The “Bayer-Monsanto Protection Act” is the informal term for a piece of lobbyist-written legislation that has been drafted into the current farm bill. Bayer has faced around 170,000 claims from people alleging harm from their products. Damages have already exceeded $10 billion. Read more below.
Stop the Monsanto Protection Act
Reposted from Toxin Free USA: The Bayer-Monsanto Protection Act on Steroids is Rolling Out Across the Country. Is Your State Passing the Legislation? What happens when agrichemical companies are sued…
Tell Congress to Ban Monsanto/Bayer’s Cancer-Causing Roundup Weedkiller!
Reposted from Organic Consumers Association In 2020, Bayer agreed to pay roughly $10 billion in a landmark settlement with Roundup-exposed cancer victims. Yet tens of thousands of additional claims remain unresolved….
OPPOSE: Pesticide Immunity – Sec. 10204 [Farm Bill]
This section “prohibits the right to sue for failure to warn when harmed by pesticides. In Section 10204 of the House Farm Bill, language shields (gives immunity) to the producers…
Washington Post: Bayer lobbies Congress to help fight lawsuits tying Roundup to cancer
Republicans have repeatedly pushed a provision — drafted with Bayer’s help — that critics say would undo some nationwide pesticide protections.
The biotech giant Bayer has lobbied Congress over the past year to advance legislation that could shield the company from billions of dollars in lawsuits, part of a national campaign to defeat claims that its weed killer Roundup causes cancer in people who use it frequently. Read More
Glyphosate Impacts on Soil, Crop, Animal, Human, and Environmental Health
Dr. Don Huber, one of the food symposium speakers, has provided a one page document about glyphosate impacts.