BENIN CITY, NIGERIA – More than 100 groups representing over 5 million Nigerians, comprising of farmers, faith-based organisations, civil society groups, students and local community groups, are vehemently opposing Monsanto’s attempts to introduce genetically modified (GM) cotton and maize into Nigeria’s food and farming…
As the world marks the passing of the soon-to-be 101st anniversary of the use of poison gas on the battlefield, James Corbett of The Corbett Report takes a moment to note some of the dark legacy of Bayer that the German chemical and pharmaceutical giant…
By Phillip Schneider Monsanto is quite possibly the world’s most hated company, but few know much of the history of this multi-national giant. “When a company claims its product improves on nature, many consumers happily declare the product an example of scientific progress. Equally powerful, though,…
By Brandon Turbeville Ever since its inception, the FDA’s influence has steadily grown over the products consumed by millions of Americans and over the choices the American people are able to make regarding those products. For many, the FDA stands as America’s gold standard and…
By Claire Bernish Washington, D.C. — Monsanto has essentially been gifted a free pass with legislation intended to protect people and the environment. Monsanto will enjoy immunity from responsibility for one of the most noxious of all its toxic creations: PCBs. Slipped into already-contentious reform measures…
By Matt Agorist Biochemical giant Monsanto has found itself under increased scrutiny after the World Health Organization recently announced that glyphosate is likely carcinogenic to humans. Also, in the US, California recently labelled Monsanto’s Roundup — as known to cause cancer. Under the Safe Drinking…
By GM Watch Campaign group says the US presidential hopeful must give back the $335,000 she received from Monsanto’s GMO lobby group As former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton emerges victorious in the Nevada caucus, her ties with Monsanto, the most hated corporation on…
By Claire Bernish Despite the World Health Organization’s classification of glyphosate — the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup — as a probable carcinogen for humans last year, the product remains the top-selling herbicide worldwide. Though the agrichemical behemoth vociferously disputes the findings, researchers recently found Monsanto’s…
By John Vibes In a list released this week by FORTUNE magazine, Monsanto was named one of the world’s most admired companies. Monsanto was honored as No. 1 in its industry sector, biotechnology, although they have very little competition in that market, and the list…
By Carey Wedler The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week it will begin testing produce and other foods for glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. The new policy comes amid growing public concern about the use of harmful pesticides in crops,…
By Brandon Turbeville A new landmark study entitled “Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and Globally,” published in Environmental Sciences Europe has labeled Monsanto’s herbicide glyphosate as the most widely and heavily used weedkiller in both U.S. and world history. Glyphosate of…
Hilarity by Chris Veritas A Veritas Gazette Exclusive Inspired by the potent “Incurables Diet“, a vitamin based cancer-curing regimen, Monsanto has developed its own, “more advanced” version. They are calling it, “The Expendables Diet”, and it’s what experts have termed “the exact opposite”. Monsanto’s own…
By Brandon Turbeville Although during her tenure in the White House as first lady Hillary enjoyed the benefit of 8 years of organic non-GMO food by virtue of her residency in the White House, 2016 candidate Clinton has been perhaps the most vocal proponent of…
Lorraine Chow, Eco Watch Mexico’s unique and treasured native corn varieties could be under threat as Monsanto, the world’s largest seed producer, vies to plant genetically modified (GMO) corn in the country. In August 2015, a Mexican judged overturned a September 2013 ban on GMO corn,…
By Nick Meyer The worldwide March Against Monsanto happens every single May to re-energize the clean food movement across the world, but for Argentinians under the clutches of Monsanto and their system of toxic farm chemicals, there’s no time to spare. South America’s third largest…
By Claire Bernish In the United States, we have become so inured to ironically-titled legislation, the majority of us simply assume legislators find dystopic, tongue-in-cheek humor in toying with our hopes — think: USA Freedom Act, the sole freedom of which lies in the government’s green…
By Nick Hankoff Berkeley, CA — Monsanto and its ancillaries are facing another lawsuit over pollution caused by their manufactured chemicals. A 6-0 vote by the Berkeley City Council last week prompted an official complaint demanding the conglomerate pay for a cleanup of the PCB-compromised San Francisco Bay….
By Claire Bernish St. Louis, MO — Agrichemical behemoth Monsanto plans to cut an additional 1,000 jobs to compensate, in part, for a slump in sales of its genetically-engineered corn seeds. The seeds led to a first quarter loss of $253 million — which, on the…
By Yelena Sukhoterina Unlike most of the top candidates, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has a long history of speaking out against big corporations, factory farming, and the Biotech giants. As early as 1994 he was fighting against companies such as Monsanto using chemicals that impact…
By Tony Geren 37% of Bill Gates’ net worth would end world hunger. Instead, he invests billions of dollars into corporations blamed for many of the same health issues the Gates Foundation seeks to cure. The Los Angeles Times revealed back in 2007 that the…
