Bayer could stop making world's most popular pesticide over cancer concerns

Bayer could stop making world's most popular pesticide over cancer concerns

Bayer, the maker of the world's most popular weed killer, says it could stop producing Roundup. It comes after the company has faces billions of dollars in lawsuits over the pesticide's potential for causing cancer. The Environmental Protection Agency says Roundup does not have to have a warning on it saying it could cause cancer. Bayer currently produces about 40% of the world’s glyphosate, which is widely used by commercial farmers to protect …

Mediafax Roundup has generated tens of billions of dollars in sales over time for Bayer and Monsanto, the seed biotechnology giant and developer of the Roundup product that Bayer acquired in 2018. Bayer currently produces about 40% of the world's glyphosate, which farmers spray on fields to stop weeds that threaten crops. What is glyphosate? Glyphosate was introduced by Monsanto in 1974. The American chemical company mixed the organophosphorus c…