Monsanto

The Landmark Monsanto Verdict May Not Have Been Possible Without Activism And Alternative Media

August 13, 2018 By Matt Agorist, Activistpost.com Resist! Activism, Alternative media, Courts, Monsanto

On Friday, a landmark case against Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller concluded in San Francisco in which a jury awarded $289 million in damages to a former school groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson, concluding that Roundup gave him terminal cancer. Naturally, Monsanto announced that they are going to appeal this case. However, what this case illustrates is a massive shift in the tide against the chemical behemoth. Had Johnson attempted this lawsuit just three years ago, he would’ve likely been laughed out of the courtroom. Thanks to the relentless independent investigations and independent media, however, this is all changing. If you get all of your news from mainstream media and cable TV infotainment, then you’re probably unaware that glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide) has been linked to cancer.

Monsanto Found Guilty In Roundup Cancer Lawsuit

August 12, 2018 Commondreams. Resist! Cancer, health, Monsanto, Roundup

In an historic victory for those who have long sought to see agrochemical giant Monsanto held to account for the powerful company's toxic and deadly legacy, a court in California on Friday found the corporation liable for damages suffered by a cancer patient who alleged his sickness was directly caused by exposure to the glyphosate-based herbicides, including the widely used weedkiller Roundup. As Reuters reports: The case of school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson was the first lawsuit alleging glyphosate causes cancer to go to trial.

Monsanto Pays Harvard Wizard $100k To Perform Statistical Magic Show For Jury

August 8, 2018 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Kevin Baum, Organicconsumers.org Educate! Corruption, Courts, Harvard, Monsanto

Despite its impressive name, the HSPH has earned an unsavory reputation for taking rich contributions from polluters in exchange for producing scientific “research” that fortifies corporate profit-taking. Big Tobacco, the chemical industry, Detroit automakers, corporate food processors, and industrial meat and grain barons have all turned to HSPH for corporate-friendly science anointed with the imprimatur of the Harvard name. HSPH’s iconic founder, Fredrick Stare, proudly bore the sobriquet “Mr. Sugar” for his adamant defense of a sugar-only diet. Stare’s sweet tooth garnered HSPH millions of dollars in research grants from Kellogg’s, General Mills and Coca-Cola. In exchange for soda industry lucre, Stare obligingly provided the scientific conclusion that a cold Coke was “a healthy between-meals snack.”

[Act Out! 169] – The Latest Water Protector Battles + Monsanto’s First Day In Court

July 19, 2018 Eleanor Goldfield, Occupy.com Resistance Report Courts, Monsanto, Water Protectors

Monsanto has avoided jury trials for years. Despite continuously mounting evidence to show that glyphosate, a main ingredient in many of their products, causes cancer, they’ve avoided having to answer for their cover-ups and crimes. Last week, one man got them in court. And the day after, hundreds of others got the green light to do the same. This is big. Also in the courts, hundreds of water protectors still face state and federal charges for their involvement in the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock in 2016. Leyola Cowboy and Terry Janis join us from the Water Protector Legal Collective to talk about ongoing trials, the crackdown on dissent and the human rights of protecting your community and your water.

Hundreds Of Cancer Cases Against Monsanto Set To Go To Trial, Federal Judge Rules

July 14, 2018 Ashley Curtin, Nationofchange.org Resist! Cancer, Courts, Monsanto

Liability lawsuits against Monsanto will proceed after a federal judge ruled in favor of plaintiffs. Close to 400 lawsuits against the company’s flagship product, Roundup, allege that glyphosate – an herbicide used in the product – can cause non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which the company failed to warn consumers and other users about. Since the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a division of the World Health Organization, “announced that two pesticides, including glyphosate, are ‘probably carcinogenic to humans'” in 2015, Monsanto now faces numerous lawsuits by farmers, landscapers and consumers, NPR reported. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled, “the plaintiffs have presented evidence from which a reasonable jury could conclude that glyphosate can cause NHL at human-relevant doses” and “Monsanto’s motion for summary judgment is denied.”

