Will you boycott a company that you use all the time?

@raydene (9871)
United States
February 18, 2008 2:27pm CST
Last night I was watching tv and saw the report linked below. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23175270/ It made me so angry to think that Bayer.. a company that I always thought was safe hid a report knowing that people were dying so that they could make money.22,000 lives were lost due to the use of this drug between the time that Bayer's researchers reported to them it was dangerous and the time it was discovered and they had to pull it..Sick thing is that the Bayer drug cost thousands while it's replacement was very little.. Bayer is also the maker of the pesticide that is believed to be responsible for the honey-bee deaths.. http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/11/26/millions_of_bees_dead_bayers_gaucho_blamed.htm For gosh sake I gave my babies Bayer products! ..I will never buy from Bayer again! One -a-day vits, aleve,yasmin..how safe are they? Are we just waiting to see when someone dies? I found the list below of products that bayer makes Quote" A Brand Product classes/application Subgroups Sector/ division Adalat® Hematology/Cardiology Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* Admire® Insecticides/ Seed Treatment Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Advantage® Companion Animals Bayer HealthCare Animal Health Advantix® Companion Animals Bayer HealthCare Animal Health Aleve® Analgesics Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care Alka-Seltzer® Gastrointestinals Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care Antracol® Fungicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Apec® Polycarbonates Bayer MaterialScience Polycarbonates Arize® Seed Treatment Bayer CropScience BioScience Artwalk® Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Aspirin® Analgesics Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care Atlantis® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Attribut® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection/ Environmental Science Avelox Primary Care Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* B – E Brand Product classes/ application Subgroups Sector/ division Bariton® Seed Treatment Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Basta® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Bayblend® Polycarbonates Bayer MaterialScience Polycarbonates Baycoll® Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Baydur® Polyurethanes Bayer MaterialScience Polyurethanes Bayflex® Polyurethanes Bayer MaterialScience Polyurethanes Bayfol® Polycarbonates Bayer MaterialScience Polycarbonates Bayhydur® Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Bayleton® Fungicides Bayer CropScience Environmental Science Baypreg® Polyurethanes Bayer MaterialScience Polyurethanes Baypren Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Baytril® Companion Animals Bayer HealthCare Animal Health Baytubes® Carbon Nanotubes Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Betaferon®/Betaseron® Specialized Therapeutics Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* Betanal® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Calypso® Insecticides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Canesten® Fungal Infections Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care Cipro® Primary Care Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* Confidor® Insecticides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Decis® Insecticides Bayer CropScience Environmental Science Desmodur® Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Desmoflex® TPU Granulates Bayer MaterialScience Thermoplastic Polyurethanes Desmolux® Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Desmomelt® TPU Granulates Bayer MaterialScience Thermoplastic Polyurethanes Desmopan® TPU Granulates Bayer MaterialScience Thermoplastic Polyurethanes Dispercoll® Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Dureflex® TPU Foils Bayer MaterialScience Thermoplastic Polyurethanes Equip® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection F – K Brand Product classes/ application Subgroups Sector/ division Fandango™ Fungicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Fantasia™ Polycarbonates Bayer MaterialScience Polycarbonates Fenikan™ Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection FiberMax™ Agricultural Seed Bayer CropScience BioScience Flint™ Fungicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Folicur™ Fungicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Gaucho® Seed Treatment Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Glucobay® Primary Care Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* Hoestar® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Husar® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Impranil® Textile Coating Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Input® Fungicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection InVigor® Agricultural Seed Bayer CropScience BioScience K-Othrine® Vector and Locust Control Bayer CropScience Environmental Science Kogenate® Hematology/Cardiology Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* L – Q Brand Product classes/ application Subgroups Sector/ division Lamardor® Seed Treatment Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Levitra® Primary Care Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* Liberty® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Magnevist® Diagnostic Imaging Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* MaisTer® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Makroblend® Polycarbonates Bayer MaterialScience Polycarbonates Makrofol® Polycarbonates Bayer MaterialScience Polycarbonates Makrolon® Polycarbonates Bayer MaterialScience Polycarbonates Maxforce® General Insect Control Bayer CropScience Environmental Science Merit® Fungicides Bayer CropScience Environmental Science Multitec® Polyurethanes Bayer MaterialScience Polyurethanes Nexavar® Oncology Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* Nunhems® Vegetable Seed Bayer CropScience BioScience Oberon® Insecticides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection One-A-Day® Vitamins Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care Option® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Pistol® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Environmental Science Poncho® Seed Treatment Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Premise® Termiticides Bayer CropScience Environmental Science Proline® Fungicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Puma® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection R – Z Brand Product classes/ application Subgroups Sector/ division Raxil® Seed Treatment Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Ronstar® Herbicides Bayer CropScience Environmental Science Roskydal® Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Bayer MaterialScience Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Sphere® Fungicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Stratego® Fungicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Temik® Insecticides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Texin® TPU Granulates Bayer MaterialScience Thermoplastic Polyurethanes Trasylol® Hematology/Cardiology Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* Twist® Fungicides Bayer CropScience Crop Protection Viadur® Oncology Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* Vulkollan® Polyurethanes Bayer MaterialScience Polyurethanes Yasmin® Women's HealthCare Bayer HealthCare Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* We need to stand up for our convictions!
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@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
18 Feb 08
Wow Raydene, you have certainly done your homework on Bayer products, and I thank you for that, and for the time you have spent researching their product. I use a couple of their products on my dogs (Advantage and Advantix), and I will definitely boycott them in the future and use a different make. Thanks for bringing it to our attention - goodness knows when we would have heard this information on our news here in Australia!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
19 Feb 08
why that is some list, I never knew it was that big did you?
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
24 Feb 08
I think you'll be better off growing alll your own food. It will be easier to do that than to figure out which food manufactures get their grains and crops and fruit and veges from growers/farmers who don't use Bayer chemicals for fertilizer and crop protectoion. Good for you doll for standing up for your beliefs .