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2010-02-05 | permalink
Bayer to pay $1.5 mln in 2nd of 500 lawsuits over GM rice
Germany’s Bayer was ordered by a jury in the United States to pay $1.5 million in damages to three farmers for losses they incurred because of contaminations of Bayer’s genetically modified rice, the second in about 500 similar cases pending. [...] ”Bayer CropScience is standing by its view that the company has handled its biotech rice responsibly and appropriately at all times,” he added.
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2010-02-05 | permalink
Bayer to pay $1.5 mln in 2nd of 500 lawsuits over GM rice
Germany’s Bayer was ordered by a jury in the United States to pay $1.5 million in damages to three farmers for losses they incurred because of contaminations of Bayer’s genetically modified rice, the second in about 500 similar cases pending. [...] ”Bayer CropScience is standing by its view that the company has handled its biotech rice responsibly and appropriately at all times,” he added.
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