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A growing body of scientific evidence raises concerns about the human health risks of neonicotinoid exposure, including neurotoxicity and reproductive toxicity.

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Here we list Bayer's 13 lobbying firms and the company’s in-house lobbyists.

Bayer lobby tracker: 13 firms, 45 lobbyists, many ties to Trump

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Comprehensive review of Monsanto’s product-defense strategy, based on their own documents, reveals the science-denial, attacks on scientists, astroturf operations and other disinformation tactics Bayer and Monsanto used to protect sales of Roundup weed killers. 

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