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Missouri peach farm awarded $265M damages in suit against BASF and Bayer

Dicamba herbicide drifted onto the farm from other farms planting GM dicamba-tolerant crops

by GM Watch

A jury on Saturday awarded $265 million in punitive damages against Bayer and BASF to a southeastern Missouri peach farmer who argued that weedkiller dicamba that had drifted onto his orchards from other farms had severely damaged his trees.

The punitive damages awarded to farmer Bill Bader came a day after the jury awarded him $15 million in actual damages, agreeing with his argument that dicamba had drifted …read more

Source: Health Impact News