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Quasi-Slave Labor For Migrant Workers At Agrichemical Companies’ Facilities

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Quasi-Slave Labor For Migrant Workers At Agrichemical Companies’ Facilities
Near-Slave Labor Conditions Still Exist Today In The U.S.: Workers For Big Ag Open Up About Horrors The litany of complaints against Monsanto and its brethren in the big agrichemical industry is lengthy and legitimate. Of course there are the seeds that are engineered to not self-reproduce, locking farmers in a cycle of debt; there are the chemicals, glyphosate which has blanketed the earth in its poison embrace, with over 8.6 billion kilograms (18 billion pounds) of the stuff having been sprayed in the U.S.… Read the rest

From Cradle To Grave, We Belong To Monsanto Now: Glyphosate Found In Baby Food, Oatmeal

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From Cradle To Grave, We Belong To Monsanto Now: Glyphosate Found In Baby Food, Oatmeal
From Cradle To Grave: Glyphosate Found In Baby Food, Oatmeal. We Are All Monsanto’s Children Now As regulators and investors begin to sort through the implications of Bayer’s proposed blockbuster merger with Monsanto, bad news continues to dog the agrichemical giant. For example, the normally supine Indian government, which never met a genetically modified seed it doesn’t like has suddenly sprouted a backbone and is putting up some pretty stiff resistance to Monsanto’s proposed introduction of GMO mustard seed there.… Read the rest

The Casualties From The Sellout Of Organic Groups To Anti-GMO Labeling Concerns Continues

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The Casualties From The Sellout Of Organic Groups To Anti-GMO Labeling Concerns Continues
GMO Labeling Sellouts And The Damage They’ve Caused: Organic Trade Association Grows Smaller Following Their Betrayal The dust has settled somewhat on Congress’ recently passed renewed DARK Act, the anti-anti-GMO labeling bill that was hastily, crudely crafted to overrule any state’s attempt to provide consumers easy access to information on genetically modified foods in their products. However, the fallout continues to take its toll on the Organic Trade Association as yet another manufacturer has quit in protest of the group selling out.… Read the rest

Indigenous Groups In Mexico Win Victory Over Monsanto, Biotech Giant Has GMO Soy Permit Suspended

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Indigenous Groups In Mexico Win Victory Over Monsanto, Biotech Giant Has GMO Soy Permit Suspended
Monsanto Loses Key Battle Against Mexican Indigenous Groups Over Planting Its GMO Soy It’s difficult to overstate just how fiercely the game is rigged in favor of the powerful and wealthy. Just in case you weren’t paying attention: in 2008 Wall Street got bailed out of a mess of its own making to the tune of trillions of dollars while millions of Americans got nothing and lost their homes; the Supreme Court ruled that unlimited money is allowed in political contributions, and Big Pharma continues to make headlines by continuing to gouge the sick, as evidenced by the latest, the EpiPen scandal and its 600 percent price hike.… Read the rest

Roundup Ingredient May Kill Human Cells: And You Thought Glyphosate Was Bad

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Roundup Ingredient May Kill Human Cells: And You Thought Glyphosate Was Bad
Roundup Ingredient May Kill Human Cells: And You Thought Glyphosate Was Bad It’s been two decades since glyphosate sales really hit their stride, with products like Monsanto’s Roundup taking the lead in the herbicide wars. And although its taken a long time, finally the news seems to be out that glyphosate is a dangerous chemical, not only to humans who prefer not have cancer, but also to honeybees, butterflies, fish, birds and life on earth in general.… Read the rest

Monsanto Encourages Farmers To Use New Seeds Resistant To Powerful New Herbicide, Causing Widespread Destruction

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Monsanto Encourages Farmers To Use New Seeds Resistant To Powerful New Herbicide, Causing Widespread Destruction
Death And Destruction Follow In Their Wake: Monsanto Ruining Farmers Crops By Encouraging Illegal New Herbicide Use If there were ever a company you could count on to do the wrong thing, it would be Monsanto. The fact that there is one single corporate entity responsible for so much damage–saccharin and its cancer-related problems, PCBs and the global spread of human and animal damage they have caused and are still causing as municipalities struggle to clean them up, Agent Orange, genetically-modified crops and the glyphosate and other chemicals they require to live being spread by the billions of tons around the world–the fact that it hasn’t been put down like a rabid dog speaks to the insanity of the current system under whish we live.… Read the rest

Glyphosate Lawsuits Gaining Momentum: Motion Filed To Lump 21 Separate Suits Into One Case

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Glyphosate Lawsuits Gaining Momentum: Motion Filed To Lump 21 Separate Suits Into One Case
Roundup Time For The Roundup Cases: Glyphosate Suits Over Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma To Be United Under One Case With 21 lawsuits currently pending in cases where plaintiffs claim that exposure to glyphosate caused their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a motion was filed with the U.S. Judicial Panel to unite the cases to be heard in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Illinois.… Read the rest

The Round-Up On Roundup: Here’s A Summary Of All The Latest Info on GMOs and Glyphosate Research

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The Round-Up On Roundup: Here’s A Summary Of All The Latest Info on GMOs and Glyphosate Research
What You Need To Know: The Fight Against GMOs and Glyphosate Continues. Arm Yourself With Information The new DARK Act just passed by the Senate is a blow against the wished of 90 percent of Americans who want to know what’s in their food. But the fight is far from over. And we don’t win if we don’t fight, and we can’t fight if we aren’t informed.… Read the rest