News and comment on genetically modified foods and their associated pesticides 
- 41. Dicamba litigation against Bayer, BASF poised to explode, lawyers say ...
- (2020)
- ... litigation against Bayer, BASF poised to explode, lawyers say by Carey Gillam US Right to Know, February 26, 2020 https://usrtk.org/monsanto-roundup-trial-tacker/dicamba-litigation-against-bayer-basf-poised-to-explode-lawyers-say/ ...
- Created on 06 March 2020
- 42. Bayer's top seed faces US soybean challenge from Corteva ...
- (2020)
- Monsanto/Bayer's decades-long dominance of the $4 billion US soybean seed market is under threat from rival Corteva EXCERPT: Dicamba has ... been engulfed by controversy, with a jury last month orderin ...
- Created on 05 March 2020
- 43. Pressure mounts on Bayer CEO to fix legal problems as chairman quits ...
- (2020)
- CEO Werner Baumann's future at the company is also "uncertain", says analyst This Reuters story reinforces the significance of Bayer’s Chairman Werner Wenning stepping down. Wenning shaped the strate ...
- Created on 02 March 2020
- 44. Bayer’s Roundup woes may force it to sell assets or borrow on unfavorable terms ...
- (2020)
- Bayer said it “may incur considerable financial disadvantages” from lawsuits from US plaintiffs who say the herbicide causes cancer EXCERPT: [Plaintiffs' attorney Brent] Wisner said Bayer has dangled ...
- Created on 02 March 2020
- 45. Bayer chairman quits as Roundup settlement talks progress ...
- (2020)
- Bayer shares have plunged in value since August 2018, when the company lost the first US Roundup/cancer lawsuit EXCERPT: Major shareholders have criticised Bayer for its handling of the [Roundup] issue ...
- Created on 26 February 2020
- 46. Missouri peach farm awarded $265M damages in suit against BASF and Bayer ...
- (2020)
- Dicamba herbicide drifted onto the farm from other farms planting GM dicamba-tolerant crops A jury on Saturday awarded $265 million in punitive damages against Bayer and BASF to a southeastern Missouri ...
- Created on 16 February 2020
- 47. Environmentalists alarmed as Bayer builds Latin America's largest seed factory in Chile ...
- (2020)
- In Chile, the largest seed exporter in the southern hemisphere, Bayer is expanding the GM seed production factories of its subsidiary Monsanto Following is an English translation of an article from ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 48. US government says verdict in Bayer's Roundup case should be reversed ...
- (2019)
- Government claims glyphosate not a carcinogen We should not be surprised that the US government would take the side of Bayer/Monsanto, rather than that of the cancer-suffering victims, in the Roundup ...
- Created on 23 December 2019
- 49. Trump administration backs Bayer in weedkiller court fight ...
- (2019)
- ... backs Bayer in weedkiller court fight By Jacob Bunge and Timothy Puko Wall St Journal, 20 Dec 2019 https://www.wsj.com/articles/epa-backs-bayer-in-weedkiller-court-fight-11576879555 [links to sources ...
- Created on 22 December 2019
- 50. Revealed: Bayer discussed plans to give not-for-profit funding for influence ...
- (2019)
- Emails between two senior executives and a journalist show discussions aimed at giving Bayer a voice in press foundation initiatives EXCERPT: Kathleen Bartzen Culver, who leads the Center for Journalism ...
- Created on 22 November 2019
- 51. Bayer faces lawsuit horror as US cases double in three months ...
- (2019)
- Over 42,000 lawsuits in the US alone allege the herbicide Roundup has caused cancer EXCERPT: Bayer has haemorrhaged around $43 billion in market value since acquiring Monsanto. --- Bayer faces lawsuit ...
- Created on 31 October 2019