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]
Community Against Pollution
Supports clean up of PCBs and other toxins dumped by the former Monsanto, acquired by Pfizer in Anniston Alabama.
Stop Monsanto Now
Volunteer effort on Yahoo Club site by people concerned about the "new" Monsanto's power and motives.
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."
US Court Challenge to Monsanto
Monsanto and several other biotechnology companies are accused of legal wrongdoing in a US court. [BBC News]
Italian Police Raid Monsanto GM Stockpile
Italy's health authorities suspect Monsanto is illegally distributing genetically modified seed for growing crops. [BBC News]
Monsanto and PCBs
"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]
Ethical Investing: Review of Monsanto (Pharmacia)
Detailed information about Monsanto (Pharmacia) products. New releases. Resources for alternate products. Investing and mutual fund information.
GM Spin Doctor, Heal Thyself
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 Hit Big For PCB Liability
Report of $9.7 million judgement against Monsanto in Transwestern Pipeline Co. v. Monsanto Co. [National Law Journal]
Corporate Screw Job: Monsanto vs. Percy Schmeiser
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
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]
Monsanto Abandons Worldwide GM Wheat Project
In a statement Monsanto acknowledged that there was not a sufficient market to make the introduction of its GM wheat worthwhile. [Guardian]
Scientific Abuse and Possible Scientific Fraud in Monsanto Research
Details of abuse in Monsanto's methanol and formladehyde research related to aspartame (NutraSweet).
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.
Monsanto's Crimes
Opposes the 'Monsanto Company', describing reasons to act against this manufacturer of agricultural poisons.
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's Greatest Hits
A chronology of company pursuits over the past 100 years, from Saccharin to "Terminator" seeds. [Metroactive]
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. [Mother Jones] [Need to scroll down the page to find this story.]
Monsanto vs Schmeiser
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.
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.
Criminal Investigation of Monsanto Corporation
Purefood.org discusses "Cover-up of Dioxin Contamination in Products - Falsification of Dioxin Health Studies."
Seize the Day: Monsanto
Satirical song "Food 'n' Health 'n' Hope" about Monsanto, and fact file.
Monsanto Hid Decades of Pollution
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]
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