Pesticide-backed proposed law that opponents call ‘Cancer Gag Act’ pits Iowa farm groups against each other

  • Maeve
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    221 day ago

    Bayer, the Germany-based owner of the former Monsanto Co, is the chief architect of the strategy, designed as a means to beat back thousands of lawsuits filed by farmers and others who blame their use of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides for causing them to develop cancer.

    Surprise!

    • @saltesc
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      111 day ago

      Monsanto’s history is this shit from day 1. They made Agent Orange ffs.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 day ago

      Yo those are the same people that invented that cough suppressant. I think they called it “heroin”. Supposed to not be addictive, unlike morphine!