Pesticide immunity bill advances from Iowa Senate. Opponents say it gives the ‘wolf the keys to the hen house’. Senator Donahue noted recent research showing Iowa has some of the highest rates of new cancer in the country. Senator Weiner noted evidence uncovered during Roundup litigation that show #Monsanto ghostwrote independent studies to support the safety of glyphosate. “If they did everything right, why are there reams of discovery emails showing that they lied?” https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/26/pesticide-immunity-bill-advances-from-iowa-senate/
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$2 billion Roundup verdict drives down Bayer shares as company seeks legal immunity. The latest jury verdict to rock #Bayer investors “shows the community is not going to tolerate … these types of backroom dealings … manipulating science and scientific journals.” #Monsanto #glyphosate https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/03/2-billion-roundup-jury-verdict-drives-down-bayer-shares-as-company-hopes-for-law-changes/
The New Lede · $2 billion Roundup jury verdict drives down Bayer shares as company seeks law changeBy Carey Gillam A Georgia jury verdict ordering Bayer AG to pay over $2 billion to a man suffering from cancer he blamed on his use of Roundup weed killer comes as that state’s governor weighs whether to sign into law a measure that would effectively bar such cases from going to trial in the future. Friday’s verdict rocked Bayer investors, driving down the German company’s shares more than 8% on Monday. The Georgia jury found that Bayer, which bought Roundup maker Monsanto in 2018, failed to properly warn users of years of scientific evidence that exposure to Roundup could cause cancer, awarding plaintiff John Barnes $2 billion in punitive damages and $65 million in compensatory damages. Barnes developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) after using Roundup to spray weeds around his home in Dalton, Georgia, from 1999 to 2019, purchasing the herbicide from Home Depot stores. He was diagnosed with NHL in 2020 and has endured multiple rounds of treatment and one recurrence of the disease, though he currently is in remission, according to his lawyers. He is one of more than 100,000 people in the US who have filed lawsuits alleging they developed cancer due to use of Monsanto’s weed killers. Barnes, a father, grandfather and former Marine, testified in the three-week trial that the disease and treatment have taken a lasting toll. “With this cancer … there is no cure,” Barnes testified. He cried as he described persistent fear that his time with his family may be limited. “Every day is worry, not just for me but my family.”
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"Roundup is a brand name of herbicide originally produced by Monsanto, which Bayer acquired in 2018. Prior to the late-2010s formulations, it used broad-spectrum glyphosate-based herbicides."
GA jury awards nearly $2.1 billion verdict to man who says Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer
The company, who disputes claims that Roundup causes cancer, says it will appeal.
Ein US-Geschworenen-Gericht hat den Agrarchemie- und Pharma-Konzern #Bayer zu knapp 1,9 Milliarden Euro Schadenersatz verurteilt. Der Aktienkurs ist am Montag um fast sieben Prozent abgestürzt.
Die Probleme rund um den #glyphosat-haltigen Unkrautvernichter #Roundup hatte Bayer sich 2018 mit der über 60 Milliarden Dollar teuren Übernahme der US-Firma #Monsanto ins Haus geholt.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/wirtschaft-verantwortung/bayer-zu-21-milliarden-dollar-schadenersatz-wegen-glyphosat-verurteilt-aktie-stuerzt-ab-li.2310248 #kapitalismus #EatTheRich
Berliner Zeitung · Bayer zu 2,1 Milliarden Dollar Schadenersatz wegen Glyphosat verurteilt, Aktie stürzt ab
Georgia jury orders #Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in #Roundup weedkiller lawsuit
https://apnews.com/article/roundup-monsanto-cancer-lawsuit-2-billion-7f903acb350dd6f6ce09b102914eabc1
A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent #Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer.
