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Monsanto Approves Louisiana Herbicide Expansion

18.04.2016 - Monsanto’s board of directors has approved an investment of $975 million to expand production of dicamba benzoic acid herbicide at its Luling site in Louisiana, USA. The additional...

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EP Proposes Seven-year Glyphosate Reauthorization

14.04.2016 - After the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) last month passed a resolution urging the EU Commission not to renew the authorization of the herbicide ingredient...

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Monsanto to Pay $80 Million for Accounting Missteps

11.02.2016 - US agribusiness giant Monsanto has been handed a civil penalty of $80 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for accounting rules violations related to price...

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Monsanto Facing Fresh Roundup Litigation

14.10.2015 - US agriculture and GMO giant Monsanto is facing lawsuits from farm workers in connection with its Roundup herbicide. One case charging that glyphosate, the primary ingredient in...

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French Minister Will Ask Garden Shops not to Sell Roundup

14.06.2015 - French Environment and Energy Minister Segolène Royal has told the French television network France 3 she plans to ask garden shops to stop selling Monsanto's glyphosate weed...

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WHO Scientists Analyzing 2,4-D Cancer Links

08.06.2015 - At a meeting in Lyon, France, this week 24 scientists representing the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will analyze scientific...

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Probe Indicates Biotech Wheat Was "Isolated Incident"

15.06.2013 - The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in...

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U.S. Finds Unapproved Genetically Modified Wheat in Oregon

30.05.2013 - A strain of genetically engineered wheat never approved for sale or consumption was found sprouting on a farm in Oregon, the U.S. government said on Wednesday, and grain traders...