Monsanto

California Judge Enables Cancer Warning On Monsanto’s Roundup

March 13, 2017 Staff, www.sustainablepulse.com Resist! California, Cancer, Monsanto

By Staff of Sustainable Pulse - Fresno County Superior Court Judge Kristi Kapetan previously issued a tentative ruling on January 27 in Monsanto Company v. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, et al. Judge Kapetan formalized her ruling against Monsanto on Friday, which will allow California to proceed with the process of listing glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as a chemical “known to the state to cause cancer” in accordance with the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known as Proposition 65. Note: California has still not finalized the labeling of Roundup under Proposition 65 or set the safe harbor levels.

Monsanto Cancer Lawsuits Shift Over EPA Official’s ‘Highly Suspicious’ Role

March 3, 2017 Lorraine Chow, www.nationofchange.org Resist! Cancer, EPA, Lawsuit, Monsanto

By Lorraine Chow for Nation of Change - An EPA scientist says that Rowland and another official “intimidated staff” into changing reports related to the glyphosate findings. Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official Jess Rowland may have to testify over claims that he covered up evidence that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto‘s top-selling herbicide Roundup, could cause cancer. A federal judge said at a hearing in San Francisco on Monday that he is likely to grant the deposition of Rowland, a key figure named in multi-district cancer lawsuits alleging that Monsanto failed to warn about the cancer risks associated with exposure to glyphosate.

Mandatory Carcinogen Warning On Monsanto’s Roundup Coming Soon

February 17, 2017 Stephen Fox, www.opednews.com Educate! Food and Agriculture, Labeling, Monsanto

By Stephen Fox for Op Ed News - California can require Monsanto to label its popular weed killer Roundup as a carcinogen, according to a ruling by a judge in Fresno, California, although the corporation predictably sings its weary mantra that maintains that the product is "harmless," now beginning to seem like a losing battle. It is far beyond my powers of comprehension to understand how it is that Bayer want to take on this rat's nest of liability and cancer labels by buying Monsanto for $66 billion, not even a fire sale price! California would be the first state to order this level of labeling if this decision by the California Carcinogen Identification Committee is sustained by further court action.

Mexico Continues To Prohibit And Interdict Monsanto’s GMO Corn

February 13, 2017 Stephen Fox, www.opednews.com Resist! Food and Agriculture, GMOs, Mexico, Monsanto

By Stephen Fox for Op Ed News - "It's going to take a long while for all the evidence to be presented. I think we're talking years." Monsanto's yellow corn imports will increase by 20+ percent the next season, because of increasing production costs and the weakening peso. Mexico is self-sufficient when it comes to the country's white corn, they rely on GMO corn that comes from the United States to feed livestock. As reported by Reuters' David Alire Garcia in Mexico City: Mexico is the birthplace of modern corn, domesticated about 8,000 years ago and today the planet's most-produced grain.

Judge Blocks Monsanto’s Bid To Stop California From Listing Glyphosate As Carcinogenic

February 1, 2017 Lorraine Chow, www.ecowatch.com Resist! California, glyphosate, Monsanto

By Lorraine Chow for Eco Watch - In its lawsuit, Monsanto claimed that the listing was unconstitutional because the OEHHA delegated law-making authority "to an unelected and non-transparent foreign body that is not under the oversight or control of any federal or state government entity." However, California lawyers argued in its motion to dismiss the lawsuit that the IARC's scientific determinations are "the gold standard in carcinogen identification." According to the Associated Press, Judge Kapetan will issue a formal decision soon. OEHHA spokesman Sam Delson told the AP that state regulators are waiting for the judge's formal decision before moving forward with the warning labels.

EPA Poised To Sign Off On Monsanto’s Glyphosate

December 28, 2016 Alexis Baden-Mayer, www.organicconsumers.org Educate! EPA, glyphosate, Monsanto

By Alexis Baden-Mayer for Organic Consumers Association - A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advisory panel is meeting this week (December 13-16) to determine the fate of glyphosate, the main active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. Will the panel heed the warnings of independent scientists? Or will it give more credence to the testimony (propaganda) delivered by Monsanto, the company that annually sells nearly $5 billion worth of its flagship herbicide, Roundup, grossing nearly $2 billion in profits. You can listen to the EPA meeting on glyphosate and cancer December 13-16.

Six Reasons For A #ConsumerRevolution Under Trumpism

December 4, 2016 Katherine Paul, www.organicconsumers.org Resist! Consumer power, EPA, Food and Agriculture, Monsanto

By Katherine Paul for Organic Consumers Association. If ever conditions were ripe for revolution, that time is now—especially for anyone who cares about their health, and the health of planet earth. President-Elect Donald Trump’s short lists for his environment and agriculture cabinet appointments are dominated by entrenched D.C. insiders, career politicians and industry lobbyists. Not one of these proposed “leaders” supports policies that would lead to healthier food, a cleaner environment or a cooler planet. So much for “draining the swamp.” And so much for an easy road to forward progress on food, ag and climate policy under our future fast-food leader. At the federal policy level, consumers will have little or no say over matters that have a dramatic—sometimes devastating—impact on our health and the environment. That means we’ll need to take our battle to the marketplace.

