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| | Bayer is now a takeover candidate Bayer boss Werner Baumann ignored warnings before buying the glyphosate manufacturer Monsanto. Bayer is now threatened with being broken up and Baumann is retiring at the age of 60. This is a very mild punishment for moral and economic failure, writes the journalist Jost Maurin of the German news outlet Taz. Baumann still received bonuses while the company bled: Billions of dollars were lost in damages paid to glyphosate-cancer plaintiffs. Bayer has lost around half its market value since the takeover. Thousands of jobs have been eliminated. Bayer is now a takeover candidate itself. @GMWatch on Twitter, summarising German language article in Taz Study links Roundup exposure to juvenile liver damage A new study has found an association between exposure to Roundup herbicide and severe liver damage. The study was conducted by researchers from the University of California Berkeley’s School of Public Health, including Brenda Eskenazi, who runs the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS). The researchers used more than two decades of epidemiological information gathered from mothers and children who gave samples of blood, urine, and saliva along with exposure and health records. The aim of the study was to assess whether lifetime exposure to glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Roundup, and its chemical breakdown product AMPA, is associated with markers for liver and metabolic disease in young adults. According to the results of the study, there is a link between Roundup exposure in young children and the development of liver damage, metabolic conditions, and other health conditions. These conditions can be precursors for more serious diseases, including liver cancer and cardiometabolic diseases like stroke and diabetes, according to Eskenazi. MedTruth Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage Italy's government has backed a bill that would ban laboratory-produced meat and other synthetic foods, highlighting Italian food heritage and health protection. If the proposals go through, breaking the ban would attract fines of up to €60,000 (£53,000). Francesco Lollobrigida, who runs the rebranded ministry for agriculture and food sovereignty, spoke of the importance of Italy's food tradition. Coldiretti and other agriculture lobbies have collected half a million signatures in recent months calling for protection of "natural food vs synthetic food", and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is among those who have signed. BBC News We hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible by readers’ donations. Please support our work with a one-off or regular donation. Thank you! __________________________________________________________ Website: http://www.gmwatch.org
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