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Syngenta AG facing class-action lawsuit from North Carolina farmers
2015-02-06 23:46:52| Chemicals - Topix.net
A group of North Carolina farmers has joined hundreds of others around the country who are suing crop science giant Syngenta AG, alleging that the company's use of genetically modified corn varieties caused them substantial financial losses. Attorneys with law firm Brooks Pierce representing a group of five individual farmers or farmer groups filed the lawsuit against the Switzerland-based Syngenta AG in U.S. District Court in eastern North Carolina on Jan. 21. Syngenta Crop Protection has a regional headquarters in Greensboro and a research operation in the Triangle.
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