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316 - Bayer AG: The Most EVIL Corporation in the World?

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The Evil of the Agrochemical Company Bear

In 1999, 42 children in the remote Andean village of Takamarka died after eating a school breakfast contaminated with pesticide methyl parathy on. A police investigation found that a village woman mixed pesticide powder into a bag of milk substitute and then served it as part of school lunch. 24 kids died before they could reach medical treatment; each and other survived with significant long-term health and developmental consequences. In 2009, Felicitis Roerer, who was 25 at the time, suddenly collapsed and stopped beating for 20 minutes. The family's filed a suit against Bear in October of 2001. Bear was found responsible in the deaths.

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