<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - bayer</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/bayer</link><description>Newsvine - bayer</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:07:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:19:12 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Lawsuit charges weigh on Bayer profits again</title>
<description><![CDATA[Charges for lawsuits over its birth control pills weighed on Bayer AG's earnings once again during the fourth quarter of 2012.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17128058-lawsuit-charges-weigh-on-bayer-profits-again</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17128058-lawsuit-charges-weigh-on-bayer-profits-again</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>bayer</category><category>bayer-ag</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:27:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FDA expands approval of Bayer cancer drug</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded approval of a Bayer cancer pill to treat tumors of the intestinal tract that don't respond to other treatments.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089771-fda-expands-approval-of-bayer-cancer-drug</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089771-fda-expands-approval-of-bayer-cancer-drug</guid><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>cancer</category><category>health</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>bayer</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:50:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kodak scientist, inventor of Bayer filter, dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bryce Bayer, a retired Kodak scientist and the inventor of a widely used color filter array that bears his name, has died. He was 83.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15392656-kodak-scientist-inventor-of-bayer-filter-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15392656-kodak-scientist-inventor-of-bayer-filter-dies</guid><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>bayer</category><category>us-news</category><category>bryce-bayer</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:56:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Prop37 GMO Labeling Stirs Hornets Nest for Monsanto </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The biotech industry may have bitten off more than it can chew  by spending big to defeat yesterday&rsquo;s California vote on mandatory GM  labels at a time when initiatives in many other states are gearing up on  similar votes in the near future.&nbsp; 
Unlike Europeans US c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pamela Drew]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pamela Drew]]></source><link>http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15022698-prop37-gmo-labeling-stirs-hornets-nest-for-monsanto</link><guid>http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15022698-prop37-gmo-labeling-stirs-hornets-nest-for-monsanto</guid><category>business</category><category>dow</category><category>ge</category><category>monsanto</category><category>dupont</category><category>bayer</category><category>genetically-engineered</category><category>gmo</category><category>syngenta</category><category>agribusiness</category><category>corporate-government</category><category>genetically-modified-food</category><category>biotech-brigade</category><category>corporate-media-censorship</category><category>gm-freeze</category><category>prop37</category><category>right-to-know-gmo</category><category>industry-owned-congress</category><category>buying-votes-gmo-labeling</category><category>biotech-backlash-gmo-free-consumers</category><category>monsanto-pr-prop37</category><category>labelling-regulation</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 15:11:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=PamelaDrew46AF74A4-117C-B7AA-81EC-20D1E3A9F8F9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="618" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=PamelaDrew46AF74A4-117C-B7AA-81EC-20D1E3A9F8F9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Double Standards of EFSA for GMO and Seralini Study</title>
<description><![CDATA[By virtue of a very evil and creative loophole in the FDA regulations covering novel products gmo foods were able to be classified as "substantial equivalent" to traditional foods.&nbsp;
This cleverly contorted legal definition provided that based on nutrient measures of novel g&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pamela Drew]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pamela Drew]]></source><link>http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14848005-double-standards-of-efsa-for-gmo-and-seralini-study</link><guid>http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14848005-double-standards-of-efsa-for-gmo-and-seralini-study</guid><category>dow</category><category>ge</category><category>monsanto</category><category>science</category><category>dupont</category><category>bayer</category><category>gmo</category><category>syngenta</category><category>corporate-government</category><category>biotech-brigade</category><category>corporate-influence</category><category>efsa</category><category>genetically-engineered-food</category><category>industry-deregulation</category><category>gmo-cancer</category><category>right-to-know-gmo</category><category>human-feeding-experiment</category><category>christoph-then</category><category>roundup-ready-seeds</category><category>human-health-safety</category><category>gmo-safety-tests</category><category>gmo-lobbyists</category><category>yes-prop37</category><category>gmo-substantial-equivalent</category><category>european-food-safety-agency-revolving-door</category><category>gmo-allergy</category><category>omg-non</category><category>glyphosate-health-effects</category><category>roundup-ready-diet</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 07:49:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=PamelaDrew7D9B0F31-FD26-626B-FEA1-E2E7DD280E78.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=PamelaDrew7D9B0F31-FD26-626B-FEA1-E2E7DD280E78.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bayer to acquire Schiff; reports Q3 rise in earns</title>
