- sure, tony, now roundup weed and grass killer is manufactured by monsanto company and it's a company recently acquired by bayer for over 60 billion dollars. it was introduced in 1974 as a way to kill weeds while leaving crops and plants in tact. and it sold in 160 countries worldwide, it's one of the most popular herbicides on the market with over 1.4 billion pounds used every year. now, the problem with the product is that it's been designated by the world health organization as a probable human carcinogen. because its main ingredient, glyphosate, is a carcinogen that's said to cause non-hodgkin's lymphoma. now today, roundup is sprayed on nearly every acre of corn, cotton and soy beans grown in the united states. - oh, that's a huge risk factor, for sure, from a product so widely used. so, what is non-hodgkin's lymphoma? - non-hodgkin's lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that affects white blood cells, which are an important part of our immune system. because lymphocytes circulate throughout most of the body, non-hodgkin's lymphoma can occur nearly anywhere in the body. however, it

- sure, tony, now roundup weed and grass killer is manufactured by monsanto company and it's a companyquired by bayer for over 60 billion dollars. it was introduced in 1974 as a way to kill weeds while leaving crops and plants in tact. and it sold in 160 countries worldwide,

to face i think to them that they are is as bad as monsanto arguably the company with the worst image in the world. i think that. is a different the board absolutely made a mistake it totally misjudged the risks that monsanto was bringing into the marriage especially in view of the lawsuits that have begun piling up. under normal circumstances a top manager would be accused of blatant failure and says class for. fun for me i'm very concerned for my family my son works in a department that beyers liquidating he has 3 daughters so also in this regard the future doesn't look good. and he said life is safe and how it's evaluated scientifically is one thing but i'm here today as a shareholder who was horrified by the plunges buyers share price and i want to hear what they have to say that. i'm here to see the face of a man who was idiotic enough to buy a poison manufacturer but still made so much money in the process of. a man whose day of reckoning his common shareholders take the unprecedented step of backing a no confidence motion in belmont and the management board the censure has no l

and it's not just moms across america that's been targeted by monsanto documents reveal the company also operated a so-called intelligence fusion center and its aim was to monitor and discredit critics who claim that life a state the main ingredient in monsanto's weaken is extremely dangerous to human health life as it is a herbicide of the crop drying agent after to spray it on crops it ends up in food air and tap water and several lawsuits monsanto's glyphosate based product was proved to have caused cancer however the company stay for this product is safety use and it's appealed against the verdicts moms across america's direct again told us this shows the company's disregard for public health this is an example of the type of mentality that g.m.o. companies have and that shows a complete disregard for public health and this is very disturbing considering that our government would like to now into the hands of regulation into the hands of these companies they are proposing to allow g.m.o. companies to dish sellers determine whether or not their products are safe or not and so as a mot

the criticism is and how long it's continued and just how badly it can shake the company to its core. before its monsanto takeover bayer actually enjoyed a good reputation in the agricultural sector one of its leading divisions was its vegetable seed business under the brand in the netherlands. and here they are cultivated vegetables from high quality seeds without any help from the controversial technology of genetic engineering. like to cumbers bigger than average and very tasty from seeds that fetch maximum market prices but amid beyers quest to acquire monsanto some 30 antitrust regulators worldwide spent 2 years examining the proposed union to see where it might reduce competition. and they gave faiers vegetable seeds production a thumbs down there was forced to divest this profitable business it sold it to be a asset for 7600000000 euros a bargain market analysts say. numb cans can no longer carry the bayer logo. that. quite apart from the merger they are still has problems in the pharmaceutical sector. involve more talo the works council fears for $750.00 jobs in the whole of germany 4 and a half

another big story is all er after its purchase of monsanto the german conglomerate pasted -- faced eight attracted legal battle over the u.s. company's weed killer. carol: that has open the door to countless lawsuits. why did bayer buy monsanto? around the 2015 timeframe bayer was looking to make some sort of a deal. where we goings to continue the evolution they had been on into more health care and pharmaceuticals? or were they going to do something that was a bit more conglomerate like. a company that for generations had been quite conglomerate heavy. most investors thought they would go health care or pharma. now came upayer with this plan to go after my santa and he steered it through. big and it and has been pretty contentious here in germany and abroad. purchase,y make this how much of the potential legal problem because of monsanto's roundup weed killer were known at that time? it depends who you ask. if you talk to plaintiff attorneys in the u.s. it was all there. the key thing that happened, this was a year prior to bayer's attempt to buy monsanto, in 2015 this organization that was a part of the world health organization a

