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Trump admin sows doubt over vaccines in 'Make America Healthy Again' report
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A highly anticipated White House report outlining Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda devotes significant space to raising alarm over vaccines, while touching on environmental and nutrition concerns that remain at odds with broader administration actions.
US jury orders Monsanto to pay $857m over chemicals in school
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» LOS ANGELES - A US jury on Monday ordered chemical company Monsanto to pay $857 million to seven people at a school in the western state of Washington who said they were sickened by chemicals leaking from light fittings.
The Vietnamese octogenarian fighting for Agent Orange victims
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» HANOI: As a young woman, Tran To Nga was a war correspondent, a prisoner and an activist. Now, at 81, she is waging a court battle against US chemical firms to win justice for the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.
US high court denies Bayer bid to block Roundup weedkiller lawsuits
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an appeal from Bayer-owned Monsanto that aimed to challenge thousands of lawsuits claiming its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer -- a potentially costly ruling.
Los Angeles suing Monsanto for chemicals in waterways
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Chemical company Monsanto found itself in the horns of yet another lawsuit Monday, as Los Angeles sued the firm for allegedly knowingly polluting waterways in one of the biggest cities in the United States.
Bayer loses another appeal against Roundup cancer verdict
AFP, Published on 11/08/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: German pharmaceutical and chemical giant Bayer lost another appeal against a verdict that found its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, the latest setback in its bid to end thousands of lawsuits over the product.
French court hears Agent Orange case against chemical firms
AFP, Published on 25/01/2021
» ÉVRY, France: A French court will on Monday hear a case against more than a dozen multinationals, accused by a French-Vietnamese woman of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling the Agent Orange defoliant to the US government which used it to devastating effect in the Vietnam War.
Growing fear: anxiety mounts over Vietnam's food staples
AFP, Published on 16/11/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam's fragrant noodle soups and fresh spring rolls have won fans across the globe, but mounting food safety scandals on the country's streets are sparking a rising tide of anxiety among millennials about what they eat.
Bayer loses appeal in California Roundup cancer verdict
AFP, Published on 21/07/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Bayer on Monday lost an appeal challenging the outcome of the first case to go to trial in the US over the company's weedkiller Roundup, though the court reduced the punitive damages awarded to the plaintiff.
Bayer pays $10bn to settle weedkiller cancer cases
AFP, Published on 25/06/2020
» FRANKFURT: German chemical giant Bayer said on Wednesday it had agreed to pay more than US$10 billion to end a wave of lawsuits from Americans who say their cancers were caused by its Roundup weedkiller.