Syngenta AG will lay off 135 full-time employees and another 160 contractors in Houston this year as the company closes its Greens Bayou facility near the Port of Houston, USA.
Syngenta AG will lay off 135 full-time employees and another 160 contractors in Houston this year as the company closes its Greens Bayou facility near the Port of Houston, USA.
The manufacturing plant produces chlorothalonil, a pesticide that was recently banned in Europe by a European Union decision in March. The widely used pesticide was found by the European Food Safety Authority to be linked to declining bee populations, have harmful impacts to rivers and waterways, be a high risk to fish and amphibians, and potentially be harmful to human health.
Beginning this week, production will wind down at the facility as the company reduces inventory. Production will cease in early 2020.
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