Missouri farmer wins $265 million against Monsanto

A federal jury determined that German agribusiness giants Bayer and BASF will have to pay $250 million in punitive damages to Bader Farms, the largest peach farm in Missouri, for damage caused by their dicamba-related products.   Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018.  https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/missouri-farmer-wins-265-million-verdict-against-monsanto

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Earth turns cleaner and wilder

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As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily.  https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/as-people-stay-home-earth-turns-wilder-and-cleaner/

A story worth telling

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https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/story-worth-telling-molecule-giulio-boccaletti/

Man 2020

And the original:

Magnolia

This magnolia was laden with pinky-white spring blooms - on today's walk.

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Darwinism

Typhoid Mary and the "super-spreaders"

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According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, "somewhere between 25% and 50% of people infected with the new coronavirus may never show symptoms or fall ill - but can still transmit the illness to others."

Another famous super-spreader was Typhoid Mary. Mary Mallon was an Irish-born cook who infected over 50 people, some that died, with typhoid fever in the early 1900s.  She was the first person identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the disease in the United States .

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52291327