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Bayer reaches $6.9 million settlement with New York over advertising for weedkiller Roundup

Bayer has agreed to pay $6.9 million to settle allegations by New York’s attorney general that it made misleading claims about the safety of the weedkiller Roundup

The Independent UK

Revealed: The secret push to bury a weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease

Internal documents from chemical giant Syngenta reveal tactics to sponsor sympathetic scientific papers and mislead regulators about unfavorable research

The Guardian - US

Toxic chemicals discovered in water after locals complained about 'foul-smelling brown, foamy liquid'

The problem is linked to a quarry used as a dump site and include substances called PCBs which are also known as 'forever chemicals' as they do not break down in the environment

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Quarry leaking toxic chemicals into idyllic beauty spot after Monsanto dumps waste

Chemical manufacturer Monsanto used Ty Llwyd quarry - situated in the beautiful Welsh countryside - as a dumping ground for toxic waste and the impact could be disastrous

Daily Mirror

Fighting giants: eco-activist Vandana Shiva on her battle against GM multinationals

The formidable Indian environmentalist discusses her 50-year struggle to protect seeds and farmers from the ‘poison cartel’ of corporate agriculture

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Will the Fox settlement restore confidence in elections?

Dominion Voting Systems has settled its defamation lawsuit with Fox News for $787.5m. Some fear it may not be enough to stop conspiracy theories about the company’s machines in the run-up to 2024 election

The Guardian - UK

EPA accused of failing to regulate use of toxic herbicides despite court order

Instead of yanking products, EPA made Monsanto and others amend labels before reapproving dicamba, lawsuit claims

The Guardian - US

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Investigators issue update on toxic waste leaking from quarry

Villagers have long raised their concerns about the site

Wales Online

SI:AM | The Rays Can’t Be Stopped

They’re going for history on Thursday afternoon against the Red Sox.

Sports Illustrated

Commentary: Toxic pesticide drift hurts all of us

When I started farming corn and soybeans on our 320-acre family farm in Greene County, Iowa, in 1976, herbicides like dicamba were a go-to to control weeds. Dicamba is quite toxic, but it helped control broadleaf weeds in my corn crop — until it didn’t.

Tribune News Service

Shareholders are forcing Bayer's CEO out. What do they expect from his replacement?

Incoming Bayer CEO Bill Anderson is taking charge of a company in the midst of a trust crisis.

Fortune

I once admired Russell Brand. But his grim trajectory shows us where politics is heading

In an age of distortion, public figures have powerful tools and a responsibility. This is an object lesson in how that can go wrong, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Big Ag's glyphosate conspiracy

Dr. Chadi Nabhan spent years treating patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma before knowing potential link to Roundup

Salon

How Climate Change Threatens California Wine

Longstanding varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon just can’t take the heat.

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Aim for the Stomach

Why the threat to food supplies — and industrial agriculture's role in global warming — is central to the discourse on climate change.

The Guardian - US

People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study

Study measured glyphosate in urine and found high levels associated with signs of oxidative stress

Daily Mirror

Ynysddu residents fear toxic waste is 'spilling past village' near where children play

Villagers have spoken of their fears for after witnessing a mysterious liquid flowing downhill from a mine where a toxic chemical was dumped several decades ago

Wales Online

Villagers in Wales fear toxic waste is leaking from Monsanto dump site

The Ty Llwyd Quarry near Caerphilly is believed to contain highly carcinogenic PCBs after being dumped at the site decades ago by chemical company Monsato

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The Independent UK

AP News Digest 4 a.m.

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The Independent UK

$698M deal to end Monsanto PCB pollution lawsuit in Oregon

Oregon's attorney general says Bayer has agreed to pay $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns

The Guardian - US

Revealed: group shaping US nutrition receives millions from big food industry

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has a record of quid pro quos with a range of food giants, documents show

Radio France Internationale

French farmer poisoned by Monsanto herbicide wins 'paltry' compensation

After 15 years of legal proceedings, French farmer Paul François, who was accidentally poisoned by a Monsanto herbicide in 2004, will receive compensation - but much less than he had asked for.

France 24

'€11,000 for so much sacrifice': Bayer pesticide ruling ends French farmer's 15-year battle

A French court has ordered Germany's Bayer to pay compensation of some 11,000 euros to a crop farmer for the accidental inhalation of a weedkiller produced by its subsidiary Monsanto, ending a 15-year legal battle, his lawyer and the company said on Thursday.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Why is a weedkiller showing up in Midwesterners’ urine?

St. LOUIS — A research group says levels of the controversial and drift-prone weedkiller dicamba have more than tripled in the urine samples of people in the Midwest — even in urban areas.

The Guardian - AU

Gardeners beware: household chemicals banned overseas are still used in Australia

From tomato dust to snail pellets, Australia takes a much more relaxed approach to household pesticide use than other countries

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