This article by George Monbiot sadly outlines that “The creatures we feared our grandchildren wouldn’t see have vanished: it’s happened faster than even pessimists predicted.”
Amongst the list of disasters, he says “The merger between Bayer and Monsanto brings together the manufacturer of the world’s most lethal pesticides with the manufacturer of the world’s most lethal herbicides. Already the concentrated power of these behemoths is a hazard to democracy; together they threaten both political and ecological disaster.”
The full article in The Guardian can be read here.