Monday, 23 March 2020

How big corporations are poisoning our farms

How big corporations are poisoning our farms

How did farmers who had shunned deadly dicamba for decades end up buying it even as the herbicide poisoned their neighbors' farms? The answer is money. Bayer AG and BASF, makers of dicamba, have spent more than $40 million in federal lobbying since 2017 says the Center for Responsive Politics. Bayer, which bought Monsanto, spent about $35.2 million.
Read more: https://www.salon.com/2020/03/21/how-big-corporations-are-poisoning-our-farms_partner/?source=Snapzu

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