Bayer settles Roundup false advertising case

摘要

Bayer will pay the US state of New York $6.9 million to settle claims for allegedly misleading consumers about the safety of legacy business Monsanto’s Roundup (glyphosate) herbicide. New York Attorney General Letitia James began investigating Roundup claims in 2020 amid concerns that Bayer was violating a 1996 settlement between Monsanto and state officials over advertising for the herbicide. That prior deal committed Monsanto — bought by Bayer in 2018 — to stop making unsubstantiated claims about the safety of the glyphosate-based herbicide.