<description><![CDATA[German drug and chemical maker Bayer AG said Tuesday it is buying U.S. vitamin and supplement maker Schiff Nutrition International Inc. for $1.2 billion ((EURO)930 million) in a cash deal it hopes will bolster the offerings of its consumer health division.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rising]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Rising]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14798193-bayer-to-acquire-schiff-reports-q3-rise-in-earns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14798193-bayer-to-acquire-schiff-reports-q3-rise-in-earns</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>bayer</category><category>bayer-ag</category><category>world-news</category><category>schiff-nutrition-international</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:45:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Superfund Polluters Pour Mega-Millions Into Opposing GMO Labeling </title>
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This is not a new subject for me, genetically engineered foods or gmo.&nbsp; It is a censored story that has been absent from MSM except for a few bits of industry PR on the OpEd pages for as long as I have written on the Internet.&nbsp; But now 17 years into this feeding experi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pamela Drew]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pamela Drew]]></source><link>http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/15/13300209-superfund-polluters-pour-mega-millions-into-opposing-gmo-labeling</link><guid>http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/15/13300209-superfund-polluters-pour-mega-millions-into-opposing-gmo-labeling</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>dow</category><category>fda</category><category>monsanto</category><category>pioneer</category><category>bayer</category><category>us-news</category><category>censorship</category><category>propaganda</category><category>gmo</category><category>deregulation</category><category>syngenta</category><category>corporate-government</category><category>roundup-ready-nation</category><category>genetically-modified-organisms</category><category>revolving-door-lobbyists</category><category>prop37</category><category>right-to-know-gmo</category><category>substantial-equivalent</category><category>human-feeding-experiment</category><category>dupornt</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:49:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=PamelaDrew9DCB8975-C49E-6E65-528A-F407BB3B2BC7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=PamelaDrew9DCB8975-C49E-6E65-528A-F407BB3B2BC7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Please note these make up 90% of crops subsidized by USDA and over half the dollars pent go to 35 of 435 Congressional Districts&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bayer earnings hit by lawsuit provisions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Drug and chemical company Bayer AG says its second-quarter earnings were a third lower than last year because of one-time charges that included money set aside to deal with lawsuits linked to a contraceptive.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/31/13044590-bayer-earnings-hit-by-lawsuit-provisions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/31/13044590-bayer-earnings-hit-by-lawsuit-provisions</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>bayer</category><category>bayer-ag</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:40:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Monsanto Caught Illegally Planting GM Corn in India</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ahead of a regulators&rsquo; meeting on February 8th 2012, and reacting to the confirmed reports of Monsanto&rsquo;s illegal planting of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) maize in its GM maize trial, the Coalition for a GM-Free India demanded that&nbsp;Monsanto&nbsp;be blacklisted immediat&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Children of the Last Generation]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Children of the Last Generation]]></source><link>http://childrenofthelastgeneration.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10720082-monsanto-caught-illegally-planting-gm-corn-in-india</link><guid>http://childrenofthelastgeneration.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10720082-monsanto-caught-illegally-planting-gm-corn-in-india</guid><category>india</category><category>rice</category><category>epa</category><category>gm</category><category>cotton</category><category>environment</category><category>monsanto</category><category>dupont</category><category>bayer</category><category>genetically-modified</category><category>maize</category><category>bt</category><category>corn</category><category>round-up</category><category>gmo</category><category>glyphosate</category><category>biosafety</category><category>mon89034</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:38:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=childrenofthelastgeneration688AAC32-50E3-6363-650B-E288F843CAE7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="210" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=childrenofthelastgeneration688AAC32-50E3-6363-650B-E288F843CAE7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Govt uses special powers to slash cancer drug price by 97%</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In a landmark decision that could set a precedent on how life-saving drugs under patents can be made affordable, the government has allowed a domestic company, Natco Pharma, to manufacture a copycat version of Bayer's patented anti-cancer drug, Nexavar, bringing down its price &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10675515-govt-uses-special-powers-to-slash-cancer-drug-price-by-97</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10675515-govt-uses-special-powers-to-slash-cancer-drug-price-by-97</guid><category>india</category><category>cancer</category><category>bayer</category><category>legal</category><category>world-news</category><category>pharmaceuticals</category><category>federal-government</category><category>in-news</category><category>nexavar</category><category>natco-pharma</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:59:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bayer earnings hit by high-tech materials division</title>
