Inkampani yaseJalimane iBayer itshala ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-10 phakathi neminyaka engu-5 ukuze yakhe izindlela zokulawula ukhula esikhundleni somuthi wokubulala ukhula, kubika i-Financial Times. Ngale ndlela, inkampani izama ukubhekana nemiphumela yamacala athi imithi yokubulala ukhula esekelwe ku-glyphosate idala umdlavuza. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-glyphosate izoqhubeka "idlala indima ebalulekile" emikhiqizweni yenkampani, kodwa ifuna ukunikeza izinketho eziningi kumakhasimende, kusho u-Bayer.
I-Bayer ibhekane nengcindezi yomphakathi kanye nezinkulungwane zamacala kusukela yathenga ibhizinisi lezolimo lase-US iMonsanto ngo-$2018 billion ngo-63. Le nkampani iyaziphika zonke izinsolo ngayo. Akukho ukuvumelana ngemiphumela yokusebenzisa i-glyphosphate, into evame kakhulu emithini yokubulala ukhula. I-International Agency for Research on Cancer ibiza le nto ngokuthi "cishe i-carcinogenic." I-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ibheka i-glyphosate njengephephile uma isetshenziswa ngokucophelela.
Kodwa-ke, ngo-August 2018, u-Bayer walahlekelwa icala ngokumelene nomlimi wensimu uDewayne Johnson, owaphoqeleka ukuba akhokhe cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-80. Ummangali wathi unomdlavuza ngoba wasebenzisa i-Roundup. Ecaleni elifanayo, elaqulwa ngoMashi 20 walowo nyaka, ummangali u-Edwin Hardeman, owayesebenzise umuthi ofanayo wokubulala ukhula iminyaka engu-10, wafakazela ukuthi umuthi wokubulala ukhula wawumbangele ukuba ahlaselwe yi-non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Maphakathi noMeyi, inkantolo yaseSan Francisco, eCalifornia, yavumelana necala elifanayo elafakwa ngu-Elva no-Alberta Pillioid futhi yayala u-Bayer ukuba akhokhe u-$2 billion wamademeshe kubamangali. I-Pillioid ikwazile ukufakazela ukuthi benza i-lymphoma ngokusebenzisa i-Roundup.
USihlalo we-Bayer weBhodi labaqondisi u-Werner Baumann, ephawula ngesinqumo sokutshala izimali, waphawula ukuthi inkampani iyaqhubeka nenqubo yokuhlanganisa ne-Monsanto futhi ihlose ukuqinisekisa ukucaca nokusimama kwebhizinisi layo lonke. I-Bayer futhi ihlela ukunciphisa umthelela wayo kwezemvelo ngo-30% ngo-2030 njengengxenye yemizamo "yokuxazulula imibuzo nokukhathazeka" okuhlobene nokuthengwa kwebhizinisi lezolimo laseMelika, esho.
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