Kunnen onkruidbestrijders zoals glyfosaat borstkanker
veroorzaken?
Wetenschappers van de Purdue University en het Institut de
Cancérologie de L'Ouest (ICO) uit Frankrijk hebben ontdekt dat
glyfosaat - het primaire ingrediënt in sommige veel gebruikte
herbiciden (zoals Roundup) - onder bepaalde omstandigheden
borstkanker kan veroorzaken. Deze ontdekking is een nieuwe stap
voorwaarts in de speurtocht naar het ontstaan en voorkomen van
kanker.
Maatschappelijke en milieuorganisaties eisen dat
de EPA Monsanto’s glyfosaat in de ban doet
Op 26 juni leverden milieu- en
consumentenorganisaties meer dan 149559 commentaren - waarin wordt
gepleit voor een verbod op glyfosaat - aan bij het Environmental
Protection Agency. Glyfosaat dat vooral bekend is als Monsanto’s
RoundUp wordt in verband gebracht met kanker. Tot 5 juli verzamelt
de EPA de opmerkingen van het publiek met betrekking tot de
hernieuwde voorlopige beoordeling van de registratie. Deze
voorlopige beoordeling [3] houdt in dat glyfosaat nog 15 jaar in de
Verenigde Staten mag worden toegepast.
Monsanto en Reuters-verslaggever Kate Kelland:
twee handen op één buik
Nieuwe documenten tonen een gezellige relatie tussen
Monsanto en Kate Kelland, een journalist van Reuters. We wisten door eerder vrijgegeven documenten dat
Reuters-verslaggever Kate Kelland een belangrijk doorgeefluik was
voor Monsanto in het streven van dit bedrijf om de internationale
organisatie voor onderzoek naar kanker (IARC) [2] van de
Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) te ondermijnen en in diskrediet
te brengen. IARC heeft glyfosaat in 2015 namelijk geclassificeerd
als `waarschijnlijk carcinogeen`. We beschikken nu over aanvullend
bewijs voor de warme band tussen Monsanto en de Reuters’
verslaggever.
Verband tussen PCB in het bloed en vroegtijdig
overlijden
Universiteit van Uppsala - Hoge niveaus van
polychloorbifenylen (PCB's) [2] in het bloed zijn geassocieerd met
vroegtijdige sterfte. Dit blijkt uit een multidisciplinaire studie
gebaseerd op 1000 willekeurig geselecteerde 70-jarigen in Uppsala
(Zweden), die onlangs werd gepubliceerd in het JAMA Open Network
[3].
EPA stelt voor Glyfosaat opnieuw goed te keuren, waarbij
het risico op kanker wordt genegeerd
De Amerikaanse Environmental Protection Agency heeft
voornamelijk op basis van niet openbaar onderzoek door de
chemische industrie voorgesteld om glyfosaat, het actieve
ingrediënt in Monsanto's Roundup, opnieuw goed te keuren.
Giftige bijproducten Agent Orange blijven
Vietnamese milieu verontreinigen
Tijdens de Vietnam oorlog besproeide de VS meer dan 20 miljoen
gallons (76 miljoen liter) onkruidverdelger, dat ook met dioxine
verontreinigd was, op de regenwouden, moerassen en akkers van het
land.
WASHINGTON - Een nieuwe analyse door het
intercollegiaal wetenschappelijke Environmental Sciences Europe
documenteert de verschillende tegenstrijdige benaderingen van de U.S
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) en de World Health
Organization (WHO) bij het vaststellen van het kankerrisico door
blootstelling aan Monsanto’s bestrijdingsmiddel glyfosaat.
Speelt glyfosaat een rol bij de problemen met
tarwe / gluten ?
Op het podium besprak de NCGS-specialist enkele
recente onderzoeken waarin bij mensen met een
glutenintolerantie een verhoogd aantal antilichamen in
het bloed werd gevonden. Met andere woorden:
glutenintolerantie is een fysiologische, immunologische
reactie en niet een trendy psychologisch probleem. De
studie toonde verder aan dat wanneer het gluten-eiwit
wordt geïsoleerd en gezuiverd de verhoging van die
bloedmarkers bij NCGS-patiënten zich niet voordoet. Hij
liet een foto van een tarwekorrel zien en speculeerde
vaag dat er iets aan de buitenkant van het graan moest
zitten dat deze ernstige ontsteking moet veroorzaken.
Hij concludeerde dat wetenschappers wellicht ooit die
aanstichter zullen ontdekken.
Volgens onafhankelijke laboratoriumtests
in opdracht van EWG bevatten populaire havergranen,
havermout, granola en snackbars een flinke dosis van het
onkruidverdelgend gif in Monsanto's Roundup. Deze nieuwe
bevindingen komen kort nadat een Californische jury $
289 miljoen heeft toegekend aan een schoolmeester die
claimde dat Roundup bij hem lymfoom had veroorzaakt. EWG's testen vonden glyfosaat, het actieve ingrediënt
in Roundup, in alle, behalve twee van de 45 monsters van
producten gemaakt met conventioneel geteelde haver. Meer
dan twee derde van de monsters had een gehalte aan
glyfosaat boven wat EWG-wetenschappers, met een
voldoende veiligheidsmarge, beschouwen als ongevaarlijk
voor kinderen.
Mike Papantonio en auteur Carey Gillam bespreken haar
nieuw boek dat onthult hoe Monsanto alles in het werk
stelde om te verdoezelen dat hun onkruidverdelger kanker
kan veroorzaken. Het verhaal met Monsanto's [Roundup]
begint al in de jaren tachtig toen laboratoriumtesten op
glyfosaat cellulaire veranderingen op laboratoriumdieren
vertoonden die als vroege signalen van een duidelijke
relatie met kanker moeten worden beschouwd. In feite
bepaalde de EPA in 1985 dat glyfosaat, het belangrijkste
ingrediënt in Roundup, geclassificeerd moest worden als
een carcinogeen van klasse C.
Blootstelling aan glyfosaat (onkruidbestrijder)
500% gestegen in 23 jaar
De onderzoekers van de universiteit van Californië,
San Diego School of Medicine, onderzochten de
blootstelling aan glyfosaat, een chemische stof die
algemeen voorkomt bij onkruidbestrijder, ongeveer 500
procent is toegenomen sinds de introductie van genetisch
gemodificeerde gewassen.
Geen steun overheid ten gunste groene
gewasbeschermingsmiddelen
Een nieuwe motie verzoekt de regering, haar groene
woorden om te zetten in groene daden en bij verdere
onderhandelingen in Europees verband ten aanzien van
glyfosaat derhalve te pleiten voor een afbouwstrategie
ten gunste van groene gewasbeschermingsmiddelen. Motie
is verworpen.
45% Europese landbouwgrond
is vervuild met glyfosaat van Monsanto
Een nieuwe studie van het Gemeenschappelijk Centrum
voor Onderzoek (JRC) van de Europese Commissie en twee
Nederlandse laboratoria tonen aan dat 45% van de grond
in Europa residuen van glyfosaat bevat, waarmee wordt
aangetoond dat het model waarop de landbouw in de EU is
gebaseerd te veel vertrouwt op dit schadelijke chemische
onkruidverdelgingsmiddel. In tegenstelling tot wat de
producenten ervan beweren (2), blijft glyfosaat in de
bodem zitten, waar het niet alleen de
bodemvruchtbaarheid nadelig beïnvloedt, maar ook de
gezondheid van mensen en het milieu.
Few corporations in the world are as loathed—and as
sinister—as Monsanto. But the threat it poses to people and
planet could be reaching new heights, as the World Health
Organization has recently upgraded Monsanto's main product as
carcinogenic to humans. With protests against the agrochemical
giant held in over 40 countries in May, learn why the global
movement against Monsanto is of critical importance to our
future. In this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin issues
a scathing expose on the corporate polluter, chronicling it's
rise to power, the collusion of its crimes by the US government,
and highlighting the serious danger it puts us in today.
Monsanto's grootste vijand is een geïnformeerde consument
Ondanks dat de controlleurs van de mainstream media een van
de grootste censuurcampagnes in de geschiedenis hebben gevoerd
hebben de alternatieve media, activisten, en mensen in de
gemeenschap geschiedenis gemaakt. Filmmaker
en activist, Amel Tresnjic, maakte tijd vrij voor het maken van
een korte film die het bewustzijn mbt de gevaren van genetisch
gemanipuleerde voeding en de onderdrukking van journalisme wil
vergroten. Help mee met het verspreiden van deze kennis en deel
deze video via sociale media en email.
Meer dan een onkruidverdelger?
Het is een omstreden product. Aan de oppervlakte is het een
basisproduct voor een bijzonder efficiënte onkruidverdelger,
levensnoodzakelijk voor de landbouw en een zegen voor de
onbezorgde amateurtuinier. Maar over glyfosaat doen ook andere
verhalen de ronde. Wetenschappelijk onderzoek geeft reden te
denken dat er meer aan de hand is, en dat de impact van
glyfosaat verder gaat dan onkruid alleen. Vorige week stelde de
Europese Commissie voor om het gebruik van glyfosaat met
anderhalf jaar te verlengen. Die vergunning loopt eind deze
maand af. Ondertussen zou dan verder onderzocht worden of het
product inderdaad kankerverwekkend is. Maar de lidstaten geraken
het voorlopig niet eens over een verlenging. En daar zijn goede
redenen voor. ('Poisened Fields' - ADR, 2016) [Maria]
Wat is dit voor een land dat Round Up toelaat maar
ambachtelijke rijsttaarten wil verbieden?
Deze tussenkomst van Ecolo Kamerlid Muriel Gerkens ging
viraal op Facebook met meer dan 300.000 views.
Video - Lezing Dr Seneff over glyfosaat, foliumzuur en
autisme
De microcefalie epidemie in Brazilië zou veroorzaakt worden
door het Zika virus volgens de internationale media. Maar is het
Zika virus echt de oorzaak ? Brazilië produceert namelijk veel
genetisch gemanipuleerde mais, soja en katoen voor de export.
