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Key federal minister in Canada/China dispute fighting cancer

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 25, 2019

Just days after two senior cabinet ministers from the Prairies were defeated in Monday’s federal election, the Liberal government is now facing the possibility of a third stepping away from cabinet. International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr from Manitoba announced on Friday that he has been diagnosed with a type of blood cancer known as […] Read more

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Review of red meat’s risks spurs scientific food fight

By Kate Kelland September 30, 2019

London | Reuters — Cutting back on red and processed meat brings few if any health benefits, according to a review of studies involving millions of people, a finding that contradicts dietary advice of leading international agencies and raised immediate objections from many health experts. Most people can continue to eat red and processed meat […] Read more

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Bayer mediator dismisses report of Roundup settlement

By Jonathan Stempel, Ludwig Burger August 10, 2019

New York/Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle claims in the United States related to the Roundup herbicide, mediator Ken Feinberg said, dismissing a report to that effect which drove its shares as much as 11 per cent higher. “Bayer has not proposed paying $8 billion […] Read more

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U.S. judge cuts $2 billion Roundup verdict against Bayer to $86 million

By Tina Bellon July 26, 2019

Reuters – A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup, for their cancer to $86.7 million. Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith of the California Superior Court in Oakland said the jury’s billion-dollar punitive damage awards were excessive and […] Read more

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Juror urges judge to uphold US$80M Roundup verdict

By Tina Bellon July 8, 2019

Reuters — A juror who was part of a panel that delivered a US$80 million award against Bayer AG after finding that its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup caused a man’s cancer has urged the presiding judge to uphold the decision. A letter from the juror written on July 4 was posted to the court docket […] Read more

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Judge to slash US$80 million Roundup jury verdict

By Tina Bellon July 2, 2019

Reuters — A U.S. judge on Tuesday said he would reduce a US$80 million damage award against Bayer to US$50 million or less in the case of a man who blamed his cancer on glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said the jury’s $75 million punitive damages award to plaintiff […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

By Tom Polansek May 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a carcinogen, contradicting decisions by U.S. juries that found it caused cancer in people. The EPA’s announcement reaffirms its earlier findings about the safety of glyphosate, the key ingredient in Bayer’s […] Read more

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Bayer shareholders vent ire over Monsanto-linked stock rout

By Ludwig Burger, Patricia Weiss April 26, 2019

Bonn | Reuters — Bayer shareholders vented their anger over its stock price slump on Friday as litigation risks mount from the German drugmaker’s US$63 billion takeover of seed and chemical firm Monsanto. Several large investors said they will not support aspirin invesotr Bayer’s management in a key vote scheduled for the end of its […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. criticizes Vietnam ban of glyphosate imports

By Khanh Vu, Tom Polansek April 11, 2019

Chicago/Hanoi | Reuters — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Thursday criticized Vietnam’s move to ban imports of glyphosate-based herbicides, saying the decision would have “devastating impacts on global agricultural production.” Vietnam’s government said in a statement that the toxic level of herbicides containing glyphosate had long been of concern, in the latest display […] Read more

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U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

By Alexandria Sage, Tina Bellon March 28, 2019

San Francisco/New York | Reuters –– A U.S. jury on Wednesday awarded US$80 million to a man who claimed his use of Bayer’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup caused his cancer, in the latest legal setback for the company facing thousands of similar lawsuits. The jury in San Francisco federal court said the company was liable for […] Read more

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Key federal minister in Canada/China dispute fighting cancer

Review of red meat’s risks spurs scientific food fight

Bayer mediator dismisses report of Roundup settlement

U.S. judge cuts $2 billion Roundup verdict against Bayer to $86 million

Juror urges judge to uphold US$80M Roundup verdict

Judge to slash US$80 million Roundup jury verdict

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

Bayer shareholders vent ire over Monsanto-linked stock rout

U.S. criticizes Vietnam ban of glyphosate imports

U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

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