Friday 1 June 2012

Syngenta to pay $105 million for contaminating US water supply


One of Monsanto's biggest competitors, Syngenta, AG has settled a class-action lawsuit and is to pay the Plaintiffs $105 million in settlement.
Atrazine, a product of Syngenta AG, is a weed killer used on corn by many farmers in the Midwest region of the U.S.
A class-action suit against the company has been ongoing for 8 years. However, in 2009 an article in the New York Times was considered to be instrumental in exposing the dangers of atrazine... read full article.

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