Dit betekent dus veel blootstelling aan de pesticide glyfosaat
(Roundup) en andere cocktails in lucht en water bovenop de
andere vervuiling in voedselbronnen. Verder is vanaf 2015 het
zogemaande Tdap vaccin agressief gepromoot op de markt, en dit
viel wel heel toevallig samen met de uitbraak van microcefalie.
Dit Tdap vaccin bevat wederom aluminium, een bekende
neurotoxisch metaal. Samen met collegas heeft Dr Seneff een
medisch artikel gepubliceerd dat stelt dat de combinatie van
aluminium en glyfosaat samen erg giftig voor de hersenen zijn.
Vergiftigde velden - Monsanto's glyfosaat, het
onderschatte risico
VVD, CDA, SGP en PVV stemden dus voor het opnieuw toelaten van
de pesticide glyfosaat van Monsanto
De motie: overwegende dat de Europese Commissie hernieuwde
goedkeuring voor de verkoop van glyfosaat op de Europese markt
voor de maximale termijn van vijftien jaar voorstelt, ondanks
een grote wetenschappelijke controverse over de
kankerverwekkende eigenschappen van glyfosaat, ondanks dat
glyfosaat een bedreiging vormt voor de biodiversiteit en dat het
gebruik van glyfosaat de doelstellingen van de Kaderrichtlijn
Water in gevaar brengt.
Meer dan 80.000 consumenten tekenen tegen toelating glyfosaat
Voedselwaakhond foodwatch roept staatssecretaris Van Dam van Economische
Zaken op om zich te verzetten tegen de hernieuwde toelating van het omstreden
landbouwgif glyfosaat. Volgende week beslist de Europese Unie over het verlengen
van de toelating voor het onkruidbestrijdingsmiddel glyfosaat, dat vorig jaar
door de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie als waarschijnlijk kankerverwekkend werd
aangeduid.
Zembla - Glyfosaat is waarschijnlijk kankerverwekkend
Nederland is recordhouder in het gebruik van landbouwgif. Maar er
zijn groeiende zorgen over de gevolgen hiervan voor mens, dier en
milieu. Onder wetenschappers is ophef ontstaan over het veel
gebruikte onkruidmiddel glyfosaat. Ook in Nederland wordt het in
grote hoeveelheden over de akkers en tuinen gesproeid, onder meer
onder de naam Roundup van producent Monsanto, die tot 2000 het
patent had op het middel.
Monsanto’s glyfosaat meest verkochte onkruidverdelger in
geschiedenis
Volgens een mijlpaalrapport, gepubliceerd in het
tijdschrift ‘Environmental Sciences Europe’, is Monsanto’s herbicide
glyfosaat, op de markt gebracht als 'Roundup', de meest gebruikte
onkruidverdelger in de geschiedenis van de chemische landbouw in
zowel de VS als wereldwijd.
De Partij voor de Dieren wil dat de regering alle
Monsanto-onderzoeken over glyfosaat laat beoordelen door
onafhankelijke wetenschappers. PvdD-Kamerlid Frank Wassenberg heeft
hiertoe dinsdag een motie ingediend samen met Fatma Koşer Kaya
(D66). Monsanto probeert al jarenlang de grote risico’s van het
bestrijdingsmiddel RoundUp te ontkennen met frauduleuze studies.
Europese voedselautoriteit moffelt kankerrisico Roundup
weg
EFSA vertrouwt ten onrechte op studies van glyfosaat-producenten
zelf
In een nieuw rapport laat de Europese
voedselveiligheidsautoriteit EFSA haar oren hangen naar de
producenten van glyfosaat. Dit kan een eerste stap zijn in de
hertoelating van de meest gebruikte gifstof in
onkruidbestrijdingsmiddelen ter wereld, het bekendst onder de
merknaam Roundup van Monsanto. De EFSA baseert zich op niet
gepubliceerde studies in opdracht van de producenten van glyfosaat
en schuift belangrijk onafhankelijk bewijs over het risico op kanker
bij toepassing van de stof ten onrechte terzijde.
De Partij voor de Dieren wil dat er geen ontwikkelingsgeld meer
naar Monsanto gaat. De regering ondersteunt de Round Table for
Restonsible Soy, waar Monsanto deel van uitmaakt. Esther Ouwehand
roept dinsdag tijdens het debat over de gentech-lobby op deze
financiering te bevriezen.
De Amerikaanse stad San Diego daagt Monsanto voor de
rechter wegens verkoop chemische stoffen die gezondheid
bedreigen
Video - De relatie tussen de pesticiden van Monsanto en
Coeliakie
Een interview van de Amerikaanse arts Dr
Mercola met MIT onderzoekster Dr Seneff over de relatie tussen
Coeliakie en de pesticide Roundup van Monsanto. Dit soort
informatie zul je niet in de Nederlandse media horen dus deel de
post svp en geef deze kennis door.
Download ook eens deze studie over de gevolgen
van Roundup:
Glyphosate, Roundup, Glyphosate-Tolerance GM Soybeans, Chemical
Extracted Soybean Food Oil/Soybean Powder Cause Serious Harm to
Health of American/Chinese People.
Daniel Bissonnette, at March against Monsanto, Vancouver
Daniel Bissonnette, a very articulate 9 year
old, mesmerizes listeners at the March against Monsanto event in
Vancouver, on May 24, 2014, asking key questions on why
children, the age group most vulnerable to unhealthy food, are
subjected to the worst food possible with GMO and pesticides.
GMO-industrie op de helling -
Breaking News
In het Franse (en inmiddels internationale) nieuws
sinds vanmiddag op radio-tv-internet (hen citerend,
'bom onder GMO-Industrie') :
Jose Bove, vice-president van de Commissie Landbouw
in het Europees Parlement en bekend als fervent
tegenstander van genetisch gemodificeerde organismen
(GMO's), heeft dringend opgeroepen om met
onmiddellijke ingang alle EU-gemodificeerde gewassen
te stoppen en importvergunningen van GMO-maïs per
direct terug te trekken.
Dit naar aanleiding van de vandaag in het
gerenomeerde Amerikaanse tijdschrift 'Food and
Chemical Toxicology' gepubliceerde schokkende
resultaten van de franse studie : 'Long Term
toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a
Roundup-tolerant genitically modified maize'.
Deze studie bewijst eindelijk en eens temeer hoezeer
wij gelijk hadden en de Europese Voedselautoriteiten
zullen hoogst dringend maatregelen moeten nemen om
de voedselveiligheid van Europese burgers te
garanderen.
Government at the Service of the
People…of Monsanto
THe company that is more or less directly responsible for the destruction of agriculture
around the world and the promotion of genetically modified crops in places with lax
controls.
India says Monsanto covertly,
illegally conducted GM corn trials without approval
Recent reports out of India say that multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto has once
against skirted the law by clandestinely planting its genetically-modified (GM) corn
without receiving approval to do so.
USDA to allow Monsanto to perform
its own GMO studies
Last August, a federal judge admonished the USDA for approving genetically modified seeds
without first doing the required environmental impact study. Now, the USDA has a
solution--allow the biotech industry to conduct the studies itself. This means that
Monsanto and other biotech companies will decide whether to approve their own products.
This web site will be a host to news and information related to Monsanto, Genetically
Modified Organisms (GMOs), and Organics. You will find articles, videos, commentary, and
much much more in the days, weeks and months to come.
The new focus was on providing hybrid Monsanto seed to Haitian farmers to address a
non-existent seed emergency. The following discussion highlights why WINNER is
ill-conceived, poorly managed, and likely to hurt Haitian farmers.
The Monsanto files - fraud in
Roundup / Glyphosate testing
A reminder (if any is needed) that companies working for Monsanto have in the past
delivered the results Monsanto wanted, even if the evidence pointed somewhere else.......
note the wonderful remark about uterus samples being taken from male rabbits!
Indian Voices Against Bill
Gates’ Colonisation of the Country With Patents, Monopolies
India is ahead of Bill Gates’ game as his plot to profit by seeding the patents
market through Africa and India (poor continent and nation) gets criticised even in the
Economic Times.
We commit to complete transparency and shall familiarise the public with scientific
information regarding the product safety and the ongoing benefits. We further commit to
work within science-based regulations as stated by the government concerned and stated
international levels on government instances.
Use of Monsanto’s RoundUp
killing off monarch butterflies
Fields are now planted with genetically modified corn and soybeans resistant to the
herbicide Roundup, allowing farmers to spray the chemical to eradicate weeds, including
milkweed.
"AP" - Monsanto shares
fall on bug-resistant corn woes
Shares of farm chemical and seed maker Monsanto Co. tumbled nearly 4 percent early Monday
on a published report about rootworms that are developing resistance to a natural
pesticide made by the company.
Seed Savers, is home to a trove of genetically diverse seed. It is the perfect
counterpoint to the alarming extent to which ownership of this vital resource is
privatized and concentrated. The top three firms, for example, account for more than 75
percent of U.S. corn seed sales.
Monsanto uses food crisis to push
GM corn in Mexico
Monsanto has turned the drop in international corn reserves and the havoc wreaked on
Mexican corn production by an unexpected cold snap into an argument for speeding up
commercial planting of its genetically modified (GM) corn in Mexico. The transnational is
claiming that its modified seeds are the only solution to scarcity and rising grain
prices.
Widely grown corn plants that Monsanto Co. genetically modified to thwart a voracious bug
are falling prey to that very pest in a few Iowa fields, the first time a major Midwest
scourge has developed resistance to a genetically modified crop.
A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey reveals the pervasive spread of the biocide,
glyphosate, mostly used as a weedkiller for crops genetically engineered to resist the
herbicide.
US Sought “Talking
Points” to Combat Impact of "The World According to Monsanto"
There are multiple indications in the large cache of US State Embassy cables WikiLeaks has
been releasing (extended summary here) that the US State Department is willing to do just
about anything to ensure the multinational agricultural biotech corporation, Monsanto, has
its interests protected in countries around the world.
