This week it was revealed that Monsanto secretly funded academic studies indicating “very severe impacts” on farming and the environment if its controversial glyphosate weedkiller were banned, an investigation has found. Bayer AG’s takeover of Monsanto has been beset by problems, and now a decades-long dominance of the $4 billion U.S. soybean seed market is under threat from rival Corteva Inc. A study published in the journal Cell Metabolism by a group of Yale researchers found that the consumption of the common artificial sweetener sucralose (which is found in Splenda, Zerocal, Sukrana, SucraPlus, and other brands) in combination with carbohydrates can swiftly turn a healthy person into one with high blood sugar. New evidence suggests that increased intestinal permeability may activate the innate immune system, promoting the development of depression. Pesticide workers walkout over wages, labor conditions. More than a dozen pesticide sprayers in Washington state have stopped working over lack of fair wages and working conditions. 

Revealed: Monsanto’s secret funding for weedkiller studies

Monsanto secretly funded academic studies indicating “very severe impacts” on farming and the environment if its controversial glyphosate weedkiller were banned, an investigation has found. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/12/revealed-monsantos-secret-funding-for-weedkiller-studies-roundup

A common artificial sweetener might be making you fatter and sicker, a new study says

A study published in the journal Cell Metabolism by a group of Yale researchers found that the consumption of the common artificial sweetener sucralose (which is found in Splenda, Zerocal, Sukrana, SucraPlus and other brands) in combination with carbohydrates can swiftly turn a healthy person into one with high blood sugar.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/10/common-artificial-sweetener-might-be-making-you-fatter-sicker-new-study-says/

Gut permeability and depressive symptom severity in unmedicated adolescents

Evidence suggests that increased intestinal permeability may activate the innate immune system, promoting the development of depression.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032718321116

Pesticide workers walk out over wages, labor conditions

More than a dozen pesticide sprayers in Washington state have stopped working over lack of fair wages and working conditions.

https://m.ctpost.com/news/article/Pesticide-workers-walk-out-over-wages-labor-15120464.php

Bayer’s Top Seed Faces U.S. Soybean Challenge From Corteva

Bayer AG’s takeover of Monsanto has been beset by problems, and now a decades-long dominance of the $4 billion U.S. soybean seed market is under threat from rival Corteva Inc.

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/04/business/04reuters-usa-soybeans-seed-focus.html