Monsanto
 Monsanto     | |
|---|---|
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| Formation | 1901 |
| Founder |  John Francis Queeny |
| Parent organization | Bayer AG |
| Headquarters | Creve Coeur, Missouri, U.S. |
| Type | commercial |
| Interest of | Richard Doll, William Engdahl, Vandana Shiva |
| Subpage | •Monsanto/Board |
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Misleading Advertising
In 2014, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa ordered Monsanto to immediately withdraw a radio advert which made unsubstantiated claims about GMO products, i.e. that GMOs enabled "Monsanto "to produce more food sustainably whilst using fewer resources; provide a healthier environment by saving on pesticides; decrease greenhouse gas emissions and increase crop yields substantially.” [1]
Aquisition by Bayer
The aquisition of Monsanto by Bayer was successfully completed in June 2018. [2]
An event carried out
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Operation Ranch Hand | U.S. military herbicidal/chemical warfare operation during the Vietnam War |
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Orange | “For really almost 40 years, there has been a studious, concerted, planned effort to keep any study from being done and to discredit any study that has been done.” | Jeanne M. Stellman | 2016 |
| Big chemical | “It's the pesticide merchants and GMO companies....they are the real decision makers. They use lobbyist to shape national policy by almost buying politicians. It's this corruption that subverts the EPA. I am not a prophet, but I can see a very dark future if we fail to ban glyphosate and all other neurotoxins and carcinogens in or food and natural world.” | Evaggelos Vallinatos long time EPA scientist | 2017 |
| Big chemical | “We are convinced there are more than ample science to raise serious concerns over rising herbicide use and exposure, yet not nearly enough is being done to either dismiss such concerns or study them in a meaningful way. People think global warming is the biggest threat, but it's not. This is.” | Paul Winchester - medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit at Franciscan St. Francis Health Care in Indianapolis | 2017 |
| Mae-Wan Ho | “What makes genetic engineering biotechnology dangerous, in the first instance, is that it is an unprecedented, close alliance between two great powers that can make or break the world: science and commerce. Practically all established molecular geneticists have some direct or indirect connection with industry, which will set limits on what the scientists can and will do research on, not to mention the possibility of compromising their integrity as independent scientists.
. The worst aspect of the alliance is that it is between the most reductionist science and multinational monopolistic industry at its most aggressive and exploitative. If the truth be told, it is bad science working together with big business for quick profit, aided and abetted by our governments for the banal reason that governments wish to be re-elected to remain in ‘power.’” | Mae-Wan Ho | 1997 |
| Vandana Shiva | “When Bill Gates pours money into Africa for feeding the poor in Africa and preventing famine, he’s pushing the failed Green Revolution, he’s pushing chemicals, pushing GMOs, pushing patterns.” | Vandana Shiva | |
| Vandana Shiva | “The gradual spread of sterility in seeding plants would result in a global catastrophe that could eventually wipe out higher life forms, including humans, from the planet.” | Vandana Shiva | |
| Vandana Shiva | “If you look at the graph of the growth of G.M.O.s, the growth of application of glyphosate and autism, it’s literally a one-to-one correspondence. And you could make that graph for kidney failure, you could make that graph for diabetes, you could make that graph even for Alzheimer’s.” | Vandana Shiva |
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence de Neufville | Overseas marketing manager of Chemstrand division | 1963 | 1967 |
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