The World According to Monsanto : Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of Our Food Supply

The result of a remarkable three-year-long investigation that took award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across four continents (North and South America, Europe, and Asia), The World According to Monsanto tells the little-known yet shocking story of this agribusiness giantthe world's leading producer of GMOs (genetically modified organisms)and how its new "green" face is no less malign than its PCB- and Agent Orangesoaked past. Robin reports that, following its long history of manufacturing hazardous chemicals and lethal herbicides, Monsanto is now marketing. Read more... Abstract: The result of a remarkable three-year-long investigation that took award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across four continents (North and South America, Europe, and Asia), The World According to Monsanto tells the little-known yet shocking story of this agribusiness giantthe world's leading producer of GMOs (genetically modified organisms)and how its new "green" face is no less malign than its PCB- and Agent Orangesoaked past. Robin reports that, following its long history of manufacturing hazardous chemicals and lethal herbicides, Monsanto is now marketing The result of a remarkable three-year-long investigation that took award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across four continents (North and South America, Europe, and Asia), The World According to Monsanto tells the little-known yet shocking story of this agribusiness giant—the world’s leading producer of GMOs (genetically modified organisms)—and how its new “green” face is no less malign than its PCB- and Agent Orange–soaked past.Robin reports that, following its long history of manufacturing hazardous chemicals and lethal herbicides, Monsanto is now marketing itself as a “life sciences” company, seemingly convinced about the virtues of sustainable development. However, Monsanto now controls the majority of the yield of the world’s genetically modified corn and soy—ingredients found in more than 95 percent of American households—and its alarming legal and political tactics to maintain this monopoly are the subject of worldwide concern.Released to great acclaim and controversy in France, throughout Europe, and in Latin America alongside the documentary film of the same name, The World According to Monsanto is sure to change the way we think about food safety and the corporate control of our food supply. Science,Biotechnology,Environmental Science,Social Science,Agriculture & Food An investigation of the massive agribusiness company, from a winner of the Rachel Carson Prize: “Well supported by wide-ranging scientific evidence.” — Kirkus Reviews The result of a remarkable three-year-long investigation that took award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across four continents, The World According to Monsanto tells the little-known yet shocking story of this agribusiness giant—the world’s leading producer of GMOs (genetically modified organisms)—and how its new “green” face is no less malign than its PCB- and Agent Orange–soaked past. Robin reports that, following its long history of manufacturing hazardous chemicals and lethal herbicides, Monsanto is now marketing itself as a “life sciences” company, seemingly convinced about the virtues of sustainable development. However, Monsanto now controls the majority of the yield of the world’s genetically modified corn and soy—ingredients found in more than 95 percent of American households—and its alarming legal and political tactics to maintain this monopoly are the subject of worldwide concern. Released alongside the documentary film of the same name, The World According to Monsanto is sure to change the way we think about food safety and the corporate control of our food supply. The result of a remarkable three-year-long investigation that took award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across four continents (North and South America, Europe, and Asia), The World According to Monsanto tells the little-known yet shocking story of this agribusiness giant#x97;the world's leading producer of GMOs (genetically modified organisms)#x97;and how its new #x93;green" face is no less malign than its PCB- and Agent Orange#x96;soaked past. Robin reports that, following its long history of manufacturing hazardous chemicals and lethal herbicides, Monsanto is now marketing itself as a #x93;life sciences" company, seemingly convinced about the virtues of sustainable development. However, Monsanto now controls the majority of the yield of the world's genetically modified corn and soy#x97;ingredients found in more than 95 percent of American households#x97;and its alarming legal and political tactics to maintain this monopoly are the subject of worldwide concern. Released to great acclaim and controversy in France, throughout Europe, and in Latin America alongside the documentary film of the same name, The World According to Monsanto is sure to change the way we think about food safety and the corporate control of our food supply Content: Contents Preface A Book for Public Health Introduction The Monsanto Question part i One of the Great Polluters of Industrial History 1 PCBs: White-Collar Crime 2 Dioxin: A Polluter Working with the Pentagon 3 Dioxin: Manipulation and Corruption 4 Roundup: A Massive Brainwashing Operation 5 The Bovine Growth Hormone Affair, Part One: The Food and Drug Administration Under the Influence 6 The Bovine Growth Hormone Affair, Part Two: The Art of Silencing Dissenting Voices part ii GMOs: The Great Conspiracy 7 The Invention of GMOs 8 Scientists Suppressed. 9 Monsanto Weaves Its Web, 1995199910 The Iron Law of the Patenting of Life 11 Transgenic Wheat: Monsanto's Lost Battle in North America part iii Monsanto's GMOs Storm the South 12 Mexico: Seizing Control of Biodiversity 13 In Argentina: The Soybeans of Hunger 14 Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina: The "United Soy Republic" 15 India: The Seeds of Suicide 16 How Multinational Corporations Control the World's Food Conclusion A Colossus with Feet.