Monsanto Calls For Investigation Into WHO Agency For Ignoring Monsanto-Funded Studies

Glyphosate-based “Roundup” herbicide is probably the most controversial product of Monsanto, one of the world’s most controversial companies. With EU renewal of glyphosate’s license pending, Monsanto is going after the WHO agency that linked the herbicide to cancer in humans.

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St. LOUIS – The agrochemical and seed giant Monsanto, one of the world’s most controversial corporations, is attempting to take down a World Health Organization (WHO) agency that in 2015 linked the Monsanto product glyphosate to an increased risk of cancer in humans. That year, the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found that

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World’s Largest Country, Russia, Bans GMO Food Crops

Victories are to be celebrated and for the future of healthy life on our planet we all can celebrate a beautiful victory. The world’s largest nation, the Russian Federation, whose landmass spans Eurasia from the Baltic and Ukraine on the west to Vladivostock and the Pacific on her east, has formally declared all commercial planting of Genetically Modified Organisms, GMOs, to be prohibited.

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A farmer holds Monsanto's Round-Up Ready Soy Bean seeds at his family farm. (AP Photo / Dan Gill)

The issue has been subject of a heated debate for some months inside Russia. In February 2014, just days prior to the US-orchestrated coup d’etat in Ukraine, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev created a national research project to obtain scientific information so the Government and Duma might make a decision on GMOs in Russia. Now a definitive

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Monsanto Halts Its Bid to Buy Rival Syngenta—For Now

A clash of agribiz titans takes a breather.

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Mother Jones -- After four months of hot pursuit, genetically modified seed/pesticide giant Monsanto formally ended its bid to buy rival Syngenta Wednesday—at least for now. Earlier in the week, Monsanto had sweetened its offer for the Swiss agrochemical behemoth—most famous for its controversial atrazine herbicide and neonicotinoid pesticides—to

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Wall Street Wins, Farmers And Consumers Lose In Monsanto-Syngenta Merger

Syngenta rejected the first merger offer by Monsanto, but both sides are preparing for further discussions and future offers that could take the term “agribusiness giant” to dangerous new levels.

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A protester wearing a protective suit and mask holds up a sign toward passing cars that reads in Portuguese "A better world according to Monsanto is a world with more cancer" in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP/Nelson Antoine) MINNEAPOLIS --- Multinational seed and pesticide business Monsanto has approached Syngenta, another

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U.S. Tying Aid To Agribusiness In El Salvador, Groups Warn

The U.S. State Department stands accused of conditioning development aid to El Salvador to benefit and boost foreign agribusiness in the Central American nation.

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By Carey L. Biron
ELSALVADOR

WASHINGTON --- Criticism has mounted in recent months against the U.S. State Department for pressuring the government of El Salvador to reform a popular domestic seed-distribution program, allegedly in favor of gaining greater access for U.S. agribusiness companies. Civil society concern over the issue culminated earlier this month, when farmers

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France Moves To Ban GMO Corn Cultivation, Harvesting

Amid debate over the safety and long-term effects of genetically-modified organisms, France takes a major step toward banning genetically-modified corn within its borders.

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By Frederick Reese
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France took a major step toward banning the cultivation and harvesting of genetically-modified corn within its borders on Tuesday. New legislation passed by France’s lower house, the National Assembly, would ban all strains of genetically-modified corn and maize approved for growth in the European Union. The bill was passed, with deputies citing

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