Reading Time: 3 minutes Kansas lawmakers were set to take up a bill on Tuesday backed by Bayer that would prevent people from suing pesticide manufacturers for not warning them that their products could cause cancer or other illnesses.
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Bayer takes its multi-front battle on pesticide liability to Kansas
Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement faces first signs of pushback in court
Reading Time: 3 minutes Law firms representing nearly 20,000 people who sued Bayer over alleged injuries from its Roundup weedkiller urged a Missouri judge to delay reviewing the German company’s proposed US$7.25 billion nationwide settlement, arguing that rushing would violate the rights of cancer patients and their families.
Bayer: glyphosate shortages not expected outside U.S. after Trump invokes Defense Production Act to secure supply
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to ensure an adequate U.S. supply of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides, the White House said.
Bayer proposes $7.25 billion plan to settle U.S. Roundup cancer suits
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bayer said on Tuesday its Monsanto unit had filed a proposed U.S. class settlement totalling as much as $7.25 billion (C$9.89 billion) aimed at resolving all current and future claims that its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer.
Bayer to build Winnipeg canola research site
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bayer will build at $45 million canola research and development centre in Winnipeg the company announced on Monday.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup cases
Reading Time: 3 minutes The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Bayer’s bid to sharply limit lawsuits claiming that the company’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer and potentially avert billions of dollars in damages.
Retraction of glyphosate review raises new questions about landmark study
Reading Time: < 1 minute An influential glyphosate review has been withdrawn over ethical issues, but Health Canada says the retraction does not affect its previous assessment.
Trump administration backs Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup lawsuits
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Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Bayer’s bid to curtail lawsuits claiming its Roundup herbicide causes cancer.
Health Canada proposes new restrictions for dicamba on soybeans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pest Management Regulatory Agency removes the registration to spray dicamba on dicamba tolerant soybeans after the crop starts growing
Bayer CEO: we will have to stop U.S. glyphosate production if nothing changes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bayer on Wednesday said it would be forced to stop its U.S. production of widely-used farming weedkiller glyphosate unless regulatory or legal changes are made to stave of litigation that has been weighing on the German company.