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From the Coalition against Bayer Danger    http://www.cbgnetwork.org/4.html:
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Bayer managers have known the risks of a pesticide class called neonicotinoids for the environment since the beginning of the 90ies. The company downplayed the risks, submitted deficient studies to authorities and accepted the loss of honey bees in many parts of the world. After huge bee deaths in Germany last year the Coalition against Bayer Dangers brought a charge against Bayer for knowingly endangering the environment. READ FULL ARTICLE

Also read an article from The Ecologist: Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses'
other information: 
=> The Guardian: Germany bans chemicals linked to bee devastation
=> Charge against Bayer Board
=> The News and Observer (USA): Bayer on defensive in bee deaths
=> April 25, 2011 Bayer ASM: Beekeepers to stage protests
=> Dec 9, 2010: EPA Asked to Pull Bayer Pesticide Linked to Bee Kills
=> Neonicotinoids and honey bee losses in India and in Japan
=> "A disaster in the making": New book on the massive decline of bees and birds
=> Bayer, BASF, Syngenta: Pesticide industry involvement in EU risk assessment puts survival of bees at stake
=> British Beekeepers Association to stop endorsing bee-killing pesticides
=> What a scientist didn't tell the NY Times about his study on bee deaths
=> New study (2010): Long-term risks of imidacloprid undervalued
=> Bulletin of Insectology (2010): The puzzle of honey bee losses
=> Charge against Bayer Board
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