Below is an extract from an interesting article in the New York Times which describes how
the U.S.'s tea party movement is being manipulated to support big business issues by the
likes of Andrew Langer, head of the Institute for Liberty - a conservative astroturf (fake
grassroots) group that's cosied up to tea party supporters to advance causes for corporate
interests.
Monsanto has been awarded a European patent on conventionally bred melons (EP 1 962 578).
This type of Melon had been bred for increased resistance to certain plant viruses. Indian
melons which display greater disease resistance were simply crossed with other varieties
in order to transfer this characteristic. The process and outcome is now a legal
invention.
Welcome to the new international version of combat-monsanto.org. Now it’s easy for
you to view our articles in English, Spanish and French. Our work is going global and
citizens of the world can now see the true face of Monsanto.
How Growth Hormones In Cows Harm
You In The Long Run
In any living mammal, growth hormones are naturally occurring substances which, amongst
other things, aid in the growth and development of the species. Naturally occurring growth
hormones in cows known as bovine somatotropin (BST) or bovine growth hormone (BGH) is
secreted by the cow’s pituitary gland and along with other hormones aids in the
production of milk.
Eastern Washington farmers are increasingly worried about agricultural invasion from
Monsanto's unwanted genetically modified and patent-protected seeds.
Farmers and Seed Producers Launch
Preemptive Strike against Monsanto
On behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations,
the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed suit today against Monsanto Company
challenging the chemical giant's patents on genetically modified seed. The organic
plaintiffs were forced to sue preemptively to protect themselves from being accused of
patent infringement should their crops ever become contaminated by Monsanto's genetically
modified seed.
Pressure Mounts to Take Monsanto's
Roundup off the Market
It's glyphosate, the key - but controversial - ingredient in Roundup herbicide and the top
selling weed killer used worldwide. For more than 30 years, glyphosate has been embraced
for its ability to make farming easier by wiping out weeds in corn, soybean and cotton
fields, and for keeping gardens and golf courses pristine.
Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto over
Genetic Contamination
The Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed the suit on behalf of more than 50
organizations challenging the agricultural giant's patents on its genetically modified
seeds. The group is seeking a ruling that would prohibit Monsanto from suing the farmers
or dealers if their organic seed becomes contaminated with Monsanto's patented biotech
seed germplasm.
Maternal and fetal exposure to
pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada
This is the first study to reveal the presence of circulating PAGMF in women with and
without pregnancy, paving the way for a new field in reproductive toxicology including
nutrition and utero-placental toxicities.
Thanks Monsanto - Agent Orange
Being Used to Clear Rainforrest in Brazil
Agent Orange is one of the most devastating weapons of modern warfare, a chemical which
killed or injured an estimated 400,000 people during the Vietnam War -- and now it's being
used against the Amazon rainforest.
U.S. Subsidizes Brazilian Cotton to
Protect Monsanto's Profits
On February 18, Republicans in the House of Representatives defeated an obscure amendment
to the House Appropriations bill by a 2-to-1 margin. The Kind Amendment would have
eliminated $147 million dollars that the federal government pays every year directly to
Brazilian cotton farmers. In an era of nationwide belt tightening, with funding for things
like education and the U.S. Farm Bill on the chopping block, defending payments to
Brazilian farmers may seem curious.
US Sought “Talking
Points” to Combat Impact of French Documentary on Monsanto
There are multiple indications in the large cache of US State Embassy cables WikiLeaks has
been releasing (extended summary here) that the US State Department is willing to do just
about anything to ensure the multinational agricultural biotech corporation, Monsanto, has
its interests protected in countries around the world.
Farmers Respond To Monsanto’s
Attempt To Dismiss Their Case
In mid-July, Monsanto filed a motion with the Federal court in New York to have the
Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association (OSGATA), et al., case dismissed against it.
Good News - Evil Monsanto Finally
Reaping Its Just Desserts
Monsanto, the giant biotechnology agriculture company that created genetically modified
corn, soybeans and herbicides, isn't riding so high this year in the stocks department.
Factory farmers and the chemical industry in America have been looking for ways to
increase their profits as quickly as possible for decades. One of the ideas they came up
with years ago was to inject cattle with hormones that would make them grow larger,
fatter, and faster so that they could get more money for the same product. But as
companies like Monsanto pushed this bovine growth hormone, they paid no attention and
didn't seem to care what the consequences of genetically modified dairy products would be
for the consumers. Joining me now to discuss some of those consequences, as well as how we
got into this situation to begin with, is Chris Hunt from Sustainable Table.
A gene in the DNA of Monsanto's genetically modified corn produces the Bt toxin, a
pesticide that kills insects. The EPA and Monsanto vowed that the toxin would be destroyed
in humans during the digestive process. They were wrong.
"If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and
crossbones on it." After two decades of biotech bullying and force-feeding unlabeled
and hazardous genetically engineered (GE) foods to animals and humans, it's time to move
beyond defensive measures and go on the offensive. With organic farming, climate
stability, and public health under the gun of the gene engineers and their partners in
crime, it's time to do more than complain. With over 1/3 of U.S. cropland already
contaminated with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), with mounting scientific evidence
that GMOs cause cancer, birth defects, and serious food allergies and with new biotech
mutants like alfalfa, lawn grass, ethanol-ready corn, 2,4 D-resistant crops, and
genetically engineered trees and animals in the pipeline, time is running out.
Monsanto helped fund bill to stifle
whistleblowers in Iowa
Speaking of Monsanto, it turns out they are playing a role in Iowa's proposed
anti-whistleblower bill -- a bill focused primarily on agriculture. Should the bill pass,
it will become illegal to produce undercover videos at various types of agricultural
facilities (as well as to get a job at a facility with the express intent of producing a
video). Sarah Damian of the Government Accountability Project, a "whistleblower
advocacy organization," observes over at the Food Integrity Campaign's blog that
Monsanto has been throwing lobbying dollars behind Iowa's effort to draw a steel curtain
around food production.
A West Virginia judge planning to hear a class-action lawsuit over alleged dioxin
pollution from a former Monsanto Co. plant stepped aside Friday, saying he's been
diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Farmers like genetically modified (GM) crops because they can plant them, spray them with
herbicide and then there is very little maintenance until harvest. Farmers who plant
Monsanto's GM crops probably don't realize what they bargain for when they sign the
Monsanto Technology Stewardship Agreement contract. One farmer reportedly 'went crazy'
when he discovered the scope of the contract because it transfers ALL liability to the
farmer or grower.
Monsanto's Roundup May End
Bananas-And They're Merely the Canary in the Mine
Bananas are dying. They're killed by a fungus, one known to be caused by glyphosate, which
is used on bananas. But the loss of bananas may be only the tip of the disaster.
Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst for the Center for Food Safety, gives us a short
history on multi-national biotech firm Monsanto and their current activity.
Climate Change and Agriculture
Biodiverse Ecological Farming is the Answer, not Genetic Engineering
Genetic engineering is embedded in an industrial model of agriculture based on fossil
fuels. It is falsely being offered as a magic bullet for dealing with climate change.
Widely grown corn plants that Monsanto Co. genetically modified to thwart a voracious bug
are falling prey to that very pest in a few Iowa fields, the first time a major Midwest
scourge has developed resistance to a genetically modified crop.
Monsanto pesticide found to infect
plants with AIDS-like disease
When Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University and internationally-recognized
plant pathologist, wrote a letter back in January to US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Secretary Tom Vilsack, warning him about a new mystery disease showing up primarily in
genetically-modified (GM) crops, the notice fell on deaf ears.
If You Missed the Millions Against
Monsanto Webinar
We are trying to get groceries and health food stores to do the right thing and label GMO
products. We believe if the consumer can easily identify foods that have likely been made
with GMOs, they will stop buying them. This will lead to stores taking them off their
shelves. We are, however, also going to continue to apply public pressure for mandatory
labeling at the congressional and state levels.
Biotechnology giant Monsanto has announced plans to start testing genetically modified
(GM) wheat, in spite of prior failures to gain acceptance for the technology.
Organic groups, farmers file
preemptive lawsuit against Monsanto to protect themselves from inevitable destruction by
GMOs
In order to avoid completely losing their businesses and livelihoods to the predatory
business model of Monsanto, 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural
organizations have collectively filed a preemptive lawsuit against the multinational
biotechnology giant.
The World According to Monsanto -
Full Documentary
Documentary aired on French television - a documentary that Americans won’t ever see.
This a shocking indictment of the criminal practices of the gigantic bio-tech corporation,
Monsanto which is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served
mankind for thousands of years.
Monsanto successfully contaminated the US Alfalfa industry during a 2005 'window of
opportunity'. Heroic alfalfa seed farmer, Phil Geertson, tells of the Monsanto nightmare
and his newest court effort to stop them from permanently further destroying the
environment with their GM alfalfa...approved for a second time for open use in America
Monsanto's Round-Up - ernstige
schade aan grond en plant
De oorzaak van aantasting van planten- en landbouwgrond! Het intensieve gebruik van
Monsanto’s onkruidverdelger, het gif ‘Round-up’ blijkt nu ook schadelijk te
zijn. Volgens Bob Kremer, Amerikaans wetenschappelijk overheidsmedewerker, afgelopen
vrijdag, blijkt uit allerlei testen dat de schade vooral wordt toegebracht door
veranderingen in de landbouwgrond. [Geert]
Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto to
Protect against Contamination
A coalition of organic farming interests have sued Monsanto in what they say is a
preventive measure to stop the corporation from unfairly litigating them over the spread
of patented seeds.
