Tag: Bayer GM soy-seeds

• Monday, August 13th 2018 - 19:53 UTC

  Bayer confident glyphosate is safe for use and does not cause cancer

  

  Pharmaceutical group Bayer has dismissed claims that an ingredient used in weed killers is carcinogenic. The German company, which owns agriculture giant Monsanto, says herbicides containing glyphosate are safe.

• Monday, November 27th 2017 - 11:39 UTC

  Argentina moves to ban glyphosate and allows other herbicides

  

  Argentina authorized the use of genetically modified soybean seeds resistant to herbicides other than glyphosate, as the European Union (EU) debates whether to extend the license of weed-killers containing the ingredient.

• Monday, August 22nd 2011 - 07:28 UTC

  Argentina expected to approve the use of Bayer GM soy-seeds

  

  Mercosur full member Argentina this week is expected to approve the use of genetically-modified soy seeds made by German company Bayer as part of its push to increase farm production, a top Argentine official said on the weekend.