In the dispute over
the weed killer Dicamba has a US court the German chemical companies
Bayer and BASF sentenced to pay $ 265 million. The
Jury before the federal court in Cape Girardeau in
State of Missouri concluded that the two corporations were responsible for the
Losses of the US farmer Bill Bader are responsible. The sum is made up of a fine of $ 250 million and a further $ 15 million in damages.
Bader accuses Bayer and BASF that the
Use of the herbicide Dicamba parts of his peach plantations had been ruined. Over a period of three years, neighboring cotton fields are said to be
other farmers blown parts of the weed killer on Baders peach trees
be and have mutilated them. Bader estimated the damage incurred to be $ 21 million.
The two companies pointed
the allegations returned and misused the drug for the
Damage responsible. Bayer said the evidence presented
would have shown that not the products claimed for
Losses were responsible. The US environmental protection agency EPA
advised that the products did not pose an inappropriate risk,
if they were used according to the instructions. Company lawyers have cited weather conditions such as hail and late frost as the causes of the damage.
Corporations want to appeal
On
Bayer spokesman announced that the company would appeal the decision
Insert. BASF also announced that it wanted to appeal. “We
are surprised and disappointed with the decision of the jury, “said one
Speaker. How the penalty would be shared between the two companies
At first you couldn’t say at Bayer.
The weed killer Dicamba was made by Monsanto
developed. The US group has been seeing lawsuits because of the drug since 2015
exposed. Bayer had Monsanto
Taken over in 2018; BASF produces its own herbicide on a dicamba basis.
Currently there is still one in the USA
at least 140 similar cases to come to trial. So Bayer has to in the United States
a wave of lawsuits because of the cancer risks of the weed killer containing glyphosate
Roundup responded to the group’s acquisition of the US company
Monsanto had caught.
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