Monsanto

With 8,000 Lawsuits Pending, Bayer Claims No Buyer’s Remorse Following Monsanto Verdict

August 30, 2018 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: August 30, 2018

Bayer is dealing with the fallout from the 289 million dollar verdict against its new acquisition, Monsanto. Now that a jury has found the world’s most popular herbicide, glyphosate, guilty of causing a California man’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the German pharmaceutical… [read]

Monsanto Lost! Ordered to Pay $289 million in California Roundup Cancer Trial

August 10, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: August 10, 2018

Today (Friday, August 10th) a California jury found Monsanto liable for causing cancer and ordered the company to pay $289 million in damages. The jury at San Francisco’s Superior Court of California deliberated for three days. The lawsuit was filed… [read]

New Study Shows Glyphosate Does Cause Tumors and Birth Defects, and More

July 25, 2018 by Michael Edwards

Exposure to relatively small amounts of a glyphosate-based herbicide has been found to impair fertility in rats and cause birth defects including retardation and malformation in second generation offspring, according to a new study from Argentina. Argentinian researchers added glyphosate… [read]

New Study Shows RoundUp Is Not Safe At Any Level

July 9, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: July 9, 2018

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in RoundUp. It’s been deemed a “probable carcinogen” by the World Health Organization (WHO), but the EPA decided the product can be used on our food at “safe levels.” The EPA banned glyphosate 30 years… [read]

Monsanto’s Name To Be Retired – Bayer Aims To Erase Sordid History

June 5, 2018 by Kristina Martin

Now that the merger between Bayer and Monsanto has been approved, the German pharmaceutical giant has announced plans to scrub the Monsanto name from their agrochemical products, selling them under the name Bayer Crop Science instead. After receiving the U.S.… [read]

Bayer Monsanto Merger Gets U.S. Approval, Conquering Last Regulatory Hurdle

June 1, 2018 by Michael Edwards

Last Tuesday Bayer AG received U.S. antitrust approval to takeover Monsanto, clearing the last major regulatory hurdle for the 66 billion dollar deal to happen. The deal has received antitrust approval from most jurisdictions around the world. Bayer is still… [read]

How to Avoid GMOs in 2018 – And Everything Else You Should Know About Genetic Engineering

May 17, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: October 3, 2018

It’s slowly getting harder and harder to avoid genetically modified foods, but it’s still not that hard, especially if you do your own cooking. As of 2018, GMOs remain unlabeled in the US despite mounting consumer desire to know what… [read]