One of the biggest complaints most people have with the Monsanto Company is the vast influence they hold on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Decision makers in top positions with undeniable Monsanto ties include Michael Taylor, the FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods who is a former Monsanto VP for Public [...]
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The Johnson & Johnson Company has long staked its reputation on being a family company with shampoos and other product lines for kids and babies, one that theoretically would do the right thing should the moment ever arise to take a stand. And while the McNeil Consumer Healthcare company is [...]
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If the Monsanto Company is good at one thing, other than saturating the landscape with harsh agricultural chemicals and causing untold harm to people and the environment, of course, it’s playing the PR game to perfection. The company’s products have proliferated in large part due to their ability to cozy [...]
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The Monsanto Company has made headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent days, but which of those headlines you’ve actually seen depends on whether or not you get your news from sources considered to be mainstream. Because of the sheer magnitude of a new study published by the World [...]
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Scifest Africa is South Africa’s National Science Festival, established in 1996 in order “to promote the public awareness, understanding and appreciation of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and innovation.” While the Monsanto Company would like to believe that anyone who opposes their genetically modified seeds, chemicals and crops are “impeding science,” [...]
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Even as United States consumers begin demanding more and more organic foods, organic farmers themselves are struggling with the realities of life in a system that seems set up for genetically modified crops to thrive. Subsidies for corn and soybeans are the norm here, and while farmers who wish to [...]
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The Monsanto Company produces a large volume of different chemicals, and many of them are also manufactured by competitors. But when it comes to the dangerously carcinogenic PCBs that have wreaked havoc on towns and waterways across the country, Monsanto stands (virtually) alone: 99 percent of PCB production in [...]
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Despite hundreds of thousands of petition signatures against it, the USDA approved the first ever genetically modified apple in February, much to the delight of the Canadian company Okanagan Specialty Fruits and to the dismay of consumers and activists. The so-called “Arctic” apple was created for its ability to [...]
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The influx of healthy foods and healthy eaters in America has led to the declaration of a new “disorder” called “orthorexia,” which describes someone a little too preoccupied by healthy eating. But is that the real issue considering the sad state of the American food supply (just look at [...]
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Activists everywhere are taking aim at the infamous TTIP including the famed TV chef Jamie Oliver, and for good reason: there’s a very real chance that the agreement could force unhealthy American style food on the world in general. Many people report stomach aches and other ailments they suffer [...]
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