To the horror of farmers across America’s farm belt, hundreds of thousands of crop acres have been adversely impacted by...
Year: 2016
GMO Maize Triggers Tumors in Rats: New Email Leak Shows How Monsanto Stifles Criticism
The Seralini debacle is a perfect case study of how industry conspires with cooperative scientists to help bury information that...
Restrictions on glyphosate use across the EU come into force today.
New restrictions around the conditions regarding the use of glyphosate, the main chemical ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, come into force...
Holding Monsanto Accountable for Growing Public Outcry Over the Dangers of Glyphosate
Harrington Investments (HII) a socially responsible investment advisory firm based in Napa, California, has reintroduced a resolution to Monsanto...
Monsanto’s Panicked Farmers Use Illegal Herbicide to Battle Resistant ‘Superweeds’
Roundup Ready 2 Xtend, the genetically modified soybean developed and sold by the St. Louis-based agricultural giant, Monsanto, is at...
Damning Probe Finds EPA ‘Turning Blind Eye’ to Toxic Chemical Cocktails
Despite the EPA’s claims, information on dangerous synergistic effects is publicly available. In fact, the agro-giants collected it themselves. While...
Hawaii used as Monsanto GE testing site
Why do environmentalists consider Hawaii “ground zero” in the fight against genetically engineered crops? —Michael Van, Poughkeepsie, NY Most of...
Soil Association writes to major bread companies asking them to avoid glyphosate
The Soil Association has today wrote to all major UK bread companies and supermarkets asking them to avoid glyphosate, the...
Monsanto and DuPont Announce New Weed Killer for GMO Crops
One of the biggest concerns about the cultivation of genetically modified crops is the rise of superweeds caused by the...
REPORT: HERBICIDE, CHEMICAL FERTILIZER USE DOUBLED ON VERMONT DAIRY FARMS IN A DECADE
Agribusiness corporations, including Monsanto, Dow and Syngenta, promised dairy farmers that GMO corn would allow them to reduce the...