CHICAGO, Feb 16 - An Arkansas judge on Friday dismissed a Monsanto Co lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a controversial farm chemical the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically engineered seeds. (cnbc.com)
Farm chemical maker, Nufarm, is to offer $ 580 million worth of senior unsecured notes in the US market via its Nufarm Australia and Nufarm Americas subsidiaries. (stockandland.com.au)
«This study does not show that pesticides are likely to cause autism, though it suggests that exposure to farming chemicals during pregnancy is probably not a good thing,» said Dr. Bennett Leventhal, a child psychiatrist at University of California, San Francisco who studies autistic children. (scientificamerican.com)