Video - A Message from Michael
Pollan - Help Protect Our Farmers From Assaults By Monsanto
If you saw the film "Food Inc.", you heard Michael Pollan talking about the
prosecution of farmers across the country by Monsanto for patent infringement. Starting
several years ago, CFS discovered that Monsanto, the worlds leading agricultural
biotechnology company, has used heavy-handed investigations and ruthless prosecutions that
have fundamentally changed the way many American farmers farm. The agribusiness giant has
sued hundreds of farmers over GMO crops, and has been awarded more than $20 million from
these farmers. The result has been nothing less than an assault on the foundations of
farming practices and traditions that have endured for centuries in this country and
millennia around the world, including one of the oldest the right to save and replant crop
seed.
Monsanto Wins Reversal of Order to
Destroy Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets
In a partial win for global biotech seed maker Monsanto Co (MON.N), a U.S. appeals court
reversed a lower court's order that called for the destruction of young genetically
modified sugar beet plants, according to a ruling released on Friday.
Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed company, said 100000 acres of corn in Iowa and
Nebraska may harbor rootworms that developed resistance to the company's insect-killing
biotechnology.
Monsanto Uses Latest Food Crisis to
Push Transgenic Corn in Mexico
At a press conference, the transnational's Latin American President José Manuel Maduro
went even further by blaming restrictions on GM corn production in the country for the
high level of post-NAFTA imports of the staple. "Mexico's decisión to not move
forward [on transgenics] has led to the importation of 10 million tons of corn, a
situation that demands a swift response."
Please see the coverage of Southern Action on Genetic Enginering's letter to legislators
and Ministers from South India. SAGE observed a GM Protest day in 21 cities across South
India and Orissa. Over 10,000 citizens, farmers and environmentalists participated in
these protests. Letters to over 600 legislators and 100 members of parliament from these
states are being sent demanding a GM Free South India.
The Obama administration's recent decision to radically expand genetically modified (GM)
food - approving unrestricted production of agribusiness biotech company Monsanto's
"Roundup Ready" alfalfa and sugar beets - marks a profound deepening of this
centralization of food production in the hands of just a few corporations, with little but
the profit motive to guide them.
Monsanto-Spawned Superweeds Growing
Three Inches Daily, Destroying Farm Equipment
The proliferation of superweeds -- weeds that have mutated to develop resistance to
popular herbicides like Monsanto's Roundup formula -- continues to rise.
Eastern Washington farmers are increasingly worried about agricultural invasion from
Monsanto’s unwanted genetically modified and patent-protected seeds, which can
threaten a farm’s organic status and land them in court.
Hazards of Monsanto's New SmartStax
Genetically Engineered Corn
This year, we are eating from the first harvest of Monsanto's eight-trait
"SmartStax" genetically modified (GM) corn. Approved in 2009 and grown for the
first time in North America last year, the new GM corn appears as processed food
ingredients and feed for dairy and meat animals.
Farmers Respond to Monsanto’s
Attempt to Dismiss Their Case
In mid-July, Monsanto filed a motion with the Federal court in New York to have the
Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association (OSGATA), et al., case dismissed against it.
From GM crop developer to GM crop
regulator - Dr Virgil Meier
In February this year, the USDA deregulated Monsanto/Forage Genetics' GM Roundup Ready
alfalfa in the face of massive opposition and in spite of the fact that over 90% of
alfalfa is grown without any herbicides at all. A few days ago we put out an article that
exposes the corrupt deregulation process at the USDA.
Monsanto-tied scientist abruptly
quits key USDA research post
On a slow Friday afternoon, a surprising bit of news came down the pike - Roger Beachy,
head of National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), the main research arm of the
USDA, has officially resigned his post, effective May 20.
Monsanto Chemical Shown to Cause
Infertility and Super Weeds
Monsanto's herbicidal chemical glyphosate could cause infertility or cancer. It may also
be speeding the growth of super weeds and causing worrying changes to plants and soil.
Why is damning new evidence about
Monsanto' s most widely used herbicide being silenced?
More about the discovery by Dr Don Huber of a pathogenic organism that appears in high
concentrations in GM Roundup Ready corn and soybeans and appears to impact the health of
plants, animals, and possibly humans.
Monsanto's "Unlikely" New
Business Partner -- A Name You Know Well...
Many have long suspected that U.S. policy on genetically modified (GM) organisms was being
influenced by the multinational corporations that profit from genetic engineering and the
export-oriented agribusiness. However, recently released Wikileaks cables document just
how close that relationship has become.
An article for MorphCity.com (item 1) analysing Monsanto's Technology Agreement, which
farmers growing GM crops have to sign, has been doing the rounds on the internet. The
article says that the contract places all liability for contamination from Monsanto's GM
genes on the farmer... for ever.
USDA regulators worked with
Monsanto to deregulate GM alfalfa
The article exposes the scandalous way in which GM alfalfa was deregulated. In a string of
emails between the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Monsanto, federal regulators
and Monsanto officials shared edits to a list of the USDA's questions about Monsanto's
original petition to fully legalize the alfalfa. Later emails show a USDA regulator
accepted Monsanto's help with drafting the initial environmental assessment (EA) of the
alfalfa and planned to "cut and paste" parts of Monsanto's revised petition
right into the government's assessment.
11-jarige vertelt over de
vergif-granen van Monsanto Corporation
Een 11-jarige jongen vertelt over de genetisch gemanipuleerde granen die onze gezondheid
schaden en duidelijk met opzet bedoeld is. Deze worden wereldwijd geëxporteerd, ook naar
Europa dus.
Across the country, the demands to the governments were mainly four-fold - no
collaborative research partnerships with companies like Monsanto in the state agriculture
universities and other institutions in the NARS; no commissioned projects especially for
GM crop trials, by these institutions and no GM crop trials in general.
In an unprecedented, though much delayed, decision, the National Biodiversity Authority of
India (NBA) has decided to initiate legal action against M/s Mahyco/Monsanto and their
collaborators for accessing and using local brinjal varieties in developing Bt Brinjal
without prior approval of the competent authorities.
The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto, What Now? has ignited a long-overdue debate on
how to stop Monsanto's earth killing, market-monopolizing, climate-destabilizing rampage.
Haitian Farmers Fighting Monsanto
and Chemical-Intensive Agriculture
Mr. Chavannes and his organization led a protest of 10000 peasant farmers in 2010 during
which they burned Monsanto seed that was donated and being distributed by USAID's
Watershed Initiative.
"What counts for us is making money," said a Monsanto vice-president to a new
employee at an induction session in 1998, reminding the idealistic novice that there is a
simple, and crude, capitalist philosophy at the heart of the US chemical and biotechnology
giant.
USDA Approved Monsanto Alfalfa
Despite Warnings of New Pathogen
Dr. Don Huber, a plant pathologist and retired Purdue University professor, wrote in a
letter to the USDA that the pathogen is new to science and appears to significantly impact
the health of plants, animals and probably humans.
Genetisch gemodificeerde rijst is
een paard van Troje: misleid door Bill Gates en Monsanto
De Bill en Melinda Gates Stichting heeft een donatie van $20 million goedgekeurd, te
besteden aan de ontwikkeling van "gouden rijst" -- een niet-getest, erg
controversiël GM (genetische gemodificeerde) gewas dat de biodiversiteit bedreigt en
mogelijk een economische en ecologische ramp betekent voor Aziaatische boerenbedrijven.
Voormalig Monsanto directeur leidt het Gouden Rijstinitiatief. [Geert]
Monsanto's "Unlikely" New
Business Partner -- A Name You Know Well...
Many have long suspected that U.S. policy on genetically modified (GM) organisms was being
influenced by the multinational corporations that profit from genetic engineering and the
export-oriented agribusiness.
Gemodificeerd Monsanto katoen
schadelijk voor omgeving
Op 11 augustus 2011 heeft de National Biodiversity Authority of India (NBA) een
uitzonderlijk besluit genomen. Er worden juridische stappen ondernomen tegen Monsanto en
samenwerkende partijen wegens het illegaal gebruik van lokale Brinjal versies om BT
Brinjal verder te ontwikkelen.
Chileans manifest their disagreement with a newly proposed legislation by Minister of
Agriculture José Antonio Galilea to adopt GM organisms in the food market, a monopoly
industry headed by Monsanto and their minions all over the world.
American seed giant Monsanto and its Indian collaborator, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company
(Mahyco) are to be prosecuted for allegedly 'stealing' indigenous plant material for
developing genetically modified brinjal variety known as Bt brinjal.
Monsanto's 5 Most Dubious
Contributions to the Planet
There's a whole lot more than just GMO seeds. Let's take a quick look at some of the
biotech giant's most dubious contributions to society over the past century.
Roundup herbicide research shows
plant, soil problems
The heavy use of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide appears to be causing harmful changes in
soil and potentially hindering yields of the genetically modified crops that farmers are
cultivating, a government scientist said on Friday.
Farmers Defend Right to Protect
Themselves From Monsanto Seed Patents
The 83 family farmers, small and family owned seed businesses, and agricultural
organizations challenging Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seed filed
papers in federal court today defending their right to seek legal protection from the
threat of being sued by Monsanto for patent infringement should they ever become
contaminated by Monsanto’s genetically modified seed.
Honey Made Near Monsanto GM Maize
May Face EU Limits
Beekeepers with hives close to fields of Monsanto Co. genetically modified maize can't
sell their honey in the European Union without regulatory approval, an adviser to the EU's
highest court said.
Grote juridische overwinning voor
bio-boer in strijd tegen Monsanto
De oogst van biologische boer Johnson in Minnesota raakte in de afgelopen jaren meerdere
keren besmet met bestrijdingsmiddelen van een naburige reguliere boer.
Chemtrails and Monsanto’s New
Aluminum Resistance Gene - Coincidence?
Why did Monsanto Develop an Aluminum Resistance Gene? let’s take a look at journalist
Michael Murphy’s research into chemtrails, geo-engineering, and the fact that
extremely high levels of aluminum and barium are found in water, snow and soil, in areas
shown to have heavy chemtrail patterns.
Monsanto to Sell Biotech Sweet Corn
for U.S. Consumers
Monsanto Co. (MON), the world’s biggest vegetable seed maker, said it will begin
selling genetically modified sweet corn in the U.S. this year, the first product it has
developed for the consumer market.