AP News · Jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit
Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit
AP News · Jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit
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Monsanto says its track record—it has won 17 of about two dozen Roundup-cancer cases—shows it wins if it gets a fair trial. But #Monsanto lost ALL its initial cases. Its track record is due to its then settling huge numbers of cases and only fighting those it's sure it can win. Yet it has still lost some of those cases big time! 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-22/bayer-hit-with-2-billion-roundup-verdict-in-us-state-of-georgia
Bayer hit with $2bn Roundup verdict
"Bayer has paid ~$10bil to settle disputed claims tt Roundup, based on #glyphosate, causes #cancer.. #Bayer acquired Roundup as part of its $63bil takeover of #Monsanto.. Glyphosate is still avail in #Thailand. Authorities in 2019 initially planned to ban glyphosate but reversed their decision.. #Reuters #investigation subsequently revealed tt the reversal of the glyphosate ban was influenced by pressure fr the #USgovernment & Bayer"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2985446/bayer-hit-with-2bn-roundup-verdict
Bangkok Post · Bayer hit with $2bn Roundup verdict
Tell Gov Kemp to halt lawsuit immunity for #pesticides companies, like Bayer-#Monsanto! They’ve deceived Georgia’s legislators into passing SB 144/HB 424, which is now before Governor Kemp. So we need to tell him to exercise his veto power!
TAKE ACTION with PANNA to stop legal immunity 
https://www.panna.org/action/tell-gov-kemp-to-halt-lawsuit-immunity-for-pesticides-companies/ #glyphosate
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Note how Bayer’s CEO, Bill Anderson, dismisses lawsuits brought by cancer victims — seeking justice for the harm they believe Roundup has caused them — as ‘frivolous.’ Their suffering and the evidence, often from internal company documents, proving #Monsanto knew Roundup could cause cancer are anything but ‘frivolous.’
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Ever wonder who came up with the disaster that's plastic turf? Yes, fake grass was originally developed and patented (as ChemGrass then AstroTurf™) by #Monsanto—the same firm that brought us massively polluting PCBs, its brand of DDT, foetotoxic 2,4,5-T, dioxin-laden Agent Orange, Roundup and Roundup Ready crops..
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/01/25/opinion-plastic-turf-carries-high-cost-for-human-health-and-the-planet/
The Mercury News · Opinion: Plastic turf carries high cost for human health and the planet
Bayer posts fourth-quarter net loss of 335 million euros, warns of continuing lower earnings. The company remains heavily burdened by debt and embroiled in legal battles stemming from its #Monsanto business. https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BAYER-AG-436063/news/Bayer-Warns-of-Lower-Earnings-as-Turnaround-Continues-2nd-Update-49243361/
MarketScreener · Bayer Warns of Lower Earnings as Turnaround Continues -- 2nd UpdateBy Dominic Chopping
Bayer guided for lower earnings this year as it continues to work through a turnaround plan, but said performance is expected to improve from 2026.
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Argentina and Paraguay: Civil society organisations call for suspension of #GMO HB4 wheat due to its failure, as Bioceres (the Argentine #Monsanto) sees its income plummet. https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20518/
gmwatch.orgArgentina and Paraguay: Civil society organisations call for suspension of GM wheat
Bioceres reports 24% drop in income
Bayer-Konzern erwirtschaftet abermals Milliardenverlust
Trotz Milliardenverlust versucht der Vorstandschef Optimismus zu verbreiten, doch Bayer steckt weiter tief in der Krise. Das Risiko von Glyphosat-Klagen in den USA ist kaum kalkulierbar. Von M. Heussen.
tagesschau.de · Bayer-Konzern erwirtschaftet abermals Milliardenverlust
Trump’s EPA Moves to Block State Pesticide Labels That Warn of Cancer Risks. The plan may conflict with the new HHS head, RFK Jr., who helped sue #Monsanto over lack of sufficient health warnings on #glyphosate https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-epa-moves-to-block-state-pesticide-labels-that-warn-of-cancer-risks/
Truthout · Trump’s EPA Moves to Block State Pesticide Labels That Warn of Cancer RisksThe plan may conflict with the new HHS head, RFK Jr., who helped sue Monsanto over lack of sufficient health warnings.
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Former #Monsanto President and CEO Robert Shapiro was a Theranos director for several years. Monsanto also failed to deliver on its fairytale promises but unlike Theranos found a way to monetize its products’ failure. More on this here https://www.gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20009/
www.gmwatch.org“Definitive historical account” of Monsanto provides motherlode of valuable material
Reviewers are right to acclaim Bart Elmore’s recent book Seed Money, writes Jonathan Matthews