Monsanto

GM corn linked to early death in new study

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Food safety, Monsanto, Genetically modified organisms
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Sarah Schmidt – September 21, 2012

Health Canada said Thursday it will take action if its review of a new study that found Canadian-grown genetically modified corn is linked to elevated risks of cancer, organ damage and premature death in rats "demonstrate a risk" to Canadians.

The first GM food safety study to test the entire lifespan of laboratory rats, newly published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, also found health impacts for rats exposed to Monsanto's herbicide Roundup, the widest selling herbicide in the world.

Drowning in Herbicide: Monsanto Ignores Health Concerns

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Food safety, Monsanto, Food industry
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2

Sarah Damian – February 8, 2012

Monsanto, a self-proclaimed solver of global agriculture problems, has really just brought more and more chemicals into our food supply. GAP coalition partner, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), gave the company a failing grade yesterday in documenting eight ways Monsanto has taken agriculture in the wrong direction.

In addition to suppressing independent research on its controversial products and spending millions to lobby Congress against measures that threaten the industrial agriculture status quo, Monsanto has brought troubling threats to human and environmental health with the widespread application of its glyphosate (Roundup) herbicide.

Scientists Give Monsanto an ‘F’ in Sustainable Agriculture

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Food safety, Monsanto, Food industry
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February 7, 2012

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today published a new web feature documenting how agribusiness giant Monsanto Company is failing to deliver on its promise to make the U.S. agriculture system more sustainable. A sustainable system would produce an adequate supply of food, safeguard the environment, and protect farmers’ bottom lines at the same time. Monsanto, UCS says, fails this three-pronged test.

“Monsanto talks about ‘producing more, conserving more, improving lives,’ but its products are largely not living up to those aspirations,” said Doug Gurian-Sherman, a senior scientist with UCS’s Food and Environment Program. “In reality, the company is producing more engineered seeds and herbicide and improving its bottom line, but at the expense of conservation and long-term sustainability.”

Revolving Door Between Government, Big Business

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USA, Monsanto, Oil & gas industry, Pharmaceutical industry, Financial industry, Conflict of interest, Revolving door, Media
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2

December 22, 2011

A series of Venn diagrams shows visually how strong the links are between the US Government and big business: dozens of people moving to and fro between top positions in government and in politically-connected corporations.

It is blatant conflicts of interest like these that lead to regulatory capture, corruption and crony capitalism. The industries covered in this analysis are: Big Oil, Comcast, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Media, Monsanto and Pharmaceuticals.

Interview: Health Canada Whistleblowers Honoured

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Dr. Shiv Chopra, PSIC, Health Canada, Monsanto, Honours, PSDPA, Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Drs. Shiv Chopra and Margaret Haydon

CBC The Current – November 22, 2011

CBC: The Professional Institute of the Public Service called it a sad day for federal employees worried about the safety of Canadians. This summer, the labour relations board ruled against two out of three Health Canada scientists who lost their jobs in a long battle over whistle blowing.

Doctors Shiv Chopra, Margaret Haydon and Gerard Lambert went public with their concerns that bovine growth hormones might be a risk to human health. In the end, the hormone was never approved for use in Canada.

Contract Farmer Exploitation Imperils Food Integrity

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Food safety, Monsanto, GMO, Food industry
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2

Shelley Walden – October 24, 2011

Today the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food released a report to the UN General Assembly that explores the effects that the world-wide expansion of contract farming has on the right to food.

The report describes how these contract arrangements, in which farmers agree to provide their products to processing or marketing companies at pre-set prices, can result in negative environmental, social and economic impacts, such as an increase in local food prices and the expanded use of fertilizers and pesticides at the expense of human health.

Monsanto Interests Guide U.S. Diplomacy, WikiLeaks Cables Show

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Monsanto, GMO
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3

Sarah Damian – August 29, 2011

We know Monsanto and other biotech giants have been pushing genetically modified crops around the globe, but new diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks last week make it clear how entangled our government is in corporate agricultural interests.

U.S. diplomats have certainly been making an effort to protect GM interests abroad. Truthout reports:

Blackwater's Black Ops

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Monsanto, Defence industry
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Jeremy Scahill – September 15, 2010

Over the past several years, entities closely linked to the private security firm Blackwater have provided intelligence, training and security services to US and foreign governments as well as several multinational corporations, including Monsanto, Chevron, the Walt Disney Company, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and banking giants Deutsche Bank and Barclays, according to documents obtained by The Nation.

The Corporation

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Monsanto, Corporate ethics, Movies
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4

The Corporation (2 hrs 26 mins)
This documentary explains the evolution of the corporate 'person' from a minor legal innovation 150 years ago to the dominant institution today: more powerful than crown, church or state. It explains how the corporation's relentless built-in drive for profit – regardless of all other consequences – has given it a dangerous character, with features resembling a human psychopath. This movie helps explain why even respected organizations led by decent people can be irresistibly driven to commit immoral, even criminal, acts against humanity and our fragile planet.

The World According To Monsanto

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Dr. Shiv Chopra, Drug safety, Monsanto, GMO, Genetically modified organisms, Movies
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4

The World According to Monsanto (1:48)
This documentary explores Monsanto's controversial history and its efforts to gain control of the food supply by marketing its patented genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Features the Health Canada whistleblower Dr. Shiv Chopra and his colleagues, who exposed Health Canada's attempts to approve inadequately tested drugs, including Monsanto's bovine growth hormone (rBGH).

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