Landmark Lawsuit Claims Monsanto Hid Cancer Danger Of Weedkiller For Decades

May 25, 2018 Carey Gillam, Theguardian.com Resist! Cancer, Lawsuit, Monsanto

At the age of 46, DeWayne Johnson is not ready to die. But with cancer spread through most of his body, doctors say he probably has just months to live. Now Johnson, a husband and father of three in California, hopes to survive long enough to make Monsanto take the blame for his fate.On 18 June, Johnson will become the first person to take the global seed and chemical company to trial on allegations that it has spent decades hiding the cancer-causing dangers of its popular Roundup herbicide products – and his case has just received a major boost. Last week Judge Curtis Karnow issued an order clearing the way for jurors to consider not just scientific evidence related to what caused Johnson’s cancer, but allegations that Monsanto suppressed evidence of the risks of its weed killing products.

Saturday: March Against Monsanto

May 18, 2018 March Against Monsanto-NYC, Popular Resistance Resist! Food and Agriculture, health, Monsanto

Saturday, May 19, at 6:00 PM in Foley Square, New York City, the global grassroots organization March Against Monsanto will hold it's 7th marchto bring awareness to the public of the human and environment rights violations by the agriculture/chemical company Monsanto now known as Bayer-Monsanto since the merger with pharmaceutical giant Bayer. NYC March Against Monsanto (MAM NYC) is just one of hundreds of cities across six continents participating in this global awareness campaign.

Weedkiller Products More Toxic Than Their Active Ingredient, Tests Show

May 11, 2018 Carey Gillam, Theguardian.com Educate! EPA, Monsanto, Toxic Chemicals

US government researchers have uncovered evidence that some popular weedkilling products, like Monsanto’s widely-used Roundup, are potentially more toxic to human cells than their active ingredient is by itself. These “formulated” weedkillers are commonly used in agriculture, leaving residues in food and water, as well as public spaces such as golf courses, parks and children’s playgrounds. The tests are part of the US National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) first-ever examination of herbicide formulations made with the active ingredient glyphosate, but that also include other chemicals. While regulators have previously required extensive testing of glyphosate in isolation, government scientists have not fully examined the toxicity of the more complex products sold to consumers, farmers and others.

How Agro-Chemical Giant Monsanto Been Destroying Environment, Human Lives For Decades

April 24, 2018 By Manmeet Sahni, Telesurtv.net Educate! Chemicals, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Monsanto

In 1995, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, listed Monsanto among the top 5 lethal corporations dumping toxic waste, as it was recorded dumping nearly 37 million tons of toxic waste, through air, water, and land. On April 10, the terrifying news of the U.S. court allowing a merger of the German chemical firm, Bayer, with U.S' Monsanto alarmed environmentalists, heralding it as "Bad News for the Planet." The Bayer-Monsanto merger would create a company which controls over a quarter of the world’s seed and pesticide market. The two firms have individually caused immense harm to the environment, and a merger, which environmentalists have been protesting for months, would make them eminently stronger and harder to fight.

Monsanto Loses Right To Patent Seeds

April 19, 2018 By Sandhya Jain, Dailypioneer.com Create! Food and Agriculture, Monsanto, Seeds

Opponents of genetically modified crops received a boost when the Delhi High Court upheld the Indian Patent Act, which states that seeds and life forms cannot be patented, and the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001 (PPV&FR Act), which biotechnology multinationals have tried to undermine, and ruled that key plant genetic material cannot be patented. The court was deciding a dispute between Monsanto and Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd, Prabhat Agri Biotech Ltd and Pravardhan Seeds Private Ltd, over interpretation of law, especially Section 3(j) of the Indian Patent Act and applicability of PPV&FR Act for transgenic plants. Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Yogesh Khanna, on April 11, ruled that Monsanto Technologies LLC does not have the patent for Bt Cotton seed varieties ‘Bollgard’ and ‘Bollgard II’.

