EU on brink of historic decision on pervasive glyphosate weedkiller (Monsanto, roundup), The Guardian. Oct 24, very good article. Update, Oct 25, the EU temporarily dodged the bullet (again). AVAAZ and other organizations have successfully campaigned, mobilizing millions of people to stop the poisoning. We have been active on this file through the years. There […]
Oct 24, good article below: EU is on the brink of historic decision . . Oct 25, BRUSSELS (Reuters): EU delays decision on herbicide glyphosate …– EU countries failed on Wednesday to vote on a license extension for weedkiller glyphosate, delaying again a decision on the widely used herbicide that critics say could cause cancer. […]
By DANNY HAKIM The reputation of Roundup, whose active ingredient is the world’s most widely used weed killer, took a hit on Tuesday when a federal court unsealed documents raising questions about its safety and the research practices of its manufacturer, the chemical giant Monsanto. Roundup and similar products are used around the world […]
Hart writes: Glyphosate is not necessarily the subject of a new crusade for me. But I do believe that family and friends should know about it. For their own and the health of their families. There are ways to reduce the risks. The info about the chemical is particularly important in the EU right now. […]
RELATED: 2017-06-28 Breaking News: World’s first GM fish factory approved in PEI With many thanks to CBAN. (CBAN does impeccable work. I highly recommend them.) GM Salmon Hits Obstacle GM salmon are not yet approved for growing at Rollo Bay PEI. Take action to ensure a full environmental assessment today! The company AquaBounty has […]
This is the CBAN email, with links. Their URL for the action item is https://cban.ca/take-action/ge-fish/ PEI approves world’s first GM fish factory (PEI is Prince Edward Island, a small Maritime province in Canada.) The government of PEI has given the company Aquabounty permission to build the world’s first factory to grow genetically modified (GM, also […]
Two very good videos in this coverage. https://trofire.com/2017/05/16/roundup-not-first-monsantos-legal-troubles/ By Josh Gay You have probably seen that The Ring of Fire and Mike Papantonio of America’s Lawyer have covered Monsanto extensively lately for newly exposed court documents detailing the chemical giant’s dastardly efforts to deceive the public about their deadly products, especially Roundup, the best-selling weed-killer […]
I did a google search on “Monsanto Papers”. I have never seen so many articles come up that are in French. Comparatively few in English. Nothing from Canadian English sources, at least not in the first few pages of search results. NY Times article (U.S.), March 14th comes up on page 1 of listings. Very […]
‘We encourage our faculty to translate their knowledge,’ says public policy school director Jeremy Rayner Jason Warick · CBC News · Jeremy Rayner, director of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the U of S, defended the work of Prof. Peter Phillips and his ties to Monsanto, saying such ties are ‘inevitable’ […]
Banksters: Index See also, excerpts from Chapters 34 and 38: Ch. 34, New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins, 2016. Ch. 38, Your Friendly Banker as EHM. The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (EHM), John Perkins, 2016. Click on the small grey text at the top of this posting, John Perkins […]