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FakeNoose

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6. It would have been cheaper for Bayer to create their own weed killer, than buy Monsanto's mess

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Sat Mar 22, 2025, 10:44 AM

Mar 2025

I find it amazing that Bayer would even want to take on the liability of this. Monsanto got patents on a poorly-tested product and then proceeded to market it everywhere. Once the lawsuits started rolling in, they went belly-up.

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Bayer hit with $2 billion Roundup verdict in US state of Georgia cancer case [View all] Eugene Mar 2025 OP

Just petty cash, really LiberalArkie Mar 2025 #1

But they've only put aside 5.9 billion for thousands of pending cases. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #4

Why do retailers sell roundup if it causes cancer? Mosby Mar 2025 #8

I still don't know what Bayer bought Monsanto knowing Round Up came with it underpants Mar 2025 #2

It would have been cheaper for Bayer to create their own weed killer, than buy Monsanto's mess FakeNoose Mar 2025 #6

No kidding. underpants Mar 2025 #9

That's great news! Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #3

That's OK. Trump will just make it go away. travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #5

After Bayer puts a hundred million or so into one of his accounts. hedda_foil Mar 2025 #7