Monsanto, a global agro-giant acquired by German
company Bayer for about $63 billion in June this year, is soiled in a renew
call globally for the ban of the glyphosate, a major ingredient in its
Roundupweed-killer.
This started few weeks ago when a landmark US court
ruling in San Francisco awarded $289
million to a man they declared got cancer from Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide.
According to Reuters, “Monsanto faces 8,000
lawsuits’ over its product glyphosate (Roundup weedkiller) adding that the
company could face difficult years ahead.
Radio France International (rfi) has quoted the
French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot saying that the verdict marked “the
beginning of a war” noting that banning glyphosate within the next three years
is one of its “clear engagements.”
The government of Vietnam is renewing call for
Monsanto to pay damages to over one million victims of Monsanto and Dow
Chemical, which produced the deadly herbicide Agent Orange for the U.S.
military during the Vietnam War.
Also, Brazil, one of the largest consumers of
Monsanto herbicides is also having a running legal battle over the
acceptability of glyphosate.
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