Monsanto
Monsanto Links
- Greenwash Awards: Monsanto Kenny Bruno's Winter 1998 Greenwash Award winner for "a slick campaign to convince a skeptical public that their genetic manipulation is a key to 'sustainable development.'"
- Monsanto in the McSpotlight Activist group building a case about agriculture practices of this firm. Includes a succinct summary of Monsanto's unethical activities.
- Monsanto kills Monarchs Nearly half (44 percent) of monarch caterpillars that fed on pollen from Monsanto's engineered corn plants died, versus none of the caterpillars that didn't eat pollen. [Need to scroll down the page to find this story.]
- FlyingFish - GM Spin Doctoring: Monsanto, Bell Pottinger & New Labour How the GM debate has been manipulated by lobbyists, public relations & advertising
- Terminator Gene Technology Terminator Gene Technology prevents farmers from saving their seed, breaking a heritage as old as farming itself. Historically farmers saved the best seed for next year's crop.
- Monsanto Corporation Sucks Monsanto uses biotechnology to genetically engineer our food and not label it.
- Scientific Abuse and Possible Scientific Fraud in Monsanto Research Details of abuse in Monsanto's methanol and formladehyde research related to aspartame (NutraSweet).
- Monsanto's Genetically Modified Seeds Threaten World Production Project Censored's #3 censored media story of 1998. "Monsanto Corporation has been working to consolidate the world seed market, and is now poised to introduce new genetically engineered seeds that will produce only infertile seeds at the end of the farming cycle."
- Long Term Dangers of Monsanto Plan Chemist explicates how Monsanto's specific plan (make seeds more tolerant to Monsanto's specific pesticide) leads to vegetal estrogen production that disturbs the mammalian hormonal system.
- Ethical Investing: Review of Monsanto (Pharmacia) Detailed information about Monsanto (Pharmacia) products. New releases. Resources for alternate products. Investing and mutual fund information.
- Monsanto's Expanding Monopolies from Seed to Water "For Monsanto 'Sustainable Development' means the conversion of an ecological crisis into a market of scarce resources." [ZNet]
- Sask. farmer loses to biotech company Monsanto successfully sued a Saskatchewan farmer for growing their patented canola without a license, from seeds that blew onto his land from a neighboring farm or from passing seed trucks. [CBC]
- Monsanto's Cremation Starts in Karnataka Strong words, aimed at crops that are being burned by farmers in India who learned the hard way that Monsanto's cotton variety (which was disease prone and required enormous pesticides) became bred into next years' cotton harvest in the whole region, rendering the fields useless.
- Outrage over Monsanto's underhand tactics in EU An international consumer group is calling for world trade authorities to withdraw a key endorsement of Monsanto's controversial growth hormone for cows in the wake of Observer revelations that the company had obtained access to confidential EU documents. [Observer, UK]
- Can I See Your License for those Plants, Sir? Links to the text of the Federal Court ruling in the Monsanto vs Schmeiser case and a CBC news article, followed by an archived discussion. [Slashdot]
- Monsanto vs Schmeiser Profile of the litigation between Percy Schmeiser and Monsanto with regard to Roundup-ready canola. News releases of this case in Federal Court of Canada.
- Against the Grain -- Common Courage Press Dr. Marc Lappé and Britt Bailey finally got "Against the Grain" published by a brave outfit that knew the first publisher caved into threats by Monsanto if it went to press with this book.
- Monsantos Spoof of Monsanto's web pages offering "counter information" on biotechnology.
- Metroactive: Monsanto's Greatest Hits A chronology of company pursuits over the past 100 years, from Saccharin to "Terminator" seeds.
- Through a Glass Darkly: The Genetic Future of Eden Corporate Efforts to control future agricultural seeds
- MM: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994 Monsanto is ranked #5 for introducing rBGH. "Monsanto, the company that brought you Agent Orange, has invested over $500 million in rBGH, and it made sure earlier this year that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it over forceful objections from the scientific community."
- Why Activists Hate Monsanto Opposes the 'Monsanto Company', describing reasons to act against this manufacturer of agricultural poisons.
- Vigil on Monsanto Focus appears to be primarily on genetic engineering including the "Terminator Gene."
- Monsanto's altered sugar beet is not sweet to Irish "Speak 'truth' to 'power,' as the old saying goes. Ordinary folks in Ireland spoke up against the powerful multinational firm that profits by controlling farmers.
- Stop Monsanto Now Volunteer effort on Yahoo Club site by people concerned about the "new" Monsanto's power and motives.
- Criminal Investigation of Monsanto Corporation Purefood.org discusses "Cover-up of Dioxin Contamination in Products - Falsification of Dioxin Health Studies."
- Monsanto Watch Purefood Organizations Monitoring Monsanto section with updated news and links to scientific and popular articles about Monsanto's power brokering, political connections and allegedly unethical actions.
- Revolving Door Monsanto employees and government regulatory agencies employees are the same people.
- Fox TV Fires Its Reporters Monsanto allegedly intimidated television producers whose investigative journalists had uncovered problems that would have embarrassed this giant Agri-chemical firm.
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