Tag: Werner Baumann

• Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 06:49 UTC

  Bayer settles US Roundup weed-killer lawsuits with US$ 10,9 billion after year long of talks

  

  Bayer AG agreed to settle U.S. lawsuits claiming that its widely-used weed killer Roundup caused cancer for as much as US$10.9 billion after more than a year of talks, resolving litigation that has hit the company's share price.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Bayer says farmers remain loyal to glyphosate herbicides

  

  Bayer, the world's largest maker of seeds and pesticides, said U.S. farmers were unperturbed by lawsuits seeking damages from Bayer for an alleged cancer-causing effect of glyphosate-based herbicides.

• Friday, August 24th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  Monsanto glyphosate weed killer could cost Bayer billions in damage lawsuits

  

  United States agro-chemicals company Monsanto is facing a surge in lawsuits that may cost its new owners, Bayer, billions in damages. Monsanto manufactures glyphosate-based weed killers which some believe are carcinogenic. Last month it lost a US$ 289m court case that alleged its products Roundup and RangerPro had led to a Californian man's terminal cancer.