BAYER AG CORP. (Aspirin) SPREADS HIV WORLDWIDE

It [BAYER AG CORP.] has recently acquired Aventis' controversial cropscience business, making it a key player in the development, commercialisation and sale of GM[GENETICALLY MODIFIED] crops. As a major player in 4 controversial sectors for over 125 years Bayer has a distinguished history of corporate crimes ranging from the manufacture and sale of controversial drugs (Heroin, Ciproxin and Baycol), the development of chemical warfare agents and poisons (Chlorine Gas, Zyklon B and VX), the use of forced labour during WW2, and numerous cases of poisoning, side-effects and environmental pollution connected to its chemical and pharmaceutical products. In December 2001, Multinational Monitor rated Bayer AG as one of their Top Ten Worst Companies of the year.
['Corporations Behaving Badly: The Ten Worst Companies of 2001', Russel Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, Multinational Monitor, December 2001, p8-19.]
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