<description><![CDATA[Flat sales at its materials division held down earnings at German pharmaceutical and chemicals firm Bayer AG as it recorded profit of euro397 million ($533 million) in the fourth quarter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/27/10527084-bayer-earnings-hit-by-high-tech-materials-division</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/27/10527084-bayer-earnings-hit-by-high-tech-materials-division</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>earns</category><category>bayer</category><category>bayer-ag</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:11:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>America's secret political power</title>
<description><![CDATA[
It puts state lawmakers together with representatives from some of the country&rsquo;s most powerful corporations to advance their legislative agendas.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></source><link>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10267215-americas-secret-political-power</link><guid>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10267215-americas-secret-political-power</guid><category>politics</category><category>verizon</category><category>wal-mart</category><category>pfizer</category><category>ups</category><category>bayer</category><category>at-t</category><category>glaxosmithkline</category><category>koch-industries</category><category>alec</category><category>american-legislative-exchange-council</category><category>charles-koch</category><category>david-koch</category><category>tax-breaks-for-the-wealthy</category><category>koch-brothers</category><category>kochtopus</category><category>opposed-climate-change-legislation-and-environmental-regulation</category><category>effort-to-privatize-prisons-and-schools</category><category>limited-voting-rights</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:10:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=illuminate33994B6F-E539-01F1-1B79-7AA9DE8E7B50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=illuminate33994B6F-E539-01F1-1B79-7AA9DE8E7B50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bayer: Threshold met for $750 million rice deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rice growers met a threshold to move forward with a $750 million settlement over genetically modified rice, the company blamed for the problem said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeannie Nuss]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeannie Nuss]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/15/9471866-bayer-threshold-met-for-750-million-rice-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/15/9471866-bayer-threshold-met-for-750-million-rice-deal</guid><category>us</category><category>rice</category><category>settlement</category><category>bayer</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Monsanto, Bayer, Dow and Others Face Trial for Human Rights Violations | The Media Freedom Foundation</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On December 3rd through 6th, 2011 in Bangalore, India, a Permanent People&rsquo;s Tribunal (PPT) will convene to indict the Agrochemical Transnationals; Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont, and BASF for gross violations of human rights.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Luke]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Luke]]></source><link>http://lindaluke.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/05/9222483-monsanto-bayer-dow-and-others-face-trial-for-human-rights-violations-the-media-freedom-foundation</link><guid>http://lindaluke.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/05/9222483-monsanto-bayer-dow-and-others-face-trial-for-human-rights-violations-the-media-freedom-foundation</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>dow</category><category>who</category><category>trial</category><category>farmers</category><category>politics</category><category>monsanto</category><category>dupont</category><category>bayer</category><category>basf</category><category>world-health-org</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:42:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Big Six Pesticide Manufacturers to Face Human Rights Tribunal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Beginning on December 3, 2011, some  major international chemical companies will be facing a public tribunal  dealing with their well-documented and systemic human rights abuses that  have occurred all over the world. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/21/8930549-big-six-pesticide-manufacturers-to-face-human-rights-tribunal</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/21/8930549-big-six-pesticide-manufacturers-to-face-human-rights-tribunal</guid><category>dow</category><category>health</category><category>monsanto</category><category>dupont</category><category>bayer</category><category>basf</category><category>activism</category><category>pesticides</category><category>syngenta</category><category>the-permanent-people-s-tribunal</category><category>pesticides-action-network-pan-international</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:36:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited53C864A8-EF5C-59F6-773D-873C6783B630.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited53C864A8-EF5C-59F6-773D-873C6783B630.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S.: Battle Escalates Against Genetically Modified Crops</title>
