Monsanto Monsanto HistoryHistory

•     Monsanto is an Monsanto is an agricultural companyagricultural company

•Monsanto creates new Monsanto creates new technology to help technology to help

farmers around the worldfarmers around the world

•Monsanto company Monsanto company started in 1901 in started in 1901 in Missouri St.louisMissouri St.louis

•Monsanto was started by Monsanto was started by a man name John F a man name John F

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•Later the company was Later the company was named after his wife Olga named after his wife Olga

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Monsanto Monsanto ProducesProduces

Monsanto company first started Monsanto company first started producing saccharin they were producing saccharin they were

proving to the coca-cola proving to the coca-cola companycompany

Produces seeds and traitsProduces seeds and traits•CornCorn

•OilseedsOilseeds•CottonCotton•WheatWheat

All so they make chemicals that All so they make chemicals that protect against bugs and weedsprotect against bugs and weeds

•RoundupRoundup•Orange AgentOrange Agent

Against MonsantoAgainst Monsanto

Monsanto is suing small farmers because there Canola fields were contaminated with Monsanto's genetically engineered Round-Up Ready Canola by pollen from a nearby farm.

Therefore Monsanto is demanding Schmeiser pay their Technology Fee (the fee farmers must pay to grow Monsanto's genetically engineered products).

Monsanto is being unfair to the small farmers and they are trying to take them out of business

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Monsanto trys to take out a small dairy family farm out of Monsanto trys to take out a small dairy family farm out of business.business.

Monsanto sued the dairy farm because they should not Monsanto sued the dairy farm because they should not have told the consumers that they don’t use rBGH in have told the consumers that they don’t use rBGH in their milk products.their milk products.

rBGH is a synthetic hormone banned banned (for health rBGH is a synthetic hormone banned banned (for health reasons) in every industrialized country other than the reasons) in every industrialized country other than the U.S.U.S.

On west side of anniston where people are poor they ground fruits in the gardens and their kids playing in their back yard

They didn't know their dirt and yards and bass and kids along with the acrid air they breathed were all contaminated with toxic chemicals

Monsanto was discharging toxic waste into a west Anniston creek and dumped millions of pounds of PCBs into oozing open-pit landfills

It was discovered that fish put in the creek you would see them belly turned up in 10 seconds

Orange AgentOrange Agent

The dioxin in Agent Orange has been accepted The dioxin in Agent Orange has been accepted internationally as one of the most toxic chemicals on the internationally as one of the most toxic chemicals on the planet, causing everything from severe birth defects, to planet, causing everything from severe birth defects, to cancer, to neurological disorders, to death. cancer, to neurological disorders, to death.

Long before Agent Orange was used as a herbicide in the Long before Agent Orange was used as a herbicide in the Vietnam war, Monsanto knew of its negative health Vietnam war, Monsanto knew of its negative health impacts on humansimpacts on humans

from 1962 to 1970, the US military sprayed 72 million from 1962 to 1970, the US military sprayed 72 million liters of herbicides, mostly Agent Orange, on over one liters of herbicides, mostly Agent Orange, on over one million Vietnamese civilians and over 100,000 U.S. million Vietnamese civilians and over 100,000 U.S. troops.troops.

In order to avoid medical compensation expenses, In order to avoid medical compensation expenses, Monsanto continues to claim this now banned chemical is Monsanto continues to claim this now banned chemical is not toxic. not toxic.

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