In case anyone wounders about the whole #Monsanto shitshow and #dioxin in #herbicides:

Monsanto and #DowChemical refuse to acknowledge having been informed by competitors from #Germany...

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#FunFact: #RoundupReadyCrops were not approved and blocked in the #EU not just out of #protest against #Monsanto's practises, but also because they would hurt the bottom line of one their [then] biggest Competitors:
#BayerCropSciences!

Plus #DNA and #Lifeforms are not patent-able in #Europe for good reasons!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxVXvFOPIyQ&t=1350s

#Bayer #Roundup #RoundupReady #Herbicides

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In their defense tho, I think it's hard to defend gross neglective folks that refuse to read #SafetyDatasheets from #Chemicals!

And yes, not just #IARC knew #Glyphosate is #carciogenic and like #Neonicotinoides kills #insects.

  • This was widely known even before 2010 by chemists even remotely connected to #CropSciences...

But everyone knew #Monsanto has #US #EPA decisionmakers on speed-dial, so everyone shut up because everyone in the #chemistry industry has a safe at their office with compromising material about their competitors, so basically everyone there keeps a "cartel of silence" (German Proverb) like the #Omerta...

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Also am I the only one worried about #Veritasium using #RT footage way too often?

  • Shure there are more english-languaged broadcasters that ain't #RIAnovostri aka. belonging to #Russia's Government!

Certainly @dw_innovation / #DWnews reported on that as well and they too would likely offer snippets for licensing.

What's next for glyphosate?

The inability of the European Union to break a deadlock this week over whether or not to ban glyphosate has left farmers - and a potential multimillion dollar agrochemical merger - in limbo.

Deutsche Welle

Or to quote a (retired), ex-Bayer Material Scientist:

"Buying #Monsanto is the worst decision #Bayer made since they close the #MaterialSciences and other #ResearchAndDevelopment Departments!"

  • That fmr. Employer was from said department.