<description><![CDATA[
At the heart of this struggle is the debate about genetically  modified organisms (GMOs), which were given the green light in 1990  when the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></source><link>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/01/8082106-us-battle-escalates-against-genetically-modified-crops</link><guid>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/01/8082106-us-battle-escalates-against-genetically-modified-crops</guid><category>dow</category><category>epa</category><category>fda</category><category>pesticide</category><category>environment</category><category>monsanto</category><category>lobbying</category><category>organic</category><category>dupont</category><category>bayer</category><category>chemical</category><category>biotech</category><category>usda</category><category>gmo</category><category>syngenta</category><category>cooperatives</category><category>farmers-markets</category><category>ge-food</category><category>genetically-engineered-food</category><category>food-and-water-watch</category><category>mono-crops</category><category>fww</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Oct 2011 17:03:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null953B17FC-C9D6-9FFD-1AF6-6A360921042F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null953B17FC-C9D6-9FFD-1AF6-6A360921042F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Regulator issues warning over contraceptive pill</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a warning about the latest generation of oral contraceptive pill.
The British Medical Journal recently published two reports warning that women on the fourth generation pill are more likely to develop life-threatening blood c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/11/7062550-regulator-issues-warning-over-contraceptive-pill</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/11/7062550-regulator-issues-warning-over-contraceptive-pill</guid><category>women</category><category>australia</category><category>bayer</category><category>world-news</category><category>blood-clots</category><category>contraception</category><category>au-news</category><category>therapeutic-goods-administration</category><category>drospirenone</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:00:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bayer to pay $750M in genetic rice settlement</title>
<description><![CDATA[German conglomerate Bayer CropScience agreed Friday to pay up to $750 million to settle several lawsuits with U.S. farmers who claimed a strain of the company's unapproved genetically modified rice contaminated the food supply and hurt their crop prices.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeannie Nuss]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeannie Nuss]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6994508-bayer-to-pay-750m-in-genetic-rice-settlement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6994508-bayer-to-pay-750m-in-genetic-rice-settlement</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>rice</category><category>settlement</category><category>bayer</category><category>bayer-cropscience</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jul 2011 22:31:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>ALEC: The Voice of Corporate Special Interests In State Legislatures | People For the American Way</title>
<description><![CDATA[When state legislators across the nation introduce similar or identical bills designed to boost corporate power and profits, reduce workers rights, limit corporate&nbsp;accountability for pollution, or restrict voting by minorities, odds are good that the legislation was not writ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[PowerIsKnowledge]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PowerIsKnowledge]]></source><link>http://powerisknowledge.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/17/6663489-alec-the-voice-of-corporate-special-interests-in-state-legislatures-people-for-the-american-way</link><guid>http://powerisknowledge.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/17/6663489-alec-the-voice-of-corporate-special-interests-in-state-legislatures-people-for-the-american-way</guid><category>bills</category><category>energy</category><category>food</category><category>laws</category><category>bank-of-america</category><category>politics</category><category>wal-mart</category><category>rights</category><category>workers</category><category>pollution</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>exxon</category><category>mobile</category><category>vote</category><category>voting</category><category>kraft</category><category>pharmaceutical</category><category>eli-lilly</category><category>bayer</category><category>at-t</category><category>glaxosmithkline</category><category>profits</category><category>coors</category><category>koch-industries</category><category>jerry-falwell</category><category>cargill</category><category>philip-morris</category><category>right-wing</category><category>minorities</category><category>paul-weyrich</category><category>altria</category><category>corporation</category><category>johnson-johnson</category><category>state-farm</category><category>british-american-tobacco</category><category>legislators</category><category>moral-majority</category><category>lorillard-tobacco</category><category>alec</category><category>tea-party</category><category>scaife</category><category>heritage-foundation</category><category>phrma</category><category>council-on-national-policy</category><category>charles-koch</category><category>peabody-energy</category><category>ultraconservative</category><category>committee-for-the-survival-of-a-free-congress</category><category>free-congress-foundation</category><category>allegheny-foundation</category><category>castle-rock-foundation</category><category>claude-r-lambe</category><category>lynde-and-harry-bradley</category><category>john-m-olin</category><category>banking-and-tobacco-industries</category><category>like-pfizer</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:58:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpowerisknowledge2F6663480.