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Monsanto ordered to pay $80m in Roundup cancer trial
AFP, Published on 28/03/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Monsanto was ordered on Wednesday to pay US$80 million to an American retiree who blames his cancer on the agribusiness giant's weedkiller Roundup.
A matter of life and death
Life, Dave Kendall, Published on 22/03/2019
» A river that sustains approximately one-tenth of the world's population is dying. Victor Mallet's River Of Life, River Of Death: The Ganges And India's Future explores why -- and simultaneously melds political and economic analysis with a compelling travelogue and a journey through the mythology of one of the world's great religions.
Bayer shares plunge on new US cancer ruling
AFP, Published on 20/03/2019
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Shares in German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer plunged as markets opened Wednesday, after a second US jury ruled that blockbuster pesticide Roundup -- made by recently-acquired Monsanto -- causes cancer.
Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller contributed to US man's cancer: jury
AFP, Published on 20/03/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - The weedkiller Roundup was a "substantial factor" in the cancer of a US man who developed a lump in his throat after decades of spraying his garden -- the second major legal defeat to agrochemical giant Monsanto in a year.
Carcinogenic chemical concerns spur drug recall
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/03/2019
» The Food and Drug Administration of Thailand (FDA) yesterday announced the recall of Losartan, a medication mainly used to treat high blood pressure, due to concerns about carcinogenic contamination.
Living with carcinogens
Life, Published on 19/02/2019
» Although the PM2.5 crisis appears to have subsided in Bangkok, many parts of the country, especially the North and Northeast, are still suffering from poor air quality.
Red alert for toxic dust levels in Lampang
Published on 12/02/2019
» Levels of PM2.5 fine dust reached the "unhealthy" red zone in the northern province of Lampang -- at 104-134 microgrammes per cubic metre of air -- over the past 24 hours, due partly to forest fires.
Monsanto versus farmer battle goes into 4th judicial round
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» LYON - A 12-year-old judicial battle pitting a cereal farmer against Monsanto, the biotech giant, goes to a fourth round Wednesday before the French courts.
All I need is the air that I breathe
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/01/2019
» The hazardous fine dust particles known as PM2.5 are hitting Bangkok like a silent killer. People are nervous. The N95 respirator masks to filter the minuscule particles, less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter, have quickly sold out. Online communities are flooded with data on how humans -- and animals -- can keep safe.
NBTC asks WHO for clarity on telecom base health risks
Business, Published on 13/11/2018
» The telecom regulator is urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to clarify whether radio-frequency electromagnetic fields emitted by telecom base stations have any effect on public health.