dicamba
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Dicamba litigation against Bayer, BASF poised to explode, lawyers say
Claims say weedkilling products developed by the former Monsanto and other chemical companies are destroying and contaminating crops, including organic Continue reading
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Bayer On The Edge As Jury Awards $265 M To US Peach Farmer Over Illegal Dicamba Drift
A jury on Saturday awarded US$ 250 million in punitive damages to a southeastern Missouri peach farmer who argued that weedkiller dicamba that had drifted onto his orchards from other farms had severely damaged his trees — an award that could bode well for over 140 other farmers suing the chemical’s makers – Bayer (Monsanto)… Continue reading
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Herbicides undermine antibiotics, threaten medical care
Researchers in New Zealand have found that bacteria develop antibiotic resistance up to 100,000 times faster when exposed to the world’s most widely used herbicides, Roundup (glyphosate) and Kamba (dicamba) and antibiotics compared to without the herbicide. Continue reading