A dream collaboration between 2 wonderfully evil #corporations, working hand in hand on the future we now live in:
"Is everything of plastic? - Almost!"
Yesterday I joined a protest in #StLouis about #WhitePhosphorous. A chemical weapon, which kills and maims by chemical burn. White Phosphorous is produced by #Monsanto (headquartered here in STL), sold to #ICL (which also operates out of STL), and then sold by ICL to several militaries, including the US and IDF.
In many ways it can feel like these wars are solely the decisions of far away politicians, happening in far away places, to far away people. But the machine is also here at home.
#Bayer bought #Monsanto, who designed #RoundUp around their previous product #AgentOrange. Now Bayer claims that waging chemical warfare in the yard, garden, and farm should be acceptable.
Weedkiller manufacturer seeks lawmakers’ help to squelch claims it failed to warn about #cancer
Noch strahlt das Bayer-Kreuz über Leverkusen. Doch die Angst ist groß, dass sich der Konzern mehr und mehr aus Deutschland zurückzieht. Skeptiker lässt schon die Tatsache aufhorchen, dass die Bilanz in London vorgestellt wird. Von M. Heussen.
Glyphosat-Prozess: Bayer soll Milliardensumme zahlen
Bayer ist in den USA erneut wegen des glyphosathaltigen Unkrautvernichters Roundup zu einer hohen Schadensersatzzahlung verurteilt worden. Ein Gericht sprach dem Kläger 2,25 Milliarden Dollar zu. Der Konzern will in Berufung gehen.
In den 1970er Jahren forschte #Monsanto an Wasserenthärtern. Und entdeckte, dass ein Stoff auch Pflanzen abtötet. Heute ist #Glyphosat das meist verkaufte #Unkrautvernichtungsmittel – und das umstrittenste. Warum?
« En quittant le #Vietnam en 1975, l'armée américaine a laissé un poison invisible : la #dioxine. Cette arme chimique puissante, plus connue sous le nom d'#AgentOrange, produite par la multinationale #Monsanto, a pris possession de la terre, des eaux, de la végétation. »
In manchen Regionen #SriLanka s leiden bereits 10% der Kinder unter chronischen #Nieren schäden. Nun haben Forschende eine mögliche Erklärung gefunden:
Ein US-Geschworenengericht hat die Bayer-Tochter Monsanto zur Zahlung einer hohen Millionenstrafe verurteilt. Das Unternehmen hafte für die Verwendung der giftigen Chemikalie PCB in Lampen an einer Schule in den USA.
«A US jury on Monday ordered chemical company #Monsanto to pay $857 million to seven people at a school in the western state of Washington who said they were sickened by chemicals leaking from light fittings.»
‘Disturbing’: #weedkiller ingredient tied to #cancer found in 80% of US urine samples
CDC study finds #glyphosate, controversial ingredient found in weedkillers including popular #Roundup brand, present in samples
by Carey Gillam
Sat 9 Jul 2022 05.30 EDT
"The health impacts of glyphosate are disputed and the CDC report makes no observation about what the detected levels mean in terms of human health outcomes. However, its work comes at a time of mounting concerns and controversy over how #pesticides in #food and #water impact human and #environmental health.
"Both the amount and prevalence of glyphosate found in human urine has been rising steadily since the 1990s when #Monsanto Co. introduced genetically engineered crops designed to be sprayed directly with Roundup, according to research published in 2017 by University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers.
"Paul Mills, the lead researcher of that study, said at the time there was 'an urgent need' for a thorough examination of the impact on human health from glyphosate in foods people commonly consume.
"More than 200 million pounds of glyphosate are used annually by #US#farmers on their fields. The weedkiller is sprayed directly over genetically engineered crops such as #corn and #soybeans, and also over non-genetically engineered crops such as #wheat and #oats as a desiccant to dry crops out prior to harvest. Many farmers also use it on fields before the growing season, including #spinach growers and #almond producers. It is considered the most widely used herbicide in history.
"Residues of glyphosate have been documented in an array of popular foods made with crops sprayed with glyphosate, including #BabyFood The primary route of exposure for #children is through the diet."