Tag: Bayer Monsanto

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  US Environmental Protection Agency states that glyphosate in not a carcinogenic

  

  The US Environmental Protection Agency said it finished a regulatory review that found glyphosate, the most widely used weed killer in the United States, is not a carcinogen.

• Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 06:48 UTC

  US eliminates cancer warning labels from the controversial glyphosate weed killer

  

  US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement “false and misleading.”

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Bayer-Monsanto loses US$ 2bn glyphosate law suit in California

  

  A jury in California on Monday ordered Bayer-owned Monsanto to pay more than US$2 billion damages to a couple who sued on grounds the weed killer Roundup caused their cancer, lawyers said.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 00:18 UTC

  French court finds Monsanto legally responsible for ill health of farmer who ingested weed-killer

  

  US biotech giant Monsanto is legally responsible for the ill health of a farmer who ingested its weed-killer product, a French court has ruled.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2018 - 07:01 UTC

  Weed killer forces Bayer shares to drop sharply

  

  Shares in German pharmaceutical group Bayer have dropped sharply following a US verdict linking a product to cancer. By mid-morning on Monday, Bayer's shares had lost 10.4% of their value.

• 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 - 18:02 UTC

  Bayer takeover of Monsanto delayed 90 days by Brazil's antitrust agency Cade

  

  Brazilian antitrust agency Cade extended its deadline to review the takeover of Monsanto Co by Bayer AG by 90 days to late March, potentially spoiling plans to wrap up the US$66 billion tie-up by the end of the year.

• Thursday, September 15th 2016 - 10:30 UTC

  Bayer and Monsanto confirm merger in a $66bnm mega-deal; activists ready to protest

  

  Seed and chemical giants Bayer and Monsanto said on Wednesday that they will merge to become one of the world’s biggest agriculture giants, a 66 billion-dollar mega-deal that could reshape the future of farming and enhance their influence over the planet’s food supply.