Newsletter – Time To Ask Who We Are

November 27, 2016 Margaret Flower and Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter #NoDAPL, Bayer, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Coal, Donald Trump, Education reform, Human Rights, Immigration, Indigenous Rights, Labor, militarism, Monsanto, Neo-Nazis, Oil and Gas, Torture, Trumpism, weapons, Workers

By Margaret Flower and Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance. The United States has reached a turning point. Where we turn is dependent on what we do as people to determine our future. Neither of the major political parties are going to adequately solve the crises we face. This is a time to examine and discuss some fundamental issues: who we are and who we want to be. Out of crises come opportunities to put bold solutions in place. We are calling for a People's Agenda. We have the power to make changes in this country that completely alter the course of our nation and the world. We can say no to genocide against Native Americans. We can end systemic racism. We can demand respect for the human rights of all people. We can promote peace and prosperity for all. We can solve the climate crisis. It is up to us and how we organize in our communities. At the heart of the success of popular movements is what we have advocated - the building of a broad and diverse unified movement that is active and has built national consensus for the changes we wish to see.

Trump’s Pick For Attorney General Could Be Big Boost To Monsanto

November 27, 2016 Lorraine Chow, www.ecowatch.com Educate! Bayer, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, Monsanto

By Lorraine Chow for Ecowatch. Investopedia reports that Monsanto stocks have risen more than 4 percent since Trump's surprise victory. Additionally, Terry Haines of the investment banking advisory firm Evercore ISI said that the president-elect's nominee for attorney general—Sen. Jeff Sessions, a pro-business conservative from Alabama—is good news for any pending mega-deals.

Monsanto Was Put On Trial For Ecocide At The Hague

October 29, 2016 Ronnie Cummins, www.alternet.org Resist! Monsanto, Trial

By Ronnie Cummins for AlterNet - On October 14-16, over 1,000 activists, journalists and witnesses from around the world gathered in The Hague, Netherlands, headquarters of the International Court of Justice, to put Monsanto on trial for crimes against humanity and nature (also called “ecocide”). Before a distinguished international panel of judges, 30 witnesses, including farmers, consumers, scientists, indigenous people and former governmental officials from Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America...

Letter From The Hague: The Long March

October 25, 2016 Ronnie Cummins, www.organicconsumers.org Organize! GMOs, Monsanto

By Ronnie Cummins for Organic Consumers Association - We are today in the midst of a battleground for two very different approaches to agriculture. One is the agro-ecological approach based on the use of open source traditional seeds based on biodiversity and living in harmony with nature. The other is the mechanistic world of an industrial system based on monocultures, one-way extraction and the use of pesticides, poisons and GMOs, where chemical cartels compete to take over our agriculture and food systems, destroying our ecosystems along the way.”

Venezuela Farmers Fight Monsanto Seed ‘Imperialism’ – And Win!

October 17, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Monsanto, Venezuela

By Staff of Tele Sur - “Nature will always prevail,” says Angel Moreno, a campesino and leader in the National Network of Popular Agroecological Schools, as he points to the grass sprouting through the sidewalk in the mountain village of Monte Carmelo in Venezuela. “But if we’re going to fight imperialism, we need seeds.” It is Oct. 29, 2015, the 10th anniversary of the Day of the Campesino seed, and over a thousand people from around the country and around the world have gathered in this humble village, described by the Agujero Negro media collective as “the ecosocialist capital of Venezuela.”

International Tribunal In The Hague First Day Report

October 17, 2016 Staff, www.monsanto-tribunal.org Resist! Monsanto, Tribunals

By Staff of Foundation Monsanto Tribunal - Glyposate was a central topic on this first day of hearings and indeed, Monsanto Tribunal organisers and participants received a strong message of support from Colombia, a country where people and communities are severely affected by glyphosate spraying : "The National Association of Peasant Reserve Zones - ANZORC welcomes the materialization of Monsanto's Tribunal and the People's Assembly

Stop The Bayer-Monsanto Merger

October 16, 2016 Friends of the Earth, www.popularresistance.org Petitions and Online Actions Corporatism, Environment, Monsanto

By Friends of the Earth. Our environment and food system are in trouble. Bayer the Bee-Slayer and Monsanto the Butterfly-Killer made a deal to merge into one huge corporation. And there are two other Big Ag mega-mergers on deck: Dow and DuPont, and Syngenta and ChemChina. These companies are poised to control even more of our food system. They’ll be able to fight even harder to protect their profits at the expense of pollinators and the planet -- unless you stop them! Monsanto already possesses a 97 percent share for soybean traits and a 75 percent share for corn traits. If Monsanto merges would Bayer, it would create the biggest seed and pesticide company in the world -- giving it unprecedented control over our food supply.

GMO Study Shows Massive Environmental Damage In US

September 18, 2016 Staff, www.sustainablepulse.com Educate! glyphosate, GMOs, Herbicides, Monsanto

By Staff for Sustainable Pulse. According to new research from University of Virginia in the U.S., widespread adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops has decreased the use of insecticides, but increased the use of weed-killing herbicides as weeds become more resistant, leading to serious environmental damage. Ciliberto attributes this increase to the proliferation of glyphosate-resistant weeds. Commentators and other peer-reviewed studies have even stated that the rise in pesticide use on GM crops has gone up much further since the 1998-2011 data that was reviewed in this new University of Virginia study. The period from 2011-2016 is when glyphosate-resistant weeds have become a major economic problem for U.S. farmers based on the increase of use and thus money spent on pesticides cutting in to their bottom line. “In the beginning, there was a reduction in herbicide use, but over time the use of chemicals increased because farmers were having to add new chemicals as weeds developed a resistance to glyphosate,” Ciliberto said.

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