Bayer - Investigate Midwest (Page 3)

Is Bayer looking for a new exit ramp in Roundup lawsuits?

Company CEO is prepared to ‘explore every reasonable option to protect’ it from ‘litigation industry’.

/ 26 Jun 2024

Is Bayer looking for a new exit ramp in Roundup lawsuits?

Cheap flea-and-tick products elusive? Lawsuit claims it's intentional.

Tevra Brands claimed Bayer schemed to keep generic versions of Advantage II and K9 Advantix II flea-and-tick products off the market. Bayer denied it.

By Emily Le Coz, USA TODAY and Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 18 May 2023

Cheap flea-and-tick products elusive? Lawsuit claims it's intentional.

Bayer sues four Missouri farmers for illegally spraying dicamba, saving and replanting seeds from the company’s genetically-engineered crops

Critics allege the lawsuit is a way to ‘relitigate’ responsibility for millions of acres of damage to crops and natural areas across the Midwest and South.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 29 Mar 2023

Bayer sues four Missouri farmers for illegally spraying dicamba, saving and replanting seeds from the company’s genetically-engineered crops

Roundup caused her cancer, but she was denied a settlement because of her citizenship status, lawsuit says

Roundup’s manufacturer, the multinational Bayer, has faced myriad lawsuits related to the weed killer. Roundup’s main ingredient likely causes cancer, according to numerous reports and studies.

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest

/ 18 Jan 2023

Roundup caused her cancer, but she was denied a settlement because of her citizenship status, lawsuit says

In the Midwest, state oversight has forced some employers to provide better housing for migrant farmworkers. But regulations remain spotty.

While oversight of H2A farmworker housing is enforced by the federal government, migrant farmworker housing is state jurisdiction. Some Midwestern states inspect twice — others not at all.

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest and Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 16 Dec 2022

In the Midwest, state oversight has forced some employers to provide better housing for migrant farmworkers. But regulations remain spotty.

Opinion: Bayer could have last laugh over glyphosate court cases

more and more like Rocky Balboa every day. Rocky took a beating at the hands of Apollo Creed before scoring a miraculous last second KO to gain the heavyweight title.

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 15 Feb 2022

Opinion: Bayer could have last laugh over glyphosate court cases

Opinion: More dirty secrets on glyphosate may become public

Now Bayer investors are saying the German agri-giant played fast and loose with the facts, misleading them on 1) the safety of glyphosate and Roundup; 2) Bayer's efforts at due diligence; and 3) the legal risks in the acquisition of Monsanto.

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 4 Feb 2022

Opinion: More dirty secrets on glyphosate may become public

Opinion: EPA takes another bite on dicamba...will anything change?

Dave Dickey gives his take on the EPA and dicamba and what could happen next.

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 8 Dec 2021

Corporate money keeps university ag schools ‘relevant,’ and makes them targets of donor criticism

Large donors can put universities in potentially awkward positions when faculty conclusions conflict with the interests of those benefactors. Data collected by Harvest Public Media and Investigate Midwest shows corporations have given at least $170 million to ag colleges in the past decade.

By johnathan-hettinger-and-sky-chadde-investigate-midwest-dana-cronin-katie-peikes-and-seth-bodine-harvest-public-media, Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest, Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest, Dana Cronin, Illinois Public Media, Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio/Harvest Public Media and Seth Bodine, Harvest Public Media

/ 15 Nov 2021

Corporate money keeps university ag schools ‘relevant,’ and makes them targets of donor criticism

Maker of Seresto defends flea and tick collar amid calls for a ban over safety concerns

The company behind the popular Seresto flea-and-tick collar has filed a lengthy defense of the safety of its product amid calls for federal regulars to ban over concerns of harm and death to the pets who wear it.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 8 Nov 2021

Maker of Seresto defends flea and tick collar amid calls for a ban over safety concerns

Seresto flea collar adverse incidents climb after company submits 11,000 more reports to EPA

The maker of a popular flea and tick collar did not report thousands of adverse incidents to federal authorities as required until after an investigation by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting (Investigate Midwest) and USA TODAY was published.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 24 Sep 2021

Seresto flea collar adverse incidents climb after company submits 11,000 more reports to EPA

EPA and Bayer had close contact in 2020 reinstatement of dicamba

In summer 2020, a federal court ruled the EPA showed too much deference to Bayer when it approved the company’s dicamba herbicide. This invalidated the approval. But, weeks later, Bayer began working the EPA again, according to newly obtained emails.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 1 Sep 2021