The Bayer-Monsanto Merger Is Bad News For The Planet

April 10, 2018 Ellen Brown, Ellenbrown.com Educate! Merger, Monopoly, Monsanto, Pesticides

Two new studies from Europe have found that the number of farm birds in France has crashed by a third in just 15 years, with some species being almost eradicated. The collapse in the bird population mirrors the discovery last October that over three quarters of all flying insects in Germany have vanished in just three decades. Insects are the staple food source of birds, the pollinators of fruits, and the aerators of the soil. The chief suspect in this mass extinction is the aggressive use of neonicotinoid pesticides, particularly imidacloprid and clothianidin, both made by German-based chemical giant Bayer. These pesticides, along with toxic glyphosate herbicides (Roundup), have delivered a one-two punch against Monarch butterflies, honeybees and birds.

Monsanto Says Its Pesticides Are Safe. Now, A Court Wants To See The Proof

March 7, 2018 Carey Gillam, Theguardian.com Resist! Courts, Monsanto, Pesticides

On Monday, a federal court hearing in San Francisco will turn a public spotlight on to the science surrounding the safety of one of the world’s most widely used pesticides, a weedkilling chemical called glyphosate that has been linked to cancer and is commonly found in our food and water, even in our own bodily fluids. Given the broad health and environmental implications tied to the use of this pesticide, we would be well served to pay attention. As the active ingredient in Monsanto’s branded Roundup and hundreds of other herbicides, glyphosate represents billions of dollars in annual revenues for Monsanto and other companies, and is prominently used by farmers as an aid in food production. It’s also favored by cities for keeping public parks and playgrounds weed free, and by homeowners who want a tidy lawn.

Monsanto’s Fingerprints All Over Newsweek’s Hit On Organic Food

January 26, 2018 Stacy Malkan, Usrtk.org Educate! Monsanto, Propaganda

If that name sounds familiar – Henry I. Miller – it may be because the New York Times recently revealed a scandal involving Miller: that he had been caught publishing an article ghostwritten by Monsanto under his own name in Forbes. The article, which largely mirrored a draft provided to him by Monsanto, attacked the scientists of the World Health Organization’s cancer panel (IARC) for their decision to list Monsanto’s top-selling chemical, glyphosate, as a probable human carcinogen. Reporting on an email exchange released in litigation with Monsanto over cancer concerns, the Times’Danny Hakim wrote: “Monsanto asked Mr. Miller if he would be interested in writing an article on the topic, and he said, ‘I would be if I could start from a high-quality draft.’ The article appeared under Mr. Miller’s name, and with the assertion that ‘opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.’

Monsanto Papers Lead To New European Parliament Pesticide Committee

January 19, 2018 Staff, Sustainablepulse.com Resist! European Parliament, Monsanto, Pesticide

The Conference of Presidents, a governing body of the European Parliament, has Thursday endorsed the mandate of a Special Committee to analyse and assess the authorisation procedure for glyphosate and other pesticides, following recent revelations from the Monsanto Papers and the Great Glyphosate Rebellion, in which many EU states have vowed to phase out the use of glyphosate-based herbicides. Following a Greens/EFA and Socialists and Democrats (S&D) initiative, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament announced that the Special Committee will be composed of 30 members and will meet for nine months. The constituent meeting is expected in March 2018. Co-presidents of the Greens/EFA group Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts stated: “Thanks to the hard work of campaigners and environmentalists, the issue of glyphosate and other harmful pesticides has been brought to the forefront of the political debate.

The History Of Industrial Agriculture And Its Impact

January 14, 2018 Heather Gray, Justice Initiative International. Create! Food and Agriculture, health, Monsanto

Rashid wisely begins by sharing the history of the west’s conceptualization of “the way that we think about ourselves and our relation to the material world that exists around us.” He notes that prior to this “man had a much closer relationship to nature than he does today.” He then comments about how this altered conceptual framework in our attitude toward nature has impacted agricultural science and systems that has both negatively effected our lives and has ultimately not been good for humans and the world overall.

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