July 13, 2018

Monsanto ‘Bullied Scientists’ And Hid Weedkiller Cancer Risk

NEWS In a landmark trial, the lawyer of a terminally ill man who says using Monsanto’s ‘Roundup’ weed killer gave him cancer has told the court […]
June 22, 2018

Dying Man Goes To Court To Argue Monsanto Weed Killer Gave Him Cancer

NEWS A terminally ill cancer patient in the United States, who was formerly employed as a school groundskeeper, is testifying in court that working with Monsanto’s […]
June 15, 2018

Monsanto Is No More: Its Name Will Disappear, But Not Its Products!

NEWS Bayer – a former member of the infamous IG Farben Cartel – has completed its $63 billion purchase of Monsanto, a company best known for […]
May 24, 2018

Mandatory GMO labeling moves step closer in the U.S.

NEWS The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed new guidelines for labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients. COMMENT In recent years, multinational food and […]
May 17, 2018

Why GM foods are not the solution to world hunger

NEWS World hunger is not caused by an inadequate supply of food, but its uneven distribution. COMMENT As this South China Morning Post article points out, […]
April 12, 2018

Bayer’s takeover of Monsanto reportedly gets clearance in the United States

NEWS The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has decided to approve Bayer’s $66-billion takeover of Monsanto, thus removing the last major […]
March 11, 2018

What the Monsanto Papers tell us about corporate science

NEWS The Monsanto Papers are a treasure trove of internal documents slowly released since March 2017 as part of a US lawsuit by cancer victims against Monsanto over […]
February 27, 2018

U.S. lawmakers threaten WHO agency over glyphosate cancer finding

NEWS WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers are threatening to cut off U.S. funding for the World Health Organization’s cancer research program over its 2015 finding that glyphosate, […]