Monsanto glyphosate causes German government conflict

This CBS video from the USA says about itself:

New court papers charge Monsanto manipulated data about safety of Roundup weed killer

15 March 2017

Hundreds of people around the country have been suing Monsanto over glyphosate, the main ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, claiming it causes cancer. Filings from one lawsuit now suggest the company tried to influence studies about the product’s dangers. Mireya Villarreal reports.

Translated from Dutch NOS TV, 27 November 2017:

Weed killer disturbs German coalition talks

The vote on the extended use of the weed killer glyphosate in Europe has already put pressure on the talks about a grand coalition government in Germany.

Germany voted in favour of the proposal to allow glyphosate for another five years, against the wishes of Minister Hendricks (SPD party) of Environment. She publicly stated that she had agreed with Minister Schmidt of Agriculture that Germany would abstain from voting. Two hours before the vote she had informed Schmidt that she was against the extension.

However, Schmidt, member of the CSU party, voted in favour.

For himself alone

SPD party leader Andrea Nahles says that the vote proves that Chancellor Merkel does not control her sister party CSU. According to Nahles, Schmidt decided to vote for himself alone.

The conflict comes on the day that Merkel pressured her current coalition partner [SPD] to continue the Grand Coalition. She said that the two parties should form a stable government, in view of major challenges that the country faces in the international and domestic areas.

Sugar industry withheld evidence linking sucrose to bladder cancer for five decades: here.

Insect-resistant cotton from American seedmaker Monsanto was supposed to be a savior for the poor nation of Burkina Faso. So why did the country abandon it? Here.

A new Cornell study published this month in Environmental Pollution finds that glyphosate, the active herbicidal ingredient in widely used weed killers like Roundup, was present at low levels in a variety of dog and cat foods the researchers purchased at stores: here.

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