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    ‘Secret Docs’ Show Monsanto’s Attempt to Influence Writers, Bribe Scientists

    ‘Secret Docs’ Show Monsanto’s Attempt to Influence Writers, Bribe Scientists

    By Jessica Corbett A trove of Monsanto’s internal records released on Tuesday raises serious concerns about company efforts to influence media reports and scientific research related to risks posed by is popular weedkiller, Roundup. As the New York Times reported: Documents show that Henry I. Miller, an academic and a vocal proponent of genetically modified […]

    Just Released Docs Show Monsanto ‘Executives Colluding With Corrupted EPA Officials to Manipulate Scientific Data’

    Just Released Docs Show Monsanto ‘Executives Colluding With Corrupted EPA Officials to Manipulate Scientific Data’

    By Carey Gillam Four months after the publication of a batch of internal Monsanto Co. documents stirred international controversy, a new trove of company records was released early Tuesday, providing fresh fuel for a heated global debate over whether or not the agricultural chemical giant suppressed information about the potential dangers of its Roundup herbicide […]

    Are Corporate Ties Influencing Reuters Science Coverage?

    Are Corporate Ties Influencing Reuters Science Coverage?

    By Stacy Malkan Ever since they classified the world’s most widely used herbicide as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” a team of international scientists at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) cancer research group have been under withering attack by the agrichemical industry and its surrogates. In a front-page series, The Monsanto Papers, the French newspaper Le […]

    Why Consumers Need to Force Ben & Jerry’s to Go Organic

    Why Consumers Need to Force Ben & Jerry’s to Go Organic

    The most important thing we can do today as conscious consumers, farmers and food workers is to regenerate public health, the environment and climate stability. We can do this most readily by moving away from industrial, GMO and factory-farm food toward an organic, pasture-based, soil-regenerative, humane, carbon-sequestering and climate-friendly agriculture system. What’s standing in the […]

    Weed Resistance to Glyphosate on GMO Crops: EPA Needs to Do Better

    Weed Resistance to Glyphosate on GMO Crops: EPA Needs to Do Better

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not doing enough to prevent weed resistance to the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) says a new report from the EPA’s Inspector General’s Office, which draws in part on a report from the agbiotech company, Pioneer: Weed Management in the Era of Glyphosate Resistance. The EPA Inspector General’s Office report […]

    Remove My Clip From GMO Propaganda Film

    Remove My Clip From GMO Propaganda Film

    I have asked repeatedly to have my short interview clip removed from this film. The director refuses. He believes his film is fair and balanced. I do not. I am often interviewed (see media) and hardly ever quoted incorrectly or out of context. This film is one of those rare exceptions. In my 10-second clip, […]