Monsanto fan Gerda naar Gerda
Wereldvoedselorganisatie FAO
Jaja, de Nederlandse promotor van gentech zaden komt als een paard van Troje binnen bij de
Wereldvoedselorganisatie FAO. Misschien kan ze een mooi GMO propaganda magazine
samenstellen?
Greenpeace takes on Monsanto over
'pesticides arms race'
*Main ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup weed killer is being linked to cancer, birth
defects and Parkinson's disease and should be banned, according to campaigners behind new
report
"We send today, a very clear message to all those who have invested in Monsanto in
India and abroad; take your money out now, before we reduce it to ashes". Karnataka
State Farmers Association, India
Monsanto agrees clean-up of toxic
Brofiscin quarry in Wales
Monsanto, BP and Veolia found liable by the Environment Agency of dumping thousands of
tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals - including PCBs, dioxins and Agent Orange derivatives
- in Welsh quarry Monsanto has agreed to help clean-up a quarry in South Wales it is
accused of polluting with a cocktail of toxic substances despite consistently refusing to
accept liability, the Ecologist can reveal.
Roundup or Roundup-Ready Crops May
Be Causing Animal Miscarriages and Infertility
One of the nation’s senior soil scientists alerted the federal government to a newly
discovered organism that may have the potential to cause infertility and spontaneous
abortion in farm animals, raising significant concerns about human health. Dr. Don Huber,
professor emeritus at Purdue University, believes the appearance and prevalence of the
unnamed organism may be related to the nation’s over reliance on the weed killer
known as Roundup and/or to something about the genetically engineered Roundup-Ready crops.
Monsanto, Dow to Begin Pushing
Dangerous 2,4-D Herbicide as 'Solution' to Superweeds
Year after year, GM crop farmers have to battle mutant superweeds that continue to grow
stronger and more resistant to the toxic pesticides and herbicides used in GM crop
cultivation. But the practice is polluting the environment, contaminating the food supply,
and spurring the rampant growth of harmful superweeds.
Monsanto Sues Milk Producer For
Advertising It Sells Hormone-Free Milk
Monsanto claims the advertisements give the public the impression artificial growth
hormones are not safe. And Monsanto claims that by doing this Oakhurst is directly
disparaging Monsanto’s product Posilac, the only artificial growth hormone on the
market.
On a furrowed hillside suspended between alternate takes on paradise, with rugged, green
mountains above and the placid waters of Pearl Harbor below, Hawaii's plantation legacy is
constantly re-emerging.
Rootworm larvae could be resistant
to toxin in genetically modified crops
An insect that can fatally weaken the root system of corn crops is overcoming the main
line of defense that farmers have against the pest, posing a threat to Minnesota's nearly
$5 billion corn crop.
Der Kampf gegen Monsanto & Co.
und die Vorteile des biologischen Landbaus
Die Massen-Selbstmorde indischer Bäuerinnen und Bauern, deren Existenz durch das Saat-
und Düngermonopol u.a. der US-Firma Monsanto zerstört wurde, bewegten sie zur Gründung
einer Saatgut-Bank auf ihrer Versuchsfarm NAVDANYA im Norden Indiens.
Slow Food USA voices support for
organic farmers vs. Monsanto
Tired of living in fear of lawsuits that they claim are unjust, a group of farmers, seed
savers, and farm advocates is challenging the agribusiness giant’s right to continue
the practice.
Climatewire recently ran a rather tedious article rehashing Monsanto's familiar talking
points, on the occasion of a media conference put on by the GMO seed/agrichemical giant.
Here's a sample - The company's pipeline is teeming with seeds aimed to protect farmers
from losses due to pests, heat, drought and nutrient deficiencies. Nitrogen-efficient corn
is expected in the next three to 10 years, as are high-yielding soybeans.
Rechtszaak probeert Monsanto’s
patenten op genetische manipulatie (GMO’s) ongeldig te laten verklaren
"Een nieuwe uitvinding om mensen te vergiftigen, dat is geen uitvinding waar je
patent op kunt krijgen.” In de Verenigde Staten is op 29 maart 2011 een historische
rechtszaak aangespannen om Monsanto’s patenten op genetisch gemodificeerde zaden
ongeldig te laten verklaren, en bovendien om het deze firma te verbieden om bedrijven te
vervolgen waarvan de oogsten genetisch geïnfecteerd zijn geraakt. [Geert]
Don Huber on Food Chain Radio -
What will the Monsanto Bug do to us?
With its roundup herbicide and roundup-ready genes, the Monsanto Corporation has made
growing crops a lot easier. Some, however, say Monsanto’s technology has spawned a
new pathogen that causes abortion rates of 20% to 45% in the animals that feed upon the
crops.
A number of speakers discuss the harmful effects of Monsanto. Topics include the quality
of food, the public funding of biotechnology, the plight of global south farmers, dead
zones created by industrial agriculture runoff, and the plight of all of those fighting to
save seed.
Monsanto's New
"Drought-Resistant" Corn: Tell USDA, "Don't Approve Failure!"
The US Department of Agriculture's review of Monsanto's own data shows that years of
investment into so-called "drought-resistant" biotech crops has been nothing
more than a risky and very expensive failure.
Monsanto’s Roundup Triggers
Over 40 Plant Diseases and Endangers Human and Animal Health
The following article reveals the devastating and unprecedented impact that
Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide is having on the health of our soil, plants, animals,
and human population.
Sixteen migrant workers say in a federal class action that Monsanto did not pay them as
promised and stuffed them into "unsafe, substandard and overcrowded" housing
after persuading them to go to Indiana to work in the cornfields.
Millions Against Monsanto is a campaign to demand that genetically engineered food be
clearly labeled as such. How much food are we talking about? There are 165 million acres
of GMO crops in the US. More than one third of all the cropland: 91% of all soybeans, 88%
of cotton, and 75% of corn.
USDA downplays own scientist’s
research on ill effects of Monsanto herbicide
What would happen if a USDA scientist discovered that one of the most commonly used
pesticides on the planet with a reputation for having saved millions of tons of US soil
from erosion was -- rather than a soil savior -- a soil killer?
Mexico Doesn't Need Monsanto's
Wonder Seeds, Either
Monsanto spends billions of dollars trying to develop and market climate-ready wonder
seeds, these farmers have already developed sufficient genetic diversity within their
farming systems that they don't need Monsanto's wonder seeds.
Questions about the safety of a popular herbicide made by Monsanto Co have resurfaced in a
warning from a U.S. scientist that claims top-selling Roundup may contribute to plant
disease and health problems for farm animals.
The fight to ban genetically modified foods has won more converts -- some employees of
Monsanto the company that is doing the most to promote GM products.
Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide, is being linked to
damaged soil and roots of treated plants, finds 15 years of study, according to a
representative from the USDA.
The worlds largest human experiment
- GMOs, Roundup, and the Monsanto monstrosity
Informed consent is one of the most basic aspects of patient-physician relations, as well
as subject-researcher relations in the case of research studies. This involves making the
patient aware of and verifying that they understand the risks, benefits, facts, and the
future implications of the procedure or test they are going to be subjected to.
Monsanto's control of seeds could
yield a Frankenfuture
The World According to Monsanto, the last film in the Good Foods Market and Cafe 2011
series, is a devastating exposé that provides an in-depth look at the domination of the
agricultural industry by one of the world's most powerful and controversial corporations.
Former Managing Director of
Monsanto India Blows the Whistle
India is leading the way in exposing Monsanto for what it is - corrupt to the core. The
following two articles show how Monsanto regularly faked data to get its transgenic crop
varieties approved in India.
Family Farmers Amplify Legal
Complaint Against Monsanto's GMOs
New threats by Monsanto have led to the filing of an amended complaint by the Public
Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) in its suit on behalf of family farmers.
Large biotech agribusinesses like Monsanto control much of the global seed market with
genetically modified (GM) crops. This centralization of GM seeds threatens food safety,
food security, biodiversity, and democratic ideals.
Monsanto's GMO Crops Killing off
Monarch Butterflies
As recently as a decade ago, farms in the Midwest were commonly marred - at least as a
farmer would view it - by unruly patches of milkweed amid the neat rows of emerging corn
or soybeans.
The secret history of Monsanto,
Agent Orange and the mutilation of innocent Vietnamese
(NaturalNews) We still find it difficult to completely forget one of the uglier and
far-reaching atrocities of the Vietnam War - the dissemination of a deadly herbicide,
Agent Orange. But where we only have movies like Apocalypse Now and a host of war novels
to remind us of the majority of the unpalatable actions that took place in the 60s, the
repercussions of Agent Orange are still rising and expanding - through the world and
media.
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid
across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to
poisonings and violence
Advocates of sustainable agriculture are shocked by the recent discovery of significant
financial connection between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and agribusiness titan
Monsanto.
The company that made Agent Orange and PCBs has gone to great lengths to make sure that
Americans don't know whether their food has been genetically engineered. Just what are
they afraid of?
Monsanto Asks Argentine Farmers to
Sign Seed Contracts
Argentina is one of the world's biggest soybean exporters and production is growing,
making it a huge potential market for Monsanto's new genetically modified (GM) Roundup
Ready 2 Yield soy variety.
Public kept in the dark on Roundup
link with birth defects
Industry and EU regulators knew as long ago as the 1980s-1990s that Roundup, the world's
best selling herbicide, causes birth defects - but they failed to inform the public
This chart from Phil Howard at Michigan State University shows how three chemical giants,
Monsanto, DuPont, and Syngenta, have come to dominate the agricultural seed industry in
the last 10 years.
De Amerikaanse ambassade in Parijs adviseerde Washington om een handelsoorlog te beginnen
tegen ieder land van de Europese Unie dat zich tegen genetisch gemodificeerde gewassen
keerde.
