I have already ask my german friend to provide further evidence, but base
on this "internet news" there certainly was a lawsuit against Bayer
*German Coalition Sues Bayer Over Pesticide Honey Bee Deaths*
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-25-01.asp


*FREIBURG, Germany*, August 25, 2008 (ENS) - The German organization
Coalition against Bayer Dangers today brought legal action against Werner
Wenning, chairman of the Bayer AG Board of Management, by filing a charge
against him with the public prosecutor in Freiburg.

...

Attorney Harro Schultze, who represents the Coalition against Bayer Dangers
said, "The public prosecutor needs to clarify which efforts Bayer undertook
to prevent a ban of imidacloprid and clothianidin after sales of both
substances were stopped in France. We're suspecting that Bayer submitted
flawed studies to play down the risks of pesticide residues in treated
plants."

....

"Bayer's Board of Management has to be called to account since the risks of
neonicotinoids such as imidacloprid and clothianidin have now been known
for more than 10 years," says Philipp Mimkes, spokesman for the Coalition
Against Bayer-Dangers

...

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