are bayer and monsanto the same company?
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Sale to Bayer In September 2016, Monsanto agreed to be acquired by Bayer for US$66 billion. In an effort to receive regulatory clearance for the deal, Bayer announced the sale of significant portions of its current agriculture businesses, including its seed and herbicide businesses, to BASF.
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Trace amounts of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer's herbicide Roundup, a weed killer, are showing up in wine and beer, according to a new report from the U.S. Public Research Group (USPIRG) Education Fund. ... USPIRG tested 20 products — five wines and 15 beers — and found traces of the carcinogen in 19 of them.
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Kraft Foods is an American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, part of Kraft Heinz.
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Soybean, also called soya bean, is the number one genetically modified crop in the world, representing half of all worldwide biotech crop acreage with an 82% adoption rate among soy farmers12. Due to its high oil and protein content, soy is cultivated for a variety of food purposes.
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We've previously addressed the controversy over genetically modified apples being developed, not by Monsanto, but by a specialty Northwest grower. ... So far, the apple is available in two strains derived from Golden Delicious and Granny Smith, Arctic Golden and Arctic Granny. Fuji and Gala GMO varieties are in the works.
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The Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: AGTC) biotechnology company that is part of the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index. It was founded in 1999 and has its headquarters in Alachua, Florida.
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Established in 2000, by a merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, GSK was the world's sixth largest pharmaceutical company according to Forbes as of 2019, after Pfizer, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, and Merck & Co.
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Half of all GM crops planted were genetically modified soybeans, either for herbicide tolerance or insect resistance. Eleven countries grew modified soybean, with the USA, Brazil and Argentina accounting for 90% of the total hectarage.
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Monsanto tweaked its Roundup formula in Europe In people, glyphosate has also recently been linked to a higher level of severity in cases of fatty liver disease. ... In the US, however, Monsanto has not changed Roundup formulas in the same way.
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Commercialized GM sugar beets make use of a glyphosate-resistance modification developed by Monsanto and KWS Saat. These glyphosate-resistant beets, also called 'Roundup Ready' sugar beets, were developed by 2000, but not commercialized until 2007. ... As of 2016, GMO sugar beets are grown in the United States and Canada.
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['Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)', 'Colgate-Palmolive.', 'ITC Limited.', 'Nestlé', 'Parle Agro.', 'Britannia Industries Limited.', 'Marico Limited.', 'Procter and Gamble.']
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Horticulture, floriculture, and agriculture research companies. Fruit and vegetable farming operations. Garden centres and plant retailers. Landscapers and property management companies.
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TruGreen ChemLawn is the leading provider of lawn care services in the United States, operating in 46 states with approximately 3.4 million residential and commercial customers. Their products are toxic to people and pets.
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Among the countries growing GM crops, the USA (70.9 Mha), Brazil (44.2 Mha), Argentina (24.5 Mha) India (11.6 Mha) and Canada (11 Mha) are the largest users. Within Europe, five EU countries grow GM maize – Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia. Spain is the leading country (0.1 Mha).
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Bayer, in full Bayer AG, German chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer (1825–80), who was a chemical salesman, and Johann Friedrich Weskott (1821–76), who owned a dye company.
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['Hoffmann-La Roche: Basel.', 'Novartis: Basel.', 'Alcon: Geneva.', 'Bayer: Basel (Consumer Health Division, Hemophilia & Ophthalmology Pharma Global HQ Divisions with some Oncology)', 'Lonza Group: Basel.', 'Abbott: Basel (Established Pharmaceuticals Division)']
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Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (formerly Gardner Denver Inc.), founded in 1859, is an American worldwide provider of industrial equipment, technologies and related parts and services to a broad and diverse customer base through a family of brands.