After a 12-year battle to keep Monsanto's Genetically Engineered crops from contaminating
the nation's organic farmland, three giants of the organic industry have decided to
surrender to Monsanto. Top executives from Whole Foods Market and Organic Valley have
publicly admitted that they no longer oppose the mass commercialization of GE crops, such
as Monsanto's controversial Roundup Ready alfalfa, and are prepared to sit down and cut a
deal for "coexistence" with Monsanto and US Secretary of Agriculture Tom
Vilsack.
The Saskatchewan farmer made headlines several years ago when he was sued for patent
infringement by bio-tech multinational Monsanto after the windblew their genetically
modified corn seeds onto Schmeiser's field and contaminated his crops.
Roundup or Roundup Ready crops may
trigger animal miscarriages
A bombshell has been quietly dropped on the website of the Farm and Ranch Freedom
Alliance. I should disclose, upfront, that the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA) is
founded and run by my close friend Judith McGeary. Said bombshell is an open letter
written by Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University, to Tom Vilsack,
presenting a finding of a correlation between either glyphosate or Roundup Ready crops and
a new, previously unknown organism that may be the cause of animal miscarriages and
infertility.
Obama admin’s love affair with
GMOs is selling America down the river
The freedom to grow one’s own food is a foundational pillar of civilization, and one
that absolutely must persist if humanity itself is to exist. But this freedom is rapidly
disintegrating in the US, as multinational corporations like Monsanto seize control of the
American food supply through the widespread propagation of patented, genetically-modified
(GM) seeds and crops.
Video - Monsanto, Poison &
Genes (documentary, 2008)
Monsanto invents, produces and sells genetically modified seeds. As a chemical producer of
saccharin and caffeine founded in 1901, Monsanto (and Dow Chemical and Diamond Shamrock)
manufactured the higly poisenous herbicide and defoliant Agent Orange for the war in
Vietnam which was excessivly used. About 80 000 m³ of Agent Orange was sprayed across
South Vietnam. 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to agent orange, resulting in
400,000 deaths and disabilities, and 500,000 children born with birth defects. Agent
Orange also increases the risk of various types of cancer and genetic defects. Shortly
after the Vietnam War veterans reported various health complications which can be traced
to exposure to Agent Orange. No Vietnamese have ever received any kind of compensation.
Great video. Here are 3 more things we can do to STOP MONSANTO- 1) stop using artificial
sweeteners in gum, sodas,etc. 2) stop buying processed/ junk food, as they are FULL of
GMOs (all the big food co. buy GMO grains, soy, etc. fr Monsanto). 3) stop buying factory
farmed dairy & meat products- full? of chems, artificial hormones, arsenic, etc. Yes,
Monsanto is behind these too. Buy local, organic, fair trade as often as possible.Grown
some of your own food.
Why lobby the government when you can be part of it? Former Monsanto vice-president
Michael Taylor is now a senior adviser to the US Food and Drug Administration - going from
a corporation that aggressively promotes its genetically modified crops to a body that
advises on food safety.
“Because we aren’t certain about the effects of GMOs, we must consider one of
the guiding principles in science, the precautionary principle. Under this principle, if a
policy or action could harm human health or the environment, we must not proceed until we
know for sure what the impact will be. And it is up to those proposing the action or
policy to prove that it is not harmful.”
Monsanto pesticide found to infect
plants with AIDS-like disease
When Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University and internationally-recognized
plant pathologist, wrote a letter back in January to US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Secretary Tom Vilsack, warning him about a new mystery disease showing up primarily in
genetically-modified (GM) crops, the notice fell on deaf ears.
We, in the U.S., look to the EU and other countries as examples of what "could
be." GMO labeling has been the norm there for years now. Just about every GMO speaker
or book speaks to the importance of labeling.
Mauritian Farmers need to be educated about the threats posed by giants corporations who
produce Genetic modified seeds. Hundreds if not thousands of farmers have committed
suicide during the last couple of years due to the unethical business trade and lies. We
must work and educate the farmers in Mauritius not to make such mistake. The farmers
should keep using the usual seeds that is organic. From India to America, Farmers have
been complaining and many have lost it all and have paid with their life.
Percy Schmeiser has been growing canola for 40 years. He's been experimenting, developing
his own varieties, using his own seed. Then Monsanto, the giant multinational
agro-chemical company that is at the forefront of developing genetically modified foods,
accused him of patent infringement and demanded restitution for its seeds. They stole his
plants, seeds & research because of cross pollenation with GMO plants that other
people had planted within pollenaton range. If GMO's touch your crops... Monsanto owns
your crop and will sue you. Pollenation is not containable. "I never put those plants
on my land," says Schmeiser. "The question is, where do Monsanto's rights end
and mine begin?"
50% of Rats Given this Died -- Why
is it On Your Dinner Plate?
I've often said that chemical exposure in our environment is a pervasive threat, and the
report of the herbicide glyphosate being detected in 60 to100 percent of air and rain
samples is a perfect illustration of this sad truth.
New threats by Monsanto have led to the filing of an amended complaint [link] by the
Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) in its suit on behalf of family farmers, seed
businesses, and organic agricultural organizations challenging Monsanto's patents on
genetically modified seed.
De in één woord misdadige praktijken van de ‘fabrikanten’ van genetische
gemanipuleerde zaden, zoals het uiterst corrupte Monsanto, lijken steeds maar weer met
ambtelijke dekens te worden toegedekt. [Geert]
Questions about the safety of a popular herbicide made by Monsanto Co have resurfaced in a
warning from a U.S. scientist that claims top-selling Roundup may contribute to plant
disease and health problems for farm animals.
USDA Moves to Let Monsanto Perform
Its Own Environmental Impact Studies on GMOs
Last August, Federal Judge Jeffrey White issued a stinging rebuke to the USDA for its
process on approving new genetically modified seeds. He ruled that the agency's practice
of "deregulating" novel seed varieties without first performing an environmental
impact study violated the National Environmental Policy Act.
Video - Skype Interview With
Filmmaker Bertram Verhaag
Bertram discusses his controversial film, Scientists Under Attack, which Monsanto has
repeatedly tried to get out of circulation. This film is difficult to get in the United
States.
Scientists under attack - the
destruction of biodiversity
Árpád Pusztai and Ignacio Chapela have two things in common. They are distinguished
scientists and their careers are in ruins. Both scientists choose to look at the
phenomenon of genetic engineering. Both made important discoveries. Both of them are
suffering the fate of those who criticise the powerful vested interests that now dominate
big business and scientific research. Statements made by scientists themselves prove that
95% of the research in the area of genetic engineering is paid by the industry. Only 5% of
the research is independent. The big danger for freedom of science and our democracy is
evident. Can the public - we all - still trust our scientists?
USDA downplays own scientist’s
research on ill effects of Monsanto herbicide
What would happen if a USDA scientist discovered that one of the most commonly used
pesticides on the planet with a reputation for having saved millions of tons of US soil
from erosion was - rather than a soil savior - a soil killer?
The widespread and increasingly intensive use of glyphosate in association with the use of
GM (genetically modified) crops poses further risks to the environment and human health.
Obama appoints Monsanto's vice
president as senior advisor to the commisioner at the FDA
Michael Taylor was just appointed senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA. This is
the same man that was in charge of FDA policy when GMO's were allowed into the US food
supply without undergoing a single test to determine their safety.
Ginkgo Biloba protects against
toxicity of Monsanto Roundup
Treatment with G. biloba produced amelioration in indices of hepatotoxicity,
nephrotoxicity, lipid peroxidation, and genotoxicity relative to Group II. Each dose of G.
biloba provided significant protection against glyphosate-induced toxicity, and the
strongest effect was observed at a dose of 150?mg/kg of body weight. Thus, in vivo results
showed that G. biloba extract is a potent protector against glyphosate-induced toxicity,
and its protective role is dose-dependent.
Agent Orange Being Used to Clear
Brazil’s Rainforest
According to officials, ranchers in Brazil have begun spraying the highly toxic herbicide
over patches of forest as a covert method to illegally clear foliage, more difficult to
detect that chainsaws and tractors.
Vrijwilligers gezocht om alle
kruiden in het wild uit te roeien
Vrijwilligers gezocht!Dat moet niet zo moeilijk zijn. Heerlijk buiten aan het werk en
verzekerd van snelle resultaten. Spuit met ‘Roundup’ in de hand en de kruiden
zullen als sneeuw voor de zon verdwijnen.
Monsanto and Gates Foundation Push
GE Crops on Africa
Skimming the Agricultural Development section of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation web
site is a feel-good experience - Africanfarmers smile in a bright slide show of images
amid descriptions of the foundation's fight against poverty and hunger.
The following 98 organizations are writing you to express our opposition to the
nomination of Islam Siddiqui as Chief Agriculture Negotiator at the office of the United
States Trade Representative.
Exclusive Monsanto agrees clean-up of toxic Brofiscin
quarry in Wales
Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousands of
tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals - including PCBs, dioxins and Agent Orange derivatives
- dumped in Welsh quarry.
Birth Defects Caused By World's
Top-Selling Weedkiller Roundup, Scientists Say
The chemical at the heart of the planet's most widely used herbicide -- Roundup
weedkiller, used in farms and gardens across the U.S. -- is coming under more intense
scrutiny following the release of a new report calling for a heightened regulatory
response around its use.
WikiLeaks - U.S. Against Europe
Over Monsanto GM Crops
US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks
reveal the Bush administration drew up ways to retaliate against Europe for refusing to
use genetically modified seeds. In 2007, then-US ambassador to France Craig Stapleton was
concerned about France's decision to ban cultivation of genetically modified corn produced
by biotech giant Monsanto. He also warned that a new French environmental review standard
could spread anti-biotech policy across Europe. We speak with Jeffrey Smith of the
Institute for Responsible Technology.