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpowerisknowledge2F6663480.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Biopesticide Producers Look Beyond Organic Growers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Biopesticides have been the darlings of organic growers and gardeners for some time now. And, promoted by biopesticide makers such as AgraQuest, they are increasingly finding their way into mainstream farming.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></source><link>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/22/6513021-biopesticide-producers-look-beyond-organic-growers</link><guid>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/22/6513021-biopesticide-producers-look-beyond-organic-growers</guid><category>environment</category><category>organic</category><category>bayer</category><category>dow-chemical</category><category>farming</category><category>pesticides</category><category>syngenta</category><category>biopesticides</category><category>agraquest</category><category>chemical-and-engineering-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:18:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Riceland Foods wins $137 million from Bayer for genetic contamination </title>
<description><![CDATA[The circuit court jury awarded $16.9 million in total damages Friday — laying blame at 70 percent for Bayer Crop Science and 30 percent for Riceland Foods — resulting in $11.9 million for Riceland Foods. Riceland also received $125 million in punitive damages.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rwarner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rwarner]]></source><link>http://warners.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/28/6360586-riceland-foods-wins-137-million-from-bayer-for-genetic-contamination</link><guid>http://warners.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/28/6360586-riceland-foods-wins-137-million-from-bayer-for-genetic-contamination</guid><category>food</category><category>farmers</category><category>bayer</category><category>farms</category><category>us-news</category><category>riceland</category><category>g-m-o</category><category>biotechgenetically-engineered-food</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:16:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Perfect Storm of GMOs, Chemicals and Cancer</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authors William Engdahl and Shiv Chopra provide detailed evidence of a corporate-government conspiracy to adulterate the food and water supply with dangerous substances linked to a host of illnesses]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/12/6254654-a-perfect-storm-of-gmos-chemicals-and-cancer</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/12/6254654-a-perfect-storm-of-gmos-chemicals-and-cancer</guid><category>health</category><category>monsanto</category><category>bayer</category><category>gmo</category><category>big-pharma</category><category>rady-ananda</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:20:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bayer responsible for U.S. soil contamination </title>
<description><![CDATA[Johnson told the jury the company followed the United States Department of Agriculture guidelines during its testing phase. According to Johnson, there were field trials in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Puerto Rico.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rwarner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rwarner]]></source><link>http://warners.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6161299-bayer-responsible-for-us-soil-contamination</link><guid>http://warners.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6161299-bayer-responsible-for-us-soil-contamination</guid><category>rice</category><category>food</category><category>bayer</category><category>us-news</category><category>contamination</category><category>experimentation</category><category>frankenfood</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:04:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge: Bayer can't produce toxic chemical in W.Va.</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has temporarily barred Bayer CropScience from producing a toxic chemical at a plant in West Virginia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Huber]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tim Huber]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/10/6026634-judge-bayer-cant-produce-toxic-chemical-in-wva</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/10/6026634-judge-bayer-cant-produce-toxic-chemical-in-wva</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>west-virginia</category><category>bayer</category><category>chemical</category><category>bayer-cropscience</category><category>toxic-chemical</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:20:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Stepdaughter pleads to theft from ex-Bayer exec</title>
<description><![CDATA[A western Pennsylvania woman has pleaded no contest to charges she stole more than $1 million from her stepfather, a retired Bayer executive suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and her mother.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/04/5987043-stepdaughter-pleads-to-theft-from-ex-bayer-exec</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/04/5987043-stepdaughter-pleads-to-theft-from-ex-bayer-exec</guid><category>us</category><category>theft</category><category>bayer</category><category>us-news</category><category>stepdaughter</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:34:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>