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Quoted from Syngenta website Syngenta is a world-leading agri-business committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and … ‎Careers – ‎Commitments – ‎Syngenta India Business – ‎Syngenta in the UK and Ireland You visited this page on 5/6/15. End quote Quoted from Bloomberg Business website http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-01/monsanto-syngenta-mega-merger-would-drive-more-deals-real-m-a Monsanto has approached Syngenta about a takeover that would create a giant in the market for seeds and crop chemicals with more than $30 billion in revenue. Getting a deal approved by regulators won’t be easy — and may not happen at all. To address antitrust issues and help its case, Monsanto has planned for a deal to include a sale of parts of the combined business, a person familiar with the matter has said. The biggest concerns may be tied to what would be an unprecedented market share in soybeans and corn seeds for the combined company. Syngenta’s operations in those areas would appeal to a range of buyers from Dow Chemical Co. to BASF SE and Bayer AG, said Colin Isaac of Atlantic Equities LLP. End quote Apparently Hawaii specifically Kauai County is battling Syngenta over pesticide use Gary Hooser, Kauai County Councilman, Writes in http://m.thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/guest/a-simple-ask-of-our-good-neighbor-syngenta/article_107399ca-94ec-5aff-93e5-5f198fe4fd87.html?mode=jqm Quote So long as the agrochemical companies remain in denial and attack mode, we will get nowhere. Many point to the importance of fact-based decision making so here are some facts: 1) Atrazine is banned in Syngenta’s home country of Switzerland. One can quibble with the words but it is illegal to use atrazine on agricultural fields in Switzerland. Atrazine is banned because it is known to contaminate ground water. 2) Paraquat is banned in Syngenta’s home country of Switzerland and in 36 countries around the world. Paraquat is highly toxic to animals and humans. 3) Syngenta distributes and uses atrazine and paraquat on Kauai and throughout Hawaii. 4) In 2014, over 66,000 pounds of atrazine and nearly 8,000 gallons of paraquat was used in Hawaii. 5) Syngenta refuses to disclose the amount of glyphosate it uses on Kauai. 6) According to Scientific American Magazine and numerous other science journals, glyphosate was recently declared a probable human carcinogen by the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization. 7) Glyphosate is now is being banned or highly restricted in numerous countries around the world. For those that are interested, I suggest reading the Feb. 23, New York Times article by Dan Hakim entitled, “A Pesticide Banned, or Not…” This article fully explores Syngenta’s history of misrepresenting to the media worldwide the fact that atrazine is banned in Switzerland, their home country. End quote The US is reported to produce and sell DDT to third world countries. It is obscene and immoral to sell material that are designated too toxic to use in your country, to other countries. It is immoral and obscene to spray material over large areas of land and refused to disclose how much. Too bad we can’t get somebody from WikiLeaks to target the agrochemical companies. And remember that Syngenta and Monsanto are committed to sustainable agriculture. Bob310 429 8477 http:// www.PuraVidaAquatic.com