2012 gav jordbruksverket klartecken för Monsanto att i fältförsök odla den genmodifierade sockerbetan H7-1 i Lunds kommun, Kävlinge kommun, Staffanstorps kommun, Svedala kommun och Kristianstads kommun för att utvärdera de agronomiska egenskaperna och tåligheten mot ogräsmedel. The evidence was provided to agencies and they decided it is not a carcinogen....and still say it is not. Despite those internal warnings, Monsanto assured state officials PCBs weren’t a threat. The company says Monsanto has maintained its own product-liability insurance, though it didn’t disclose details about how much or what’s covered. The EPA is overseeing a $342 million, 13-year cleanup of the river that should remove 90% of the pollution, including PCBs, by dredging tainted material. Monsanto has won PCB trials, including a 2016 case in Los Angeles where a jury rejected claims by a man and a woman who said exposure to the chemical gave them non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [9], ”Financial Statements for Monsanto Company”, http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:MON&fstype=ii, http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/pages/monsanto-history.aspx, ”Corporate Relationships Among Monsanto Company, Pharmacia LLC, Pfizer Inc., Solutia Inc., and Eastman Chemical Company”, http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/pages/monsanto-relationships-pfizer-solutia.aspx, https://www.svd.se/eu-ja-till-bayer-kop-av-monsanto, https://www.di.se/nyheter/bayer-skrotar-bolagsnamnet-monsanto/, US Patent Expiry of Roundup Creates Uncertainty in Glyphosates, http://www.feministes-radicales.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Marie-Monique-ROBIN.-The-World-According-to-MONSANTO.-Pollution-Corruption-and-the-control-of-the-Worlds-Food-Supply.pdf, Research and Markets: Research Report on Global and China Glyphosate Industry, 2013-2017, https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monsanto&oldid=47928522, Artiklar som behöver enstaka källor 2015-05, Creative Commons Erkännande-dela-lika 3.0 Unported. The next PCB cases are set for trial early next year. [7][källa behövs], Det nya Monsanto tillverkar fortfarande det glyfosatbaserade bekämpningsmedlet RoundUp, men efter att patentet gick ut har Kina tagit över som världens största producent av glyfosat-baserade bekämpningsmedel.[8].

[källa behövs] Det är bidragande orsaker till att företaget ifrågasätts av bland annat aktivister. “All of these facilities are potential sources of PCBs.”. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), AFTER-SCHOOL VIRTUAL BAKING CLASSES available from Sticky Fingers founder Doron Petersan, Today in Hawks around Town – The Great Escape, Today in Banks Taking Over Retail Spaces – the old West Wing Cafe. In February, a federal jury in Spokane, Washington, will weigh whether Monsanto is responsible for polluting the Spokane River. Three years later, a check of another nearby creek found fish with 7,500 times the legal limit for PCB levels. Required fields are marked *. Företaget är ett av flera företag inom utveckling och marknadsföring av GMO-grödor och tillväxthormon för nötkreatur. Monsanto will pay Washington $95 million in PCB pollution lawsuit By Joel Connelly , SeattlePI Updated 11:55 am PDT, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 I september 2016 aviserade Bayer sin avsikt att förvärva Monsanto för 66 miljarder USD.

In some cases, Monsanto was sued for damages from PCBs, and in others, it is accused of discharging the chemical. Mióta a PCB-t világszerte betiltották, a Monsanto sem gyártotta őket többé. In court filings, Bayer said Monsanto stopped making PCBs before it was banned. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified the city of Seattle, along with more than 100 companies — including Monsanto — as potentially responsible for fouling the river, court filings show. 2000 gick Monsanto ihop med Pharmacia & Upjohn, växtförädlingsdelarna av det ursprungliga Monsanto placerades i ett nytt helägt dotterbolag Monsanto Ag Company.