Tag: monsanto
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Sri Lanka Bans Monsanto Herbicide After Report Suggests Link to Deadly Kidney Disease
In an abrupt and surprising turn, Sri Lanka has ordered a ban on glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s top-selling herbicide Roundup, due to concerns the chemical may be linked to a mysterious kidney disease that has killed scores of agricultural workers, according to the Center for Public Integrity. [blackoutgallery id=”327449″] The announcement came last week after a recent International…
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France Stands Up to Monsanto, Bans Seed Giant’s GMO Corn
On Saturday, France’s agriculture ministry temporarily banned the sale, use and cultivation of Monsanto’s MON 810 genetically engineered (GE) corn—the only variety that had been authorized in the European Union (EU). [caption id="attachment_326569" align="alignnone" width="500"] Genetically engineered corn is facing fierce resistant from both French environmentalists and country officials. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The French…
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Journal Retracts GMO Study After Hiring Former Monsanto Employee
A scientific journal that published a study in 2012 linking cancer with Monsanto’s genetically modified corn has now retracted it, months after hiring a former Monsanto employee to fill a new editorial position reviewing biotechnology papers. The study, by Gilles-Eric Seralini and others, reviewed the toxicological effects of Monsanto’s NK603 and its associated Round-Up pesticide…
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GE Food Labeling Initiative Up Against Record-Breaking Donations From Corporate Giants
A group fighting the Nov. 5 ballot measure that would mandate labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods in Washington has broken the record for the most money raised by an initiative campaign in that state. With a $540,000 donation from Monsanto on Monday, the No on 522 Committee has raised nearly $22.9 million to defeat…
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GMO OMG: New Film Explores Far-Reaching Consequences of Global Food Monopoly
Massive agrochemical companies like Monsanto and Dow are feeding us GMOs that have never been fully tested and aren’t labeled. This small handful of corporations is tightening their grip on the world’s food …