Bayer is restructuring amid jury awards to victims

Roundup® is a threat to human life and is known to cause birth defects and spontaneous abortions despite assurances from manufacturer Bayer but high levels of glyphosate, a known endocrine disruptor, are still found in oats, chickpeas and corn sugars.

The head of Bayer confirmed the company not only is exploring a complete restructuring of its business but is expected to make staff cuts and take other measures in the coming year. All three Bayer divisions reported losses in the third quarter. [Bayer CEO: Company Restructure Coming]

Carbaryl (1-naphthyl methylcarbamate) is a white crystalline solid commonly sold under the brand name Sevin®, a trademark of the Bayer Group. It kills beneficial insects like honeybees as well as crustaceans not to mention its havoc wreaked on fungal communities and amphibians.

A jury in Jefferson City, Missouri, awarded $1.6 billion in punitive damages to four plaintiffs last week who claimed using glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused cancer and other injuries. In May 2019, a California jury awarded $2.055 billion in damages to a couple that has battled cancer after decades of using Roundup. The couple, both in their 70s, were each diagnosed with the same type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. At the end of March 2019, a California jury awarded $80 million to a man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who had used glyphosate at an animal refuge for nearly 30 years. In 2018, another jury in the state awarded $289 million to a groundskeeper with cancer who used the chemical [Jury Awards $1.6B in Roundup Verdict]

The blood-brain barrier is the network of blood vessels and tissue made up of closely spaced cells that helps keep harmful substances from reaching the brain. The herbicide dicamba (3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid) penetrates the blood-brain barrier as do other hormone disruptors like 2,4-D, DDT, atrazine, neonicotinoids, glyphosate, Metam Sodium/Potassium and Imazalil, a carcinogenic fungicide that can also affect gender identity especially in children and adolescents.