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Syngenta

founded 2000

A $1.5 billion GM-corn settlement and the paraquat lawsuits — the fourth of the pesticide majors.

Syngenta completes the quartet of pesticide majors left after industry consolidation. Its record includes a $1.5 billion settlement over releasing a genetically modified corn trait in the US before China approved it, and the paraquat lawsuits over the widely used weedkiller.

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  1. It paid about $1.5 billion over a GM-corn trait sold before China approved it.

    FACT

    Syngenta commercialized its MIR162 trait (Agrisure Viptera, later Duracade) in the US ahead of Chinese import approval; the resulting market disruption led to a $1.5B settlement with US farmers.

    Documented in this investigation →

  2. It faces the paraquat lawsuits over its weedkiller.

    FACT

    Litigation over the herbicide paraquat and its alleged health effects is part of Syngenta's documented record.

    Documented in this investigation →
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