Ụlọ ọrụ German Bayer na-etinye ego ruru ijeri euro 10 n'ime afọ 5 iji mepụta ihe ndị ọzọ na-egbochi ahịhịa iji gbochie ahịhịa, ka Financial Times na-akọ. N'ụzọ dị otú a, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-agbalị ịnagide nsonaazụ nke ikpe ndị na-ekwu na ọgwụ ndị na-adabere na glyphosate na-akpata ọrịa cancer. N'otu oge ahụ, glyphosate ga-aga n'ihu "na-arụ ọrụ dị mkpa" na ngwaahịa ụlọ ọrụ, ma ọ chọrọ ịnye ndị ahịa nhọrọ ndị ọzọ, Bayer kwuru.
Bayer echewo nrụgide ọha na eze ihu na puku kwuru puku ikpe kemgbe ọ zụtara US agribusiness otu Monsanto maka $ 2018 ijeri na 63. Okwu ikpe na-ekwu na Monsanto's herbicides, Roundup na Ranger Pro, na-etinye ihe ize ndụ ahụike nye ndị na-eji ha na-alụ ọgụ. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-agọnarị ebubo niile e boro ya. Enweghị nkwekọrịta ọ bụla na nsonaazụ nke iji glyphosphate, ihe kachasị na herbicides. International Agency for Research on Cancer na-akpọ ihe a "eleghị anya carcinogenic." US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) na-ewere glyphosate ka ọ dị mma mgbe ejiri nlezianya mee ya.
Otú ọ dị, n'August 2018, Bayer kwụsịrị ikpe megide onye na-elekọta ubi Dewayne Johnson, bụ onye a manyere ịkwụ ụgwọ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ nde $ 80. Onye na-agba akwụkwọ kwuru na ya nwere ọrịa cancer n'ihi na ọ na-eji Roundup. N'otu aka ahụ, nke a nụrụ na March 20 nke afọ ahụ, onye gbara akwụkwọ Edwin Hardeman, bụ onye ji otu ọgwụ ahụ mee ihe ruo afọ 10, gosipụtara na ọgwụ mgbochi ahụ mere ka ọ malite ịmalite lymphoma na-abụghị Hodgkin. N'etiti ọnwa Mee, otu ụlọ ikpe dị na San Francisco, California, kwadoro ụdị ikpe ahụ Elva na Alberta Pillioid gbara wee nye Bayer iwu ka ọ kwụọ ijeri $ 2 na mmebi nke ndị gbara akwụkwọ. Pillioid nwere ike igosi na ha mepụtara lymphoma site na iji Roundup.
Onye isi oche Bayer nke Board of Directors Werner Baumann, na-ekwu maka mkpebi ntinye ego, kwuru na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-aga n'ihu na usoro nke ijikọta na Monsanto na ebumnuche iji hụ na nghọta na nkwado nke azụmahịa ya dum. Bayer na-ezubekwa ibelata mmetụta gburugburu ebe obibi ya site na 30% site na 2030 dị ka akụkụ nke mbọ iji "dozie ajụjụ na nchegbu" metụtara ịzụrụ agribusiness America, o kwuru.