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German chemical site blast declared 'extreme threat'

Explosion at chemical park in western Leverkusen city leaves two dead, five missing and over two dozen people wounded, officials say.

French court hears landmark case against manufacturers of Agent Orange

A French-Vietnamese journalist filed the lawsuit in 2014 against 14 firms that made or sold the highly toxic chemical for causing grievous harm to her and others.

Man awarded $80M in lawsuit claiming Roundup causes cancer

Plaintiff proves that Roundup's design was defective, it lacked sufficient cancer warnings. Monsanto developed glyphosate, an active ingredient in its weed killer, in the 1970s, and it is now sold in more than 160 countries and widely used in the US.

The deadly consequences of agrochemical farming in Argentina

About 95 percent of crops are chemically-induced in Argentina, making it one of the world's leading cereal, corn, and soybean producers. But locals say underneath this growth is a story of death and disease.

Five things to know about the Bayer-Monsanto megadeal

It is a merger that has has not gone down well, with environmentalists labelling it a "marriage made in hell" promising to focus their protests on Bayer so long as it keeps up the pesticide maker's practices.

EU court upholds insecticide ban to protect bees

A top European Union court upheld the ban on three insecticides blamed for killing off bee populations, dismissing cases brought by chemical giants Bayer and Syngenta.

EU warns Bayer Monsanto must not hurt competition in digital farming

Margrethe Verstager, the EU's Competition Commissioner, says farmers should be able to have a choice over seeds, pesticides, fungicides and insecticides after Bayer's merger with rival Monsanto.