Furthermore, data had to be collected legally and targets informed, including of their right to refuse being listed. Monsanto gave a rating of one to five to each of the over people on its French lists corresponding to their estimated influence, credibility and level of support for Monsanto on several topics, especially pesticides and genetically-modified crops.
The case, first reported by French media Le Monde and France 2 television in , quickly spread to other European countries where Monsanto was also keeping lists.
Lawyers hired by Bayer -- which had acquired Monsanto the previous year -- said that they found close to 1, politicians, journalists and others "located primarily within the EU" on "stakeholder lists" maintained by Monsanto's public relations agency FleishmanHillard.
In a report published by Bayer, the US -based law firm Sidley Austin added that it had found no evidence of illegal surveillance activity surrounding the watch lists.
In a statement sent to AFP on Wednesday, Bayer said that the French authority had "considerably reduced" the initial scope of its allegations against the firm. FleishmanHillard compiled the lists of people active in the pesticide debate around the time the European Union was considering the renewal of the license for controversial weedkiller glyphosate in AFP in filed a complaint with CNIL because some of its journalists were on Monsanto's list, saying it "considers practices of this kind to be totally unacceptable".
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Photo by AFP. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Comments 0. Latest first Highest rated. Reading: Monsanto pleads guilty to using banned pesticide on research crop. Mexico may also reduce the levels of pesticide residues allowed in food, industry executives warned.
Corn and soybeans exports to Mexico would be particularly at risk if the country stopped allowing glyphosate residues in food, according to the communications between industry and the USTR. The agrochemical industry and US regulators maintain pesticide levels in food are not harmful, but many scientists disagree and say even trace amounts can be dangerous.
It is unclear if the efforts to push Mexico to change its policy position are still under way within the new Biden administration. The USTR did not respond to a request for comment.
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