Healthcare
Bayer Sneaks Special Interest Clause Into Budget Bill, Seeks Liability Shield From Carcinogen
BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - In 2018, pharmaceutical corporation Bayer, formally named IG Farbenindustrie AG, purchased agricultural corporation Monsanto and inherited the massive burden of lawsuits surrounding known carcinogen Glyphosate, a regularly used weed killer. Now Bayer is seeking immunity from spiking lawsuits by sneaking in a provision into an