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January 31, 2020
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Bayer Welcomes U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Reaffirmation that Glyphosate Is Safe to Use, Not Carcinogenic

EPA’s Interim Registration Review Decision Follows Agency Letter to Registrants and the U.S. Government’s Amicus Filing in Hardeman Case That Also Support Glyphosate’s Safety Whippany, N.J., January 31, 2020 – Bayer said today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s favorable conclusion about the safety of glyphosate in its Interim Registration Review Decision, based on the agency’s […]

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December 23, 2019
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U.S. Government, 7 States Among 16 Parties To File Amicus Briefs In Monsanto’s Hardeman Appeal

WHIPPANY, N.J., December 23, 2019 –Bayer said today that six amicus briefs were filed in its appeal of the Hardeman case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, representing 16 public, professional, trade and commercial entities. The briefs make arguments on a range of issues including federal preemption, Daubert standards, and the admissibility of expert […]

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July 25, 2019
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Bayer Statement on Post-Trial Ruling in Pilliod v. Monsanto

Whippany (July 25, 2019) — The following is Bayer’s statement regarding a ruling in Pilliod v. Monsanto by Judge Winifred Smith in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda to reduce the punitive, non- economic, and future medical damages in the case. The court reduced Mr. Pilliod’s non-economic damages from $18 million to $6.1 million and […]

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April 30, 2019
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is Latest Regulatory Agency to Reaffirm that Glyphosate is Not Carcinogenic

EPA assessment ‘more robust’ and ‘more transparent’ than IARC, agency says Whippany, N.J., April 30, 2019 – Bayer today issued the following statement regarding an interim registration review decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reapprove glyphosate for use in the U.S. The decision was accompanied by public comments by EPA Assistant Administrator for […]

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Bayer announced a series of actions it plans to implement following the denial of the motion to preliminarily approve the Roundup™ class settlement agreement. The package of five legal and commercial actions is designed to help the company achieve a level of risk mitigation that is comparable to the previously proposed national class solution.

Read about the five-point plan here.