13/May/21

 

Glyphosate endangers vital symbiotic relationships between insects and microorganisms, posing a serious threat to ecosystems, a new study shows. Glyphosate isn't a threat only to the one type of beetle tested in the study. The researchers showed that many mutually beneficial bacteria associated with various different insect hosts were also glyphosate-sensitive, suggesting insects might be at risk of harm more generally via their bacterial partners. GMWatch

 

 

A French court has thrown out a lawsuit against Monsanto and other former Agent Orange manufacturers brought by a victim of the toxic defoliant used during the Vietnam War. She plans to appeal. Supported by various nongovernmental organizations, Tran To Nga sued 14 chemical companies in a court in Evry, a southern suburb of Paris that she has called home for years. All the companies, including US multinationals Dow Chemical and Monsanto — now part of the German Bayer Group — produced a highly toxic defoliant during the Vietnam War known as Agent Orange, named for the orange labels on the barrels. On Monday, the court dismissed Tran's lawsuit, saying that it did not have jurisdiction to judge a case involving the US government's wartime actions. DW