By Ramona Young-Grindle WASHINGTON (CN) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is deregulating two more strains of genetically engineered corn by determining they are not plant pests. The move to greenlight the use of GE, genetically engineered, pesticide-resistant corn…
By Amanda Froelich Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) deemed the chemical concoction glyphosate, which is the main ingredient in Monsanto’s #1 weedkiller Roundup, to be “probably carcinogenic.” While some countries scrambled to ban Monsanto’s herbicide shortly after the announcement, nations like the…
By Alex Pietrowski The success of the Guatemalan people in defending their food sovereignty and stopping “Monsanto Law” is an inspiring example that people, when united, can overpower even the largest of corporations. A new law was passed in Guatemala in June 2015 that would have…
By Anti-Media Staff St. Louis, MO — Monsanto — the world’s largest seed producer and chemical-biotech giant — recently announced it wouldcut 12% of its employees due to an historic decline in stock value. As Bloomberg reports: “Monsanto Co. said it will eliminate 2,600 jobs as part of…
By Eric Blair It’s hard to believe that the once almighty Monsanto is on its knees. But their dirty deeds seem to have finally caught up with them. Monsanto shares have already dropped 27 percent this year and they just posted fourth quarter losses wider…
By Amanda Froelich Last week, Poland became the fourteenth country in Europe to ban GMOs. One week later, the list of countries against genetically engineered crops has grown, with an estimated 17 EU nations in favor of boycotting GM maize and Monsanto altogether. Rebecca Evans,…
By Justin Gardner If you get all of your news from mainstream media and cable TV infotainment, then you’re probably unaware that glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide) has been linked to cancer. The World Health Organization stated in March that glyphosate is a…
By John Vibes It seems that Monsanto’s reach extends to the most prestigious of collegiate institutions. According to email messages obtained by the Boston Globe, Harvard professor Calestous Juma received instructions from biotech giant Monsanto on how to present a paper on a topic suggested…
By Dr. Matthew Buckley, PSc.D., Guest If you were to do research into alternative therapies that appear to be providing clear results to the autistic community, you’d be hard pressed to find anything as impressive as the results that people are finding in using a protocol…
By Jonathan Schoenfeld Controversy tends to engulf Monsanto, the notorious agrochemical giant. One of the most vociferous debates concerns the safety of Monsanto products, including genetically modified seeds and RoundUp herbicide. As research doubting the safety of Monsanto products continues to mount, multiple lawsuits are…
By Nick Meyer In today’s social media dominated world, one well-placed infographic can practically start a revolution. With Facebook pages and Instagram accounts feeding highly precise and sometimes juicy tidbits of previously hidden information to the masses at a rate of millions per week, it’s…
By Justin Gardner Monsanto has many weapons in its arsenal when it comes to eliminating competition from non-GMO and organic farmers. After more than two decades of pushing their products onto US farmland with purposely flawed safety studies, the sheer presence of genetically modified crops…
By John Vibes As we have covered extensively in recent months, Monsanto’s herbicide glyphosate, the primary ingredient in their top-selling product Roundup has been proven to cause cancer. Now, according to new reports, the chemical doesn’t even work and is creating a new resistance in…
Meet Lasso! It’s totally safe for you, though By Heather Callaghan For years, chemical companies have tried to peddle their products as something benevolent to human beings provided there is proper use. What happens when typical use winds up in a poisoning through inhalation? A…
By John Vibes One of the promises of GMO crops was that they would be more resistant to bugs and pests; however, it seems that the chemicals used on these crops, and the modifications that have been made to their basic structure, have actually created…
Investigation reveals damaging conflict of interest despite claims of no Monsanto funding. Report by Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews at GM Watch In what appears to be an exercise in damage limitation, an article in the journal Nature has disclosed that Kevin Folta, a plant…
George Bush Sr., seen here at Monsanto’s HQ in 1987, had a lax attitude toward the “bureaucratic and safety hurdles” facing the company’s GMO crops. By Nick Meyer Proponents of genetically engineered crops would have you believe that we’ve been “modifying” foods for “thousands of…
Citizens of the United States are being denied the right to know what they are feeding their families. Despite the fact that 90% of American citizens want GMO labelling on their food, big business is doing everything it can to prevent people from accessing their…
Letter to the Editor by recent California Congressional candidate, James Hinton Where’s the Beef? Or, rather, where’s the beef coming from? Earlier this year, the World Trade Organization ruled that the United States was engaging in unfair trade practices by allowing country-of-origin labeling on red…
By Kristen Anderson On Tuesday, US food companies and Monsanto sealed a critical victory as the House Agricultural Committee approved a measure that bans the mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods and prevents cities and counties from banning GMO crops within their jurisdictions. Several counties…
