{"id":37520,"date":"2018-09-09T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T14:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37520"},"modified":"2018-09-09T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T14:59:37","slug":"bayer-beware-lawyers-claim-to-have-explosive-monsanto-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37520","title":{"rendered":"Bayer Beware: Lawyers Claim To Have\u00a0&#8220;Explosive&#8221; Monsanto Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-09-07\/bayer-beware-lawyers-claim-have-explosive-monsanto-documents\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Bayer Beware: Lawyers Claim To Have\u00a0&#8220;Explosive&#8221; Monsanto Documents<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1136\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1137\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\">Lawyers involved in a California lawsuit against\u00a0Monsanto<strong> claim to have &#8220;explosive&#8221; documents <\/strong>concerning the Bayer-owned agrochemical giant&#8217;s activities in Europe, according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2018\/09\/06\/explosive-documents-about-monsanto-in-europe\"><em>Euronews<\/em><\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/roundup%20shelves%20%281%29_0.jpg?itok=h9lsk1wH\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/roundup%20shelves%20%281%29_0.jpg?itok=h9lsk1wH\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/roundup%20shelves%20%281%29_0.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/roundup%20shelves%20%281%29_0.jpg?itok=h9lsk1wH 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f9322c11-6443-449b-9dad-d3572c1234f6\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What we have is the tip of the iceberg. And in fact <strong>we have documents now in our possession, several hundreds documents, that have not been declassified and some of those are explosive<\/strong>,&#8221; said US lawyer Robert\u00a0Kennedy Jr, adding<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And many of them are pertinent to what Monsanto did here in Europe. <strong>And that&#8217;s just the beginning<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Monsanto &#8211; bought by Germany&#8217;s Bayer AG in June for $66 billion, was ordered in August to pay a historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-08-10\/monsanto-hit-280-million-verdict-historic-cancer-lawsuit\">$289 million<\/a>\u00a0to a former school groundskeeper,\u00a0Dewayne Johnson, who said Monsanto&#8217;s Roundup weedkiller gave him terminal cancer. Monsanto says it will appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental lawyers have been in Brussels in order to address a European Parliament special committee on the issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They are fighting a fight for more democracy and for transparency and to get a better insight in how big corporation such as Monsanto act and try to manipulate the facts,&#8221; said Belgium MEP\u00a0Bart Staes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last November EU approved the use of glyphosate &#8211; a key chemical in Roundup, following five years of heated debate over whether it causes cancer. While it was approved for just five years until 2022 vs. the usual 15 years, there are now rumors that they will withdraw Roundup&#8217;s license this year altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Labeled a carcinogen by the EPA in 1985, the agency reversed its stance on glyphosate in 1991. The World Health Organization&#8217;s cancer research agency, however, classified the compound as <em><strong>&#8220;probably carcinogenic to humans&#8221; <\/strong><\/em>in 2015. California, meanwhile, has the chemical listed in its Proposition 65 registry of chemicals known to cause cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer Beware: Lawyers Claim To Have\u00a0&#8220;Explosive&#8221; Monsanto Documents Lawyers involved in a California lawsuit against\u00a0Monsanto claim to have &#8220;explosive&#8221; documents concerning the Bayer-owned agrochemical giant&#8217;s activities in Europe, according to\u00a0Euronews. &#8220;What we have is the tip of the iceberg. 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