This award winning documentary film
explores the growing global threat of genetically engineered trees to our environment and
to human health. The film features renowned geneticist and host of PBS' The Nature of
Things David Suzuki, who explores the unknown and possibly disastrous consequences of
improperly tested GE methods. Many scientists and activists are interviewed in the film,
which serves as an effective and succinct tool for understanding the complex issue of GE
trees. The film includes the testimony of many experts on the subject and serves as a
valuable tool to inform students and those interested in environmental issues. The film
has been well used in public forums, government as well as college and high school
classrooms. The film includes an interview with Percy Schmeiser, who lost the rights
to his own crops to Monsanto, when Monsanto seeds contaminated his fields.
Waarom Monsanto boeren betaalt om
onkruidbestrijdingsmiddelen te gebruiken van haar concurrent
Monsanto betaalt boeren een extra 12 dollar
voor elke hectare die met nog tenminste twee andere bestrijdingsmiddelen worden bespoten.
Je kunt je voorstellen dat boeren een flink extra zakcentje kunnen verdienen wanneer
miljoenen hectare land in het zuiden en midwesten van de VS worden bespoten met de
gifcocktails die door Monsanto worden gesubsidieerd.
Het Amerikaanse concern Monsanto creëerde
met behulp van genetische manipulatie nieuwe rassen soja, katoen, koolzaad en mais die een
groot deel van de wereld veroverden. Echter zijn de gouden tijden voor het bedrijf nu
voorbij, wanneer naar de beurskoers van het bedrijf gekeken wordt. De grootste
zaadproducent ter wereld staat nu te boek als het beroerdste aandeel van 2010.
Goed nieuws! Plagen bedreigen
zaadveredelaar Monsanto
Het Amerikaanse concern Monsanto verdiende
als geen ander aan het bestrijden van plagen, maar nu lijkt het zelf te worden getroffen
door de zeven plagen van Egypte. Monsanto schiep met behulp van genetische manipulatie
nieuwe rassen soja, katoen, koolzaad en mais die een groot deel van de wereld veroverden.
Maar de gouden tijden lijken voorbij, en dat is te zien aan de beurskoers. De grootste
zaadproducent ter wereld wordt nu betiteld als 'het beroerdste aandeel van 2010'.
Percy Schmeiser has been growing
canola--the yellow-blossomed oilseed once known as rapeseed--in Saskatchewan for 40 years.
In 1998, Monsanto, the multinational agro-chemical seed company, found its patented genes
growing in Schmeiser's fields, accused him of patent infringement and demanded restitution
for its seeds. Schmeiser decided to fight, and set off a legal battle that reached the
Canadian Supreme Court. Schmeiser argued that the GMOs seeds found on his farm were
created when pollen from GMO canola from an adjacent field drifted over. The Supreme Court
ruled that didn't matter: however the genes got into his field, they were Monsanto's
intellectual property and he had to pay for them. Please join us for a talk by Percy
Schmeiser, followed by a conversation with Professor Michael Pollan (Journalism) and
Ignacio Chapela (Microbial Ecology) and Schmeiser.
David Versus Monsanto - 52min
Documentary
Blackwater customers Monsanto and
the Percy Schmeiser story
The Chemistry of Monsanto
Croatian gardeners tempted by
Monsanto?
While food tree garden diversity is intact
so far in Croatia vegetable diversity is shrinking because now that former communist
country have supermarket chains selling seeds imported from Italy in this case. Monsanto
appears linked at the faculty of agriculure in Zagreb the capital and Seminis Monsanto
seed company is trading in Croatia.
Choosing mass suicide over hunger
in India
In eastern India, crop failure due to a
severe 2-year drought is pushing one village to take extreme measures. The inhabitants are
threatening to commit mass suicide. In the village of Jarad in a remote part of eastern
India, Surendra Karmali lives alongside his family, including his little grandson. While
his life may look like a happy picture, the reality is quite the opposite. With no food to
eat, Surendra and over 20 other farmers in the small village of about 300 families have
threatened to commit mass suicide.
Monsanto GMOs making Americans fat?
Among all developed countries, Americans
are the fattest people in the world. The World Health Organization found over 60% of the
American population is obese or overweight. Even more disturbing, the U.S. is the only
country in the developed world to label obesity a national security health risk. Top
Pentagon officials have warned Americans are becoming so fat, most of those volunteering
for the Army are disqualified because of their size. Child obesity is also on the rise in
the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control estimates 1 in every 3 American kids are either
obese or overweight. Jeffrey Smith, the author of Seeds of Deception, points to the mass
production and consumption of genetically modified foods in the U.S. as a possible source
of the problem.
Octrooi Monsanto minder sterk na
uitspraak Europees Hof
Het Amerikaans agrochemiebedrijf Monsanto
heeft slecht nieuws gekregen van het Europees Hof van Justitie. Monsanto heeft in de EU
een aantal DNA-sequenties onder octrooi die sojaplanten resistent maken tegen het
herbicide Roundup.
How Monsanto put this farmer in
court over GE seed
Moe Parr is a seed cleaner in Indiana, USA.
In February 2007, Monsanto initiated a law suit against him. The biotech company claimed
that Moe had encouraged farmers of genetically engineered soybean to save their seed. Moe
is one of many farmers in North America who've faced coercion from Monsanto through legal
and economic pressure. "Monsanto doesn't really care that you win the case because as
soon as you win the case, they're going on to the next court," says Moe. Along with
Canadian farmer Ross Murray, Moe is in Australia to speak with Australian farmers about
his experiences with GE crops.
Support Australian farmers who don't want
to grow GE crops by asking your government to:
* stay/go GE-free
* introduce strict liability law that puts the responsibility for contamination onto the
GE seed companies.
Discussie over Monsanto gentech
ellende
Na lange tijd zie je dat ook Nederlanders
een beetje doorkrijgen wat voor ellende we de komende jaren kunnen gaan verwachten door
gentech zaden van onze vrienden bij Monsanto. Het paard van troje dat Europa zo graag naar
binnen wil halen. Ondanks dat Oostenrijk, Ierland, Luxemburg en ook de Fransen steeds meer
in verzet komen tegen deze Frankenstein voeding slikt de Nederlandse overheid de GMO
propaganda helaas nog altijd voor zoete koek. Met name CDA minister Verburgh was een groot
voorstander van gentech soja als goedkoop varkensvoer. Maar ja, goedkoop blijkt vaak op
termijn duurkoop en afhankelijkheid van een multinational.
An interview with a Haitian farmer
on Monsanto seeds
Monsanto
Multinationals en in dit geval Monsanto,
voeren oorlog tegen de mensheid. Dit klinkt misschien wat overdreven maar dat gevoel
bekruipt je wel als je naar deze video kijkt. Ze gebruiken geen kogels maar zaden. Dit zul
je nooit zien op onze nationale TV-zenders!
De gift van Monsanto wordt niet door alle
boeren met open armen onthaald. "De zaden die Monsanto geeft aan het Haïtiaans
ministerie van landbouw zijn genetisch gemodificeerd en daarom een vergiftigd
geschenk", zegt Chavannes Jean Baptiste van de boerenorganisatie La Via Campesina.
"We verbranden de zaden nog liever dan ze te gebruiken".
India verwikkeld in een bitter
bestreden GM debat over Monsanto
In de katoenvelden van Vidarbha in
Centraal-India, is verdriet een constante metgezel. Er zijn hartverscheurende verhalen
over zelfmoorden van boeren die katoenzaad van GM hebben gekocht waarna hun gewassen en
oogsten mislukken. Die verschrikkelijke statistieken hebben aanleiding gegeven tot een
bitter debat, op hetzelfde moment dat de Indiase regering overweegt toestemming te geven
van de eerste genetisch gemodificeerd GM voedsel productie, aubergine.
Action group Round Up Monsanto successfully
shut down the main Monsanto plant in the Netherlands, formally De Ruiter Seeds. Forty
activists chained themselves to the entrance gate at the wake of day and prevented
personnel from entering the office buildings and greenhouses. Thierry Boyer, head of
Monsanto's European vegetable division, contacted his superiors and decided not to press
charges.As a result the police will not interfere. " The company will be effectively
close for the day", the police chief in charge confirmed. Clearly Monsanto is afraid
of more negative publicity connecting the company to a police eviction, and prefers to
close down the plant where 350 people are employed. Many employees welcomed the action and
said they were not happy with the take over of De Ruiter Seeds by Monsanto in 2008. This
action is part of the growing world wide resistance against Monsanto and other
multinational agro-businesses. Banners on the gates and on the Monsanto logo on the
premises said: "Monopoly on food and toxic agriculture - the world according to
Monsanto" and "Imagine a world without poison and without GMO's - a world
without Monsanto". De Ruiter Seeds is the 3d Dutch vegetable seed company that was
bought up by Monsanto in recent years. With these acquisitions the company aims to
monopolise the vegetable seed market. Monsanto is part of the 'Round Table of Responsible
Soy' (RTRS), a greenwash initiative to label RoundupReady GM soy as 'responsible'. The
label will be launched in June this year.
Farm Groups Want Action On Monsanto
A coalition of family farmers, consumers
and other critics of corporate agriculture are calling on the U.S. government to crack
down on what they see as unfair consolidation of the nation's food system into the hands
of a few multinationals --particularly Monsanto.
Crop case: Genetically engineered
corn
For the first time in US history, the
supreme court will hearing a case against genetically engineered crops. The legal battle
is between corporate biochemical giant Monsanto and Geertson Seeds Farms, a small farming
business which contends Monsanto's roundup herbicide Alfalfa cross-contaminates into clean
farms lands. The hearing comes after a 2 year ban on Monsanto's Alfalfa seeds for
deregulation issues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched an investigation into
Monsanto's Alfalfa to determine whether it poses health and environmental dangers.
Gift im Angebot: Die Erfolgsstory
des US-Multis Monsanto
Bedreigend monopolie, Monsanto wil
nu ook afgeleide producten tot intellectueel eigendom verklaren
''De multinational probeert zo de gehele
keten in de levenmiddelenproductie onder controle te krijgen. Dat was al eerder in de
plantaardige sector het geval, nu doet Monsanto pogingen daartoe in de veehouderij. Boeren
en consumenten zijn de dupe.''
