Once a controversial chemical company, Monsanto remade itself into an even more controversial agricultural biotechnology corporation that holds a dominant position in both herbicides and genetically engineered seeds. Identified more closely than any other company with the effort to introduce genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the food supply, Monsanto has been the target of ongoing campaigns for more than 20 years, including annual March Against Monsanto actions in hundreds of cities around the world.
Despite been labeled “Mutanto” and a purveyor of Frankenfoods, Monsanto has not backed down. It has made aggressive use not only of marketing and public relations, but also the courts, where it has frequently brought suits against farmers it claimed were not following the company’s strict rules on how its products can and cannot be used. Some of those cases have gone all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 2013 strongly affirmed Monsanto’s patent rights. The company also has friends in Congress, which passed what critics call a Monsanto Protection Act limiting the ability of federal courts to halt the sale of genetically engineered seeds deemed to pose a health risk.
In 2015 Monsanto sought to expand its control over the agricultural chemical market with a $45 billion bid to acquire its Swiss rival Syngenta, but it later withdrew the offer after being rebuffed. In 2016 Monsanto agreed to be acquired by Bayer for some $57 billion but the deal is awaiting regulatory approval.
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Mexico Bans Genetically Engineered Corn
Judge Jaime Eduardo Verdugo has ordered Mexico’s SAGARPA, which is Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture, and SEMARNAT, which is equivalent of the EPA, to immediately “suspend all activities involving the planting of transgenic corn in the country and end the granting of permission for experimental and pilot commercial plantings”. He cited “the risk of imminent harm to the environment” as the basis for the decision. Source Recommended Books: This book uncovers the biggest scientific fraud of our age. It tells the fascinating and frequently astounding story of how the massive enterprise to restructure the genetic core of the world's food supply ...
USDA admits Monsanto GMO Experiments Polluted Entire Wheat Industry
(NaturalNews) The genetic apocalypse we've been warning about for years may have already begun. The USDA just announced they found a significant amount of genetically engineered wheat growing in farm fields in Oregon. As the USDA announced, "...test results of plant samples from an Oregon farm indicate the presence of genetically engineered (GE) glyphosate-resistant wheat plants." Why is this a big deal? Because GE wheat has never been approved for commercialization or sale. These strains of GE wheat escaped from GMO field experiments conducted across 16 states by Monsanto from 1998 to 2005. As the USDA states, "Further testing by USDA laboratories indicates the ...
First Long-term GMO Study by Dr. Seralini Reveals GMO’s Very Toxic to Mammals
(CorbettReport.com) On 19 September 2012, the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology published a peer-reviewed paper entitled "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." The two-year toxicity study, which cost €3.2 million, was conducted at the University of Caen by Séralini and seven colleagues and was the first ever study to examine the long-term (lifetime) effects of eating GMOs. It confirmed that both GM food and Roundup® were toxic to mammals. The authors fed GMO corn (11% of their diet) to rats (with and without glyphosate as Roundup®) for 24 months instead of the 90 day, ...
French GMO Grain Farmer Wins Court Battle with Monsanto for Chemical Poisoning
French farmer Paul Francois sues Monsanto for chemical poisoning he claims was caused by its pesticide Lasso, part of the Roundup Ready line of products. Francois wins and sets a new precedent for future cases. A French court on Feb. 13, 2012 declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides. In the first such case heard in court in France, grain grower Paul Francois, 47, says he suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller in ...
The USDA Green Lights GMO Sugar Beets that Had Been Barred by a Federal Judge Fearing “impending Nationwide Sugar Shortage”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) claimed it was worried about an impending nationwide sugar shortage. This is the reason officials said they gave farmers the green light to plant Monsanto’s previously outlawed genetically engineered Roundup Ready sugar beets. Currently, 30% of the world’s sugar is produced from beets. Ironically enough, the USDA just weeks ago released its latest set of dietary guidelines for Americans, which place stronger emphasis on the importance of reducing calorie consumption and avoiding things like trans fats, refined flours — and added sugars. “The 2010 Dietary Guidelines are being released at a time when ...
Monsanto Begins a Massive Disinformation Campaign to Discredit Opponents of GMO’s
Sept 2010 - FOIA request reveals corporate collaboration with public university scientists to promote GMOs trading grant money for scientific spin on government studies as well as even suggesting an academic review site to criticize a Monsanto provided target list of opponents which exists today as AcademicsReview.com founded by rented Monsanto white coat, Bruce Chassy, a former Univ. of Illinois recipient of thousands in traded funding. Chicago Public Radio blew the lid off how the money from Monsanto to Bruce Chassy was being funneled through the university’s foundation. November 2010 - In a private email released in an FOIA ...
Operation Cast Lead (Gaza War/Massacre) begins: Israels 22-day Slaughter of Palestinians
Operation Cast Lead began, which was just another in a long list of military actions undertaken during the course of Israel’s six-plus decade slaughter of the Palestinian Arabs, whom it has been harassing, torturing, displacing and murdering since the end of WW2 in an effort to confiscate their land to meet the needs of the growing Jewish state. The 22 day slaughter by the brutal Israel Defense Forces which began on December 27, 2008, incorporated the use of illegal weapons which included white phosphorous and flechettes. These barbaric weapons of mass destruction were intentionally deployed in areas heavily occupied by civilians where they burned homes and ...
Jury Rules Journalist Jane Akre was Wrongfully Fired by Fox News for Refusal to Broadcast “a False, Distorted or Slanted Story” about Monsanto rBGH
Jane Akre and her husband, Steve Wilson, sued Fox News and on August 18, 2000, a Florida jury unanimously decided that Akre was wrongfully fired by Fox Television when she refused to broadcast (in the jury’s words) “a false, distorted or slanted story” about the widespread use of BGH in dairy cows. They further maintained that she deserved protection under Florida’s whistle blower law. Akre was awarded a $425,000 settlement. Inexplicably, however, the court decided that Steve Wilson, her partner in the case, was ruled not wronged by the same actions taken by FOX. Background In February 1997, twenty year ...
Under Scrutiny, the FDA Approves the Growth Hormone rBGH based on Monsanto’s Self-Administered, Unpublished, 90 Day Study on 30 Rats
FDA’s long-ago rBGH human safety precepts were faulty The central thesis of this report is that the FDA’s basic rbGH human safety presumptions are faulty. Rather than perform the legally mandated role as the overseer of the safety of veterinary drugs and the nation’s food supply, FDA employees have served as “pom-pom girls”—cheering on the approval and marketing of this powerful synthetic hormone drug. Failed oversight of human and veterinary drugs has, unfortunately, become “business as usual” at FDA. Public confidence is at an all-time low, following repeated revelations of inadequate safety-testing of drugs by the agency. Let’s summarize ...
The Conspiracy to Get Neurotoxic Aspartame FDA Approved: The Bitter Truth is Not So Sweet!
The day after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, Searle Chairman Donald Rumsfeld took the steps to re-apply aspartame’s approval for use by the FDA. New FDA commissioner Arthur Hayes Hull, Jr., appointed a 5-person Scientific Commission to review the board of inquiry’s decision to ban Aspartame. It did not take long for the panel to decide 3-2 in favor of maintaining the ban of aspartame. Hull then decided to appoint a 6th member to the board, which created a tie in the voting, 3-3. Hull then decided to personally break the tie and approve aspartame for use. Hull later left the FDA under ...
