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• Monsanto - "The Monsanto Company is a U.S.-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed as "Roundup". Monsanto is also the leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed; it provides the technology in 90% of the world's genetically engineered seeds." - Wikipedia

Articles news & background

• In the Grip of Mad Scientists: Business as Usual for Monsanto, Fort Detrick, and Atlas Venture - About Monsanto connections
  
• Dr. Huber's warning... - Summary of Dr. Huber's letter and videos to explain the details - Food Democracy Now! - May 4, 2011
  
• Monsanto pesticide found to infect plants with AIDS-like disease - "When Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University and internationally-recognized plant pathologist, wrote a letter back in January to US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, warning him about a new mystery disease showing up primarily in genetically-modified (GM) crops, the notice fell on deaf ears." - Natural News - May 18, 2011 (Also watch the video of an interview with Dr. Huber, here or below under videos) (Another article about the same problem here)
  
• More Problems with Glyphosate: US Rice Growers Sound the Alarm - "Adding to the natural rice industry’s woes after Bayer CropScience contaminated a third of the US rice supply with transgenic rice in 2006, the widespread application of Bayer’s glufosinate and Monsanto’s glyphosate is reducing crop yields, and burning and deforming rice plants that survive." - Global Research - May 15, 2011
  
• "Every 30 Minutes": Crushed by Debt and Neoliberal Reforms, Indian Farmers Commit Suicide at Staggering Rate - "We speak with Smita Narula of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University Law School, co-author of a new report on farmer suicides in India." - Democracy Now! video - May 11, 2011
  
• Why Is Damning New Evidence About Monsanto's Most Widely Used Herbicide Being Silenced? - "... glyphosate has an impact on microorganisms in the soil, helping some and hurting others. This is potentially problematic for farmers, as the last thing one would want is a buildup of pathogens in the soil where they grow crops." - AlterNet - April 27, 2011
  
• Scientist Warns That Roundup Ready GM Seeds Could Cause Crop Collapse - "The Institute of Science in Society’s Dr. Mae-Wan Ho reports that a USDA senior scientist has sent an “emergency” warning to US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack regarding a new plant pathogen in Roundup Ready GM soybean and corn that may be responsible for high rates of infertility and spontaneous abortions in livestock..." - with a reaction by Monsanto - Disinformation - April 12, 2011
  
• Genetically modified crops safety assessments: present limits and possible improvements - "We reviewed 19 studies of mammals fed with commercialized genetically modified soybean and maize... Several convergent data appear to indicate liver and kidney problems as end points of GMO diet effects... GM plants exposed to glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup do not specifically degrade glyphosate. They can even accumulate Roundup residues throughout their life... Therefore, such residues are absorbed by people eating most GM plants..." - Environmental Sciences Europe - March 1, 2011
  
• Farmers and Seed Producers Launch Preemptive Strike against Monsanto - "Lawsuit Filed To Protect Themselves from Unfair Patent Enforcement on Genetically Modified Seed" - The Cornucopia Institute - March 30, 2011
  
• Monsanto Shifts ALL Liability to Farmers - "Monsanto .. shifts responsibility to growers for any and all losses, injury or damages resulting from the use of Monsanto seeds. There is no expiration date on the contract... [Also] the growers agree that in order to sell their farm, the new purchaser must also sign a Monsanto Technology Stewardship Agreement." - MORPHcity.com - Feb 21, 2011
• Roundup, GMOs linked to emergence of deadly new pathogen causing spontaneous abortions among animals - Natural News - Feb 23, 2011
  
• Genetic Engineering: Scientists warn of link between dangerous new pathogen and Monsanto’s Roundup - Global Research - Feb 21, 2011
  
• Monsanto, Dow to begin pushing dangerous 2,4-D herbicide as 'solution' to superweeds - "GM crop farmers have to battle mutant superweeds that continue to grow stronger and more resistant to the toxic pesticides and herbicides used in GM crop cultivation." - Natural News - Feb 18, 2011
• Monsanto Executive Appointed to High Level Position in the FDA - "Monsanto gave us Agent Orange, Aspartame and Cancer Causing Additives in our Food Supply" - Salem-News.com - Jan 30, 2011
  
• Monsanto’s Roundup Triggers Over 40 Plant Diseases and Endangers Human and Animal Health - "... the devastating and unprecedented impact that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide is having on the health of our soil, plants, animals, and human population." - NWO Truth - Jan 28, 2011
  
• The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: What Now? - "In the wake of a 12-year battle to keep Monsanto's Genetically Engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation's 25,000 organic farms and ranches, America's organic consumers and producers are facing betrayal." - Organic Consumers Association - Jan 27, 2011
• Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells - "Used in gardens, farms, and parks around the world, the weed killer Roundup contains an ingredient that can suffocate human cells in a laboratory..." - Scientific American - June 23, 2009
  
• Differential Effects of Glyphosate and Roundup on Human Placental Cells and Aromatase - Environmental Health Perspectives - "We conclude that endocrine and toxic effects of Roundup, not just glyphosate, can be observed in mammals." - Environmental Health Perspectives - Feb 2005
  

Blogs

• Growing Patent Abuse by Corporations: Seed extinction and bio-piracy - "Some large corporations are now using patents to gain monopoly control of products that have been used by traditional societies for hundreds of years. These patent abuses are particularly alarming in the areas of medicine and food, the things necessary to sustain life." -Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 by Gordon Anderson - March 29, 2011
  

Videos

• Dr. Huber Explains Science Behind New Organism and Threat from Monsanto's Roundup, GMOs to Disease and Infertility - April 2011
  

Websites

• Food Democracy Now! - "Food Democracy Now! is a grassroots community dedicated to building a sustainable food system that protects our natural environment, sustains farmers and nourishes families."
  

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