Knowledge: monsanto
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Links
- Fox TV Fires Its Reporters
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/fox.html - Monsanto allegedly intimidated television producers whose investigative journalists had uncovered problems that would have embarrassed this giant Agri-chemical firm.
- Monsanto's altered sugar beet is not sweet to Irish
http://www.pmac.net/sugarbt.htm - "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.
- Monsanto Kills Monarchs
http://www.motherjones.com/mustreads/051799.html - 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. [Mother Jones] [Need to scroll down the page to find this story.]
- Monsanto's Greatest Hits
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.11.00/cover/gen-food2-0019.html - A chronology of company pursuits over the past 100 years, from Saccharin to "Terminator" seeds. [Metroactive]
- Monsanto in the McSpotlight
http://www.mcspotlight.org/beyond/companies/monsanto.html - Activist group building a case about agriculture practices of this firm. Includes a succinct summary of Monsanto's unethical activities.
- Scientific Abuse and Possible Scientific Fraud in Monsanto Research
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/ - Details of abuse in Monsanto's methanol and formladehyde research related to aspartame (NutraSweet).
- Ethical Investing: Review of Monsanto (Pharmacia)
http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/ - Detailed information about Monsanto (Pharmacia) products. New releases. Resources for alternate products. Investing and mutual fund information.
- Monsanto vs Schmeiser
http://www.percyschmeiser.com/ - Profile of the litigation between Percy Schmeiser and Monsanto with regard to Roundup-ready canola. News releases of this an similar cases in Federal Court of Canada.
- GM Spin Doctor, Heal Thyself
http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/articles/gmspin/healself.htm - How the genetic modifications debate in the UK has been manipulated by lobbyists, public relations and advertising. Reports that the chair of the Commons Agriculture Select Committee is on the payroll of a Monsanto lobbyist. [FlyingFish]
- Monsanto and PCBs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/03/0039223 - "The Washington Post has acquired documents showing how aMonsanto Corp. PCB plant polluted a small town in Alabama with full knowledge of what it was doing." News and reader comments. [Slashdot]
- Monsanto Hid Decades of Pollution
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A46648-2001Dec... - For nearly 40 years, Monsanto dumped PCBs into a small Alabama city's stream and open-pit landfills. The company concealed its knowledge of the toxic effects. [Washington Post]
- MM: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994
http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/mm1294.html#topten - 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."
- Corporate Screw Job: Monsanto vs. Percy Schmeiser
http://www.grumpymen.com/CSJ/csj_monsanto.htm - Summary of The Terminator controversy and Monsanto's lawsuit against Percy Schmeiser, a farmer whose fields were contaminated with Round-Up Ready Canola.
- The Fake Persuaders
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,715158,00.html - Article about Monsanto campaign to create fake people to post on Web sites to discredit scientific findings that may be bad for its image. [Guardian]
- Stop Monsanto Now
http://groups.yahoo.com/clubs/stopmonsantonow - Volunteer effort on Yahoo Club site by people concerned about the "new" Monsanto's power and motives.
- Italian Police Raid Monsanto GM Stockpile
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1248443.stm - Italy's health authorities suspect Monsanto is illegally distributing genetically modified seed for growing crops. [BBC News]
- US Court Challenge to Monsanto
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5649830.stm - Monsanto and several other biotechnology companies are accused of legal wrongdoing in a US court. [BBC News]
- Criminal Investigation of Monsanto Corporation
http://www.purefood.org/dioxcov.html - Purefood.org discusses "Cover-up of Dioxin Contamination in Products - Falsification of Dioxin Health Studies."
- Monsanto Abandons Worldwide GM Wheat Project
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,1214066,00.html - In a statement Monsanto acknowledged that there was not a sufficient market to make the introduction of its GM wheat worthwhile. [Guardian]
- Monsanto's Crimes
http://www.love.telinco.co.uk/ - Opposes the 'Monsanto Company', describing reasons to act against this manufacturer of agricultural poisons.
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