and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban ...: (2021); Internal government emails show actions similar to those by Bayer and lobbyists to kill a proposed ban in Thailand in 2019 EXCERPT: “We’re seeing more and more how the pesticide industry uses the US ...; Created on 16 February 2021
20. A death and a settlement as Bayer continues trying to end Roundup litigation ...: (2021); ... Roundup cases still unresolved. --- A death and a settlement as Bayer continues trying to end Roundup litigation by Carey Gillam US Right to Know, January 13, 2021 https://usrtk.org/monsanto-roundup-trial-tracker/a-death-and-a-settlement-as-bayer-continues-trying-to-end-roundup-litigation/?mc_cid=7eeb64c476&mc_eid=ff8c3a64ef ...; Created on 20 January 2021

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