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Monsanto dumped waste in Welsh landfill
News
12th February, 2007
Chemical company Monsanto dumped thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in an un-lined Welsh landfill site, the Guardian has revealed. more...Jack and the Beanstalk
Paul Kingsnorth
21st December, 2006
A seasonally-adjusted contemporary Pantomime, by Paul Kingsnorth more...
Kept in the Dark
Jeffery Smith
2nd November, 2005
The days of Apartheid are over, but once again South Africa is the victim of a dangerous experiment. Jeffery Smith raises the alarm over the government's legislation of genetically modified maize more...Imagine…food without pesticides …seeds without patents …a future without Monsanto
John Hepburn
1st September, 2004
Monsanto’s global website says: ‘Imagine innovative agriculture that creates "incredible" things today.’ Actually, I think most of us are more interested in ‘credible’ things when it comes to agriculture. Like food that people can trust is safe. And crops that meet the needs of the farmers that grow them. The Monsanto slogan used to be ‘food, health, hope’. As if this wasn’t absurd enough, it has now been changed to ‘Imagine™’. John Lennon must be turning in his grave. more...
Percy Schmeiser: the man that took on Monsanto
Edward Goldsmith.
1st May, 2004
For 40 years Percy Schmeiser grew oilseed rape on his farm in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Usually, he would sow each year’s crop with seeds saved from the previous harvest. In 1998 Monsanto took Schmeiser to court. more...
Stand up and be counted
Tom Erik Økland
8th June, 2000
A Norwegian research scientist can trace PCB pollution on the seabed along the Norwegian coast directly back to the manufacturer. Norwegian authorities are considering suing chemical giants such as Monsanto and Bayer for millions of pounds. They may now pay for their misdemeanours, says Tom Erik Økland more...
Silenced witness
Jon Hughes
30th November, 2007
Following last month's Ecologist story, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues. more...
Monsanto: A checkered history
Brian Tokar
1st September, 1998
Is Monsanto the “clean and green” company its advertisements promote, or is the new image merely a product of clever public relations?more...
Sir Richard Doll: A Questionable Pillar of the Cancer Establishment
Martin Walker
1st March, 1998
Sir Richard Doll died in July 2005. Over a year later, evidence came to light that he was in the pay of major chemical companies when he gave the green light to their products. Eight years earlier, the Ecologist was threatened with legal action for running this story... more...
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