[Ngo-sanrm] Monsanto Knew of Predicted Damage to U.S. Farms

[Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group]

Viet Nam should be very careful of any permits for Monsanto's (now Bayer)
agricultural chemicals to be used in Viet Nam.

Chuck Searcy



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*EcoWatch
<https://www.ecowatch.com/monsanto-farm-damage-dicamba-2645584168.html>*
MAR 30, 2020
Internal Monsanto Documents Show It Knew of Predicted Damage to U.S. Farms
  <https://www.ecowatch.com/u/jordandavidson>Jordan Davidson
<https://www.ecowatch.com/u/jordandavidson>

Documents unearthed in a lawsuit brought by a Missouri farmer who claimed
that Monsanto <http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/monsanto> and German chemical
maker BASF's dicamba <https://www.ecowatch.com/tag/dicamba> herbicide
ruined his peach orchard revealed that the two companies knew their new
agricultural seed and chemical system would likely damage many U.S. farms,
according to documents seen by The Guardian
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/monsanto-crop-system-damage-us-farms-documents>
.

The lawsuit, which awarded the Missouri farmer $265 million, showed that
Monsanto intentionally hid the risks involved in its plans and calculated
how to profit off farmers worried about damage to their crops. The
documents also show Monsanto's efforts to stymie tests from third-party
labs to make sure there was no data that concerned regulators.

In fact, The Guardian
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/monsanto-crop-system-damage-us-farms-documents>
reports
that some BASF employees joked about their company sharing "voodoo science"
and hoping that they stay out of jail.

[MORE]
<https://www.ecowatch.com/monsanto-farm-damage-dicamba-2645584168.html>

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