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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.
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.
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.
US peach farmer wins $265 mln damages over Bayer, BASF herbicide
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» WASHINGTON - A US jury has awarded $265 million to a Missouri farmer who blamed herbicide from chemical giants Bayer AG and German rival BASF for destroying his peach orchards, in a case set to bolster 140 other lawsuits.
Farmer fury and environmental anger in protest-hit Germany
AFP, Published on 18/01/2020
» BERLIN - From grumpy bee-keepers dumping honey on politicians' doorsteps to furious farmers holding up traffic, increasing tensions between farmers and environmentalists have overshadowed the opening of the biggest show on Germany's agriculture calendar.
Bayer reports surge in number of legal cases over Roundup
AFP, Published on 30/10/2019
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany: German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer reported Wednesday the number of US legal cases targeting it over the weedkiller Roundup has more than doubled over the past three months, to 42,700.
Paris, four other French cities ban use of pesticides
AFP, Published on 12/09/2019
» PARIS: Paris and four other French cities on Thursday banned the use of synthetic pesticides within their boundaries, as an anti-chemicals movement that began in the countryside gains momentum.