As usual, the issue is not the issue.
Big government is the issue.
This is not me agreeing with you, BTW. But here is what the formula and the process looks like:
Unfortunately, that would make the protesters useful idiots for Bayer if what you say is true. Bayer wants the current product banned so that they can get into the new patented product and all the fear pumped out there gets the useful idiots protesting and the ban happens.
Big government wins.
Big government always wins. Even under Trump big government is finding ways to win, bigly.
Yup. Scientists begging for grant money are used the same way. When AI gets ahold of it, its speed in grabbing "citations" becomes overwhelming. I wish there was a way of penalizing the "behavior" in computers but so far the prognosis is not promising. Science has devolved from repeated experiments to democracy in papers.
Money talks.