two months after clinching a $63 billion purchase of monsanto, the german conglomerate faced a protracted legal battle over the u.s. company's. carol: that has opened the door to countless lawsuits which begs the question, why did bayer buy monsanto? here is more from munich. bayer was2014 20-15, looking to make some sort of a deal. the question was, are we going to continue this evolution into health care and pharmaceuticals or were they going to do something that was more conglomerate? the company for generations had been quite conglomerate-heavy and most investors thought they would go health care, go pharma. and then the ceo of bayer came up with this plan to go after monsanto. he steered it through. it was bold, big, and pretty contentious here in germany. and abroad. carol: let's fast forward a little bit. they make this purchase. how much of the potential legal problem because of monsanto's roundup weed killer was known at the time? >> well, it depends who you ask. if you talk to the plaintiff attorneys in the u.s., it was all there. the key thing that happened, this was a year prior to bayer's attempt to buy monsanto

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company. and yes, it does filter down through interlochen. if they don't do critical stories with our poisoning our kids with chemicals in the food, it's because there is a guy from monsanto sitting on the boards of these companies! i mean, duh! if they don't explain the disastrous effect of our horribly corrupt in many ways medical insurance system in this country where we overpay for what the rest of the world gets much more cheaply, it's because conglomerate insurance companies are sitting on the board. this is interlocking and it used to not reach the media in that regard but it is today, and it's there for you to see. if you wonder sometimes, why didn't he tell me that story about this guy who was ousted by a cia coup in 2009, which is not that far back, that's why. why did they get in trouble for mentioning this story? well, it kind of feeds down. so how did i end up in the national conversation? good question, daniel. just about the time i was getting settled in miami, i created this healthcare company. some guy reached out to me with a really long unpronounceable russian name. as i like to call home was on the phone. he asked me, whatever happened to rick sanchez"

crops it ends up in food and tap water and several lawsuits monsanto's life's a base product was ruled to have caused cancer however the company states that its product is safe to use and it has appealed against the verdicts moms across america's direct again told us this shows the company's disregard for public health . this is an example of the type of mentality that g.m.o. companies have and that shows a complete disregard for public health and this is very disturbing considering that our government would like to now into the hands of regulation into the hands of these companies they are they are proposing to allow g.m.o. companies to dish sellers determine whether or not their products are safe or not and so as a mother does doesn't make any sense to me at all that the mentality of these types were the type of people will have control over whether or not our supply is safe that's extremely disturbing to me and must not happen at all our government must regulate g.m.o. those and they must be able to determine whether or not they're safe or not and these emails are a very good example exactly why that must happen. indonesia

monsanto than they acquired it. it shows how much it's hurt that company. within the company, which is revered as a german industrial might, there's been a lot of soul-searching about this and what it might mean for the future. jason: much more on those stories coming up. first, we turn to a global story, the attack on saudi arabia's oil processing plant, the largest in the world. carol: rattling markets and raising tensions and a key in a -- in a key exporting region, and questioning president trump's strategy to weaken iran. here's ben harvey in tel aviv with this week's remarks. ben: as we see in the most recent attack on saudi arabia, what they've done is they've struck at the heart of the global energy structure. this is the world's biggest refiner. when it attacks the runco site, -- aramco site they managed to , knock out half of saudi arabia's production and 5% of global production. >> that was noticed on the global stage. what i think is interesting, though, is how you talk about the pressure, specifically by the united states put on iran, it has ce

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pharmaceutical companies so for example let's consider linda fischer here was someone who was with the e.p.a. and then she went to join and become the head of government affairs at monsanto and now she's a vice president of safety health and environment and chief sustainability officer dupont so her interests are not only to ensure the advancement of dupont but she also used to be at the e.p.a. and she understands all the loopholes within the e.p.a. to advise her organization of how to get through safety issues another example is terry medley here's a person who is an administrator at the u.s.d.a. and at the f.d.a. and now serves of the director of regulatory and external affairs of dipankar prey sins agricultural enterprise you can also look at someone like clinton uter who is also at the u.s.d.a. and was a u.s. trade representative and he's on the board of my kitchen which is a wholly owned subsidiary of dow chemical but perhaps from the most egregious ones is michael taylor who was appointed by the obama administration prior to joining as deputy director of foods at the f.d.a. he was actually the head of science policy for months anto and the list goes on you have man