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Bayer's Monsanto pleads guilty to illegal Hawaii pesticide spraying

The Department of Justice said late Thursday that Monsanto sprayed Penncap-M, which contained the banned pesticide methyl parathion, on research crops in 2014, despite knowing that the Environmental Protection Agency prohibited its use after 2013. It also said Monsanto, now part of Germany’s Bayer AG, admitted it let employees enter the sprayed fields after seven days despite knowing it should have waited 31 days. …read more […]

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Ban on flavored vapes could lead to loss of 150,000 jobs, $8.4 bln sales hit – report

A potential U.S. ban on e-cigarette flavors could result in a loss of more than 150,000 jobs and a direct sales hit of $8.4 billion, according to a report released on Friday by a vaping industry trade group. Two months ago President Donald Trump’s administration announced a sweeping plan to ban all e-cigarette and vaping flavors except tobacco, but a final decision has not been made. Trump is set to meet with a range of groups including industry representatives on Friday to discuss tightening of e-cigarette regulations. …read more […]

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Boeing's top communications official to retire as MAX crisis drags on

Boeing Co’s head of corporate communications, Ann Toulouse, elected to step down from her role and would retire next year, the world’s largest planemaker said on Friday. Toulouse, a 30-year company veteran, is the second high-ranking female communications leader to leave the embattled U.S. planemaker as it fights to rebuild trust with airline customers and the flying public after two recent crashes of its 737 MAX killed 346 people in the span of five months. Boeing said it would name her successor in the near future. …read more […]