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French data regulator hits Monsanto with $472,000 fine for illegally compiling watch list to secure support during weed killer row

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France’s data protection regulator has fined agricultural firm Monsanto €400,000 ($472,320) for illegally creating lists to help the company lobby support during a debate about the authorization of a key weed killer ingredient. … Read More >French data regulator hits Monsanto with $472,000 fine for illegally compiling watch list to secure support during weed killer row

Categories Shows

Dirty business at McDonald’s, an attack on women’s rights, Salvation Army’s underpaid workers

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McDonald’s workers have filed a lawsuit against their employer and taken strike actions over low pay and mistreatment during the pandemic. Lee Camp looks into the fast-food behemoth’s exploitative business practices. From low wages, to their wage-theft schemes, to using prison labor to make employee uniforms, to the factory farming that grows their meat … Read More >Dirty business at McDonald’s, an attack on women’s rights, Salvation Army’s underpaid workers

Categories Business Health

Bayer faces huge upsurge in cancer-linked lawsuits, as number of claims double over Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup

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German pharmaceutical giant Bayer reported on Wednesday that the number of US plaintiffs suing over weed killer Roundup has more than doubled over the past three months, reaching 42,700. … Read More >Bayer faces huge upsurge in cancer-linked lawsuits, as number of claims double over Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup