By Ellen Brown Two new studies from Europe have found that the number of farm birds in France has crashed by a third in just 15 years, with some species being almost eradicated. The collapse in the bird population mirrors the discovery last October that over three quarters…
Satire by Julian Rose Oh happy day! Two entities that are clearly a near perfect match, are to be joined together in hellish madrimony. On the 21st March, 2018, after due consideration, The EU Monopolies and Murders Commission sanctioned their marriage – for the princely…
By Jessica Corbett After weeks of speculation, chemical giant Bayer and biotech behemoth Monsanto have cleared a significant regulatory hurdle in their bid to consolidate into one company through a multibillion-dollar deal that critics are calling the “merger from Hell.” “The coming together of these two is a…
A federal judge on Monday halted California’s plan to require Monsanto to place warning labels on its Roundup products, saying scientists haven’t shown a clear connection between glyphosate and cancer. U.S. District Judge William Shubb sided with the St. Louis-based chemical giant in its First…
SPECIAL REPORT By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze George Soros and Monsanto are battling it out. And the only people who are going to lose are activists and consumers. This is because Avaaz, often labeled the world’s most “biggest and powerful activist network” in existence online, is being…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Monsanto and human health have never had a good relationship. Despite having been involved in the creation and application of Agent Orange resulting in the deaths and lifelong crippling effects to many American and Vietnamese people and the environment, the corporation did…
By Carey Gillam Commentary: Corporate power, not public interest, at root of upcoming science committee hearing Score another point for corporate power over protection of the public U.S. Rep Lamar Smith, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, & Technology, has slated a…
The new German government will aim to end the use of glyphosate herbicides “as fast as possible”, according to the draft deal to establish a new German coalition government published on Wednesday on the homepage of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party. The draft states; “We…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Glyphosate poisoning of the L.A. river has become so bad and such a contentious issue that a congressman from the area has urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop using the weedkiller. Over the last few years, the use of…
Mike Papantonio and the author Carey Gillam discussed her new book on Thursday, which reveals how Monsanto viciously worked to cover-up the fact that their weed-killer could cause cancer, as part of the America’s Lawyer program on RT . Source: trofire.com Mike Papantonio: The story with Monsanto’s round that begins as…
By Stacy Malkan Why are Newsweek and USA Today so willing to let special interests mislead their readers? Clear standards are needed for disclosing conflicts of interest Facts don’t matter in commentaries printed by Newsweek so long as the writer “seems genuine.” That’s the takeaway from a troubling…
By Stacy Malkan “The campaign for organic food is a deceitful, expensive scam,” according to a Jan. 19 Newsweek article authored by Dr. Henry I. Miller of the Hoover Institution. If that name sounds familiar – Henry I. Miller – it may be because the New York Times recently revealed a scandalinvolving…
By Sustainable Pulse In a shock announcement Friday [Jan 12], Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed on a blueprint for formal grand coalition negotiations, which includes a complete ban on glyphosate herbicides. Details of the suggested ban are…
By Natural Blaze Turns out that Monsanto’s Big Ag weedkiller and fungicides might lure bees like….well, like a flower to a bee. And like a sweet poison… Recently, we reported the a surprising culprit behind the bee decline might actually be fungicides. It does appear that…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Do genetically engineered crops and their pesticides make you think of the term “biofortified”? Chances are, the term biofortified makes you think of vitamins in kids’ cereals. Mega corporations are no strangers to propaganda and public relations. Did you know that much of…
By Katherine Paul Consumers can take satisfaction in the fact that they’ve played a role in what some say is the diminishing power of the GMA over Washington policy. At the height of the GMO labeling battle, we not-so-fondly referred to the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze In yet another instance of Western and corporate imperialism, on the continent of Africa, Burkina Faso stands as yet one more example of the failure of corporate crops and the willingness of the U.S. government to act as Monsanto’s enforcement arm against…
By Natural Blaze Is Monsanto getting desperate and worried about losing the trust of farmers? The ongoing Dicamba crisis gets a little more complicated with the installment of new restrictions. The monolithic corporation is now offering cash incentives to keep farmers using a chemical that is…
New reports reveal devastating impacts on consumers and farmers. WASHINGTON – Over 1 million petition signatures were delivered today by farming, consumer and environmental groups to the U.S. Department of Justice calling on the department to block the proposed merger of Bayer (BAYN) and Monsanto…
By Aaron Kesel, Natural Blaze There is a meme going around by a Monsanto social sciences lead that ranks glyphosate as less toxic than table salt, baking soda, cacao and vitamin D. Glyphosate, the key ingredient of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, is less toxic than caffeine and table…
