Two Chemical Companies Tied to Human and Environmental Atrocities, Bayer and Monsanto, Set to Merge
(Beyond Pesticides, September 19, 2016) Last week, a proposed Bayer-Monsanto merger was announced, as St. Louis-based agrichemical giant Monsanto Co. agreed to sell the company to German pharmaceutical and chemical conglomerate, Bayer, in an unprecedented $66 billion dollar deal. It is the merger of two companies that have been tied to past atrocities against humanity, one whose chemical product was used to kill concentration camp victims under Adolf Hitler and the other a producer of the deadly defoliant, Agent Orange, which was sprayed by the U.S. government over Vietnam and left a legacy of health damage to the Vietnamese people and U.S. veterans of the armed forces. At the same time, these companies are currently embroiled in controversy on some of the most hazardous pesticides, including glyphosate (RoundupTM) and neonicotinoids, used in food production and in communities and home gardens —continuing a history of profiting from a technology that has adverse effects on human life and the environment, but has been shown to be unnecessary and unsustainable in food production and the management of lawns, landscapes, playing fields, and parks. In 1995, the Associated Press reported that the then-CEO of Bayer, Helge Wehmeier, apologized to Elie Wiesel, Ph.D., holocaust … Continue reading Two Chemical Companies Tied to Human and Environmental Atrocities, Bayer and Monsanto, Set to Merge
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