Stem dus vooral geen CDA, het CDA heeft tot
nog toe vooral de economische belangen hoog in het vaandel, dat is wat telt, schaamteloos.
Mvg,
Ron Slaats
India Blocks Sale of Monsanto GM
Crop
India has put a halt to plans to allow
genetically modified eggplant from the agri-giant Monsanto to be sold on the Indian
market. On Tuesday, the Indian government reversed a decision to allow Monsanto to sell
its eggplant crop, known as Bt Brinjal. It would have been Indias first genetically
modified food crop and the worlds first commercially cultivated genetically modified
vegetable.
Monsanto: Boeren strijden tegen de
dictatuur van het agrarische syndicaat
"Hallo allemaal, mijn naam is Larry
Dinner. Ik wil het hebben over macht. De macht van mensen. Wij zitten in een strijd.
Werkers, boerenfamilies. Democratische rechten staan in een pitch battle tegen dictatuur
en het grote kapitaal. En dat is waar we het over hebben. Het kapitaal zorgt voor
dictatuur over de mensen. Wij moeten begrijpen dat dit een internationale strijd is.
Indiase katoenboeren zitten met een grote
sof nu blijkt dat het dure genetisch gemanipuleerde katoenzaad van het Amerikaanse
biotechnologiebedrijf Monsanto de vraatzuchtige katoenworm niet op afstand kan houden. Het
is de tweede rel in korte tijd rond gengewassen in India.
This is getting out of hand. People need to
be informed NOW. I want non-GMO, natural, native, unpatented, chemical-free (as much as is
realistic), sustainable food available to me and my family in the future! Please help me!
Scientists Under Attack - Genetic
engineering in the magnetic field of money
In the early 90s the Agro-Chemicals-Multi
Monsanto introduces genetically modified plants onto the market, which is the equivalent
of an agricultural revolution for some that will solve all the worlds food problems.
Others view these plants as an irrevocable destruction of bio-diversity on this planet
that needs to be fiercely combated. Árpád Pusztai and Ignacio Chapela have two things in
common. They are distinguished scientists and their careers are in ruins. Both scientists
choose to look at the phenomenon of genetic engineering. Both made important discoveries.
Both of them are suffering the fate of those who criticise the powerful vested interests
that now dominate big business and scientific research. Statements made by scientists
themselves prove that 95% of the research in the area of genetic engineering is paid by
the industry. Only 5% of the research is independent. The big danger for freedom of
science and our democracy is evident. Can the public we all still trust our scientists?
Monsanto heeft zijn pijlen op
alfalfa gericht
Genetic food giant Monsanto is at it again.
Its next target: a new product that could eliminate all organic alfalfa, a key food for
raising organic-fed cows and pigs without any genetic engineering. The USDA is well on its
way to approving Monsanto's genetically modified alfalfa. In its own report, the USDA says
that not enough consumers care enough about organic foods for the USDA to block Monsanto'
modified alfalfa seeds.
Did FDA's Monsanto GMO seed plot
include Michael R. Taylor?
For decades, the Monsanto Corporation of
St. Louis has been slowly dominating the world's supply of seed for staple crops (corn,
soybeans, potatoes) -- a business plan that Monsanto's critics say is nothing short of
diabolical. Monsanto says it is just devilishly good business. Monsanto has spent over $30
billion in recent years buying numerous U.S. seed companies. As a result, two firms,
Monsanto and Pioneer (recently purchased by DuPont), now control the U.S. seed business.
Monsanto specializes in genetically modified seeds -- seeds having particular properties
that Monsanto has patented. The U.S. government is very enthusiastic about these new
technologies. From the viewpoint of U.S. foreign policy, genetically modified seeds offer
a key advantage over traditional seeds: because genetically modified seeds are patented,
it is illegal for a farmer to retain seed from this year's crop to plant next year. To use
these patented seeds, farmers must buy new seeds from Monsanto every year. Thus, a farmer
who adopts genetically modified seeds and fails to retain a stock of traditional seeds
could become dependent upon a transnational corporation. Nations, whose farmers are
dependent upon corporations for seed, might forfeit considerable political independence.
The Clinton/Gore administration has been aggressively helping Monsanto promote new,
untested gene-altered products, by-passing U.S. health and safety regulations. A key
component of the U.S./Monsanto plan to dominate world agriculture with genetically
modified seeds is the absence of labeling of genetically engineered foods. All U.S. foods
must carry labels listing the ingredients: salt, sugar, water, vitamins, additives, etc.
However, three separate U.S. government agencies -- the Food & Drug Administration
(FDA, the. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
-- have ruled that genetically- modified foods deserve an exception: they can be sold
without being labeled "genetically modified." This strategy has successfully
prevented consumers from exercising informed choice in the marketplace, reducing the
likelihood of a consumer revolt, at least in the U.S., at least for now.
Monsanto en de boeren
Interview met de Canadese boer Percy
Schmeiser. Zal genetische manipulatie het hongerprobleem uit de wereld helpen? Volgens
Percy Schmeiser alleszins niet, wat de zaadmultinationals ook beloven. Schmeiser is een
Canadese boer die samen met zijn vrouw de strijd is aangegaan tegen Monsanto. ‘Het
enige waar Monsanto op uit is, is controle te verwerven over de gigantische markt van de
zaden’, aldus Schmeiser. Onlangs was hij in België om de boeren hier zijn verhaal te
vertellen.
Studie toont aan dat 3 mais
varianten van Monsanto een gezondheidrisico dragen
Een studie in "the International
Journal of Biological Sciences" demonstreert de giftigheid van 3 genetisch
gemodificeerde maisrassen van het Amerikaanse zadenbedrijf Monsanto.
Monsanto Patent For A Pig - The Big
Business Of Genetics
Documentary concerning the controversy
surrounding the the American biotechnology firm, Monsanto, who applied for a patent for
pig breeding in 160 countries. The patent is for specific parts of the genetic material of
pigs which Monsanto's genetic researchers have decoded. With the grant, pig breeding would
be possible with the approval of the company. The patent applications were published
in February 2005 at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva. A
Greenpeace researcher who monitors patent applications, Christoph Then uncovered the fact
that Monsanto is seeking patents not only on methods of breeding, but on actual breeding
herds of pigs as well as the offspring that result. Farmers and breeders are naturally
alarmed because these genes have long existed in the great majority of their pigs. Using
DNA tests they can prove that there is no new invention in the patent applications but
that, instead, granting this patent would be to allow a part of nature to fall into the
hands of a single company.
Monsanto weer stapje dichterbij
wereldoverheersing
Vandaag op Nu.nl: "EU laat genmaïs
toe". Ja lieve mensen, we hebben er weer zo’n goedgekeurd topproduct bij. Moeder
Natuur maakt haar mais volgens ons verheven wezens natuurlijk niet goed genoeg, en dus
passen we wat genetische manipulatie toe zodat dat falende moedertje een "handje
geholpen" kan worden. Wij mensen weten tenslotte veel beter wat goed voor ons (en de
rest van de flora en fauna) is dan Moeder Natuur zelf. Jeweetog.
Franse hof: Monsanto heeft gelogen
over onkruidverdelger Roundup
Terwijl onze minister Verburg van landbouw
braaf achter achter agro gigant Monsanto aanloopt en maar al te graag gentech voeding voor
haar bioindustrie varkens ons land wil binnenhalen zijn de Fransen gelukkig niet zo
goedgelovig. De Franse milieubeweging diende namelijk al in 2001 een klacht in over het
produkt Roundup. Deze herbicide (onkruidverdelger) zou volgens Monsanto biologisch
afbreekbaar zijn en zou de grond niet vervuilen. Het hoogste Franse gerechtshof heeft nu
bepaald dat Monsanto hierover heeft gelogen. Het bedrijf staat in de VS bekend om de
gewetenloze rechtszaken tegen kleine boeren die in verzet komen tegen de vervuilingen van
hun gewassen door Monsanto. Kijken hoelang het duurt voordat de EU iets doet aan de mooie
gentech sprookjes van deze Amerikaanse toko. Oostenrijk heeft intussen al ontdekt dat het
gentech mais van de firma onze vruchtbaarheid bedreigd. Voor de Nederlandse overheid geen
enkele reden om eens kritisch te kijken naar de zaak. Goedkoop voer voor de varkens is
belangrijker dan onze gezondheid. Blij dat ik geen varkens eet want uiteindelijk eet je
dat voer zelf ook weer op.....
Monsanto - Studien widerlegen
Unbedenklichkeit von Roundup
Na wenns jetzt schon Studien darüber gibt,
werden sich unsere Politiker sich das doch nochmal durch den Kopf gehen lassen, oder?
Schließlich haben sie ja kein Interesse daran, dass die Bevölkerung mit Giften
vollgepumpt wird...nur weils Geld bringt...!?
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Monsanto continues its lawsuit against a
North Dakota family farm, despite an independent body’s ruling that it found no
evidence of wrongdoing. Roger, Rodney and Greg Nelson grow soybeans, wheat and sugar beets
on 8,000 acres outside of Amenia, ND, in the Red River Valley.
In this episode of Latin Pulse we focus on
the struggle between Argentine food farmers and transnational soy producers. The soy
producers bribe landowners and buy lands inhabited by indigenous tribes such as the Toba,
Mocoví and Wichí among others, and bulldoze the forest to plant Monsanto soy.
David Versus Monsanto - 52min
documentary
Voorbeeld van een boer die gemangeld werd
door Monsanto
Documentaire over de praktijken van
gentech-bedrijf Monsanto. Over varkens die onvruchtbaar worden na het eten van
BT-Corn, boeren die boetes moeten betalen omdat hun land verontreinigd is met
gepatenteerde gewassen, en over boeren die straks moeten betalen voor elk nieuw biggetje
omdat Monsanto de genetische code van het varken heeft gepatenteerd.
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