{"id":29512,"date":"2012-04-11T07:26:29","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T11:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=29512"},"modified":"2012-04-11T07:26:29","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T11:26:29","slug":"monsanto-saves-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/monsanto-saves-world\/","title":{"rendered":"April 11, 2022 — Monsanto Saves the World!"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
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Above: A Humorous Look at Monsanto’s Future.
\nBelow: A Scary Look at Monsanto’s Past.<\/h3>\n

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\n(Sources and much more info linked below this text)<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s apparent that all of the Monsanto endeavors I chose to highlight here rode the same wave of public opinion. In regards to nuclear weapons, DDT, PCBs, Agent Orange, and aspartame, the talking point was that each was beneficial in some way to America\/Americans. Time (life\u2019s best teacher) was required to teach us that these were all highly toxic and deadly endeavors with the same two outcomes —\u00a0people got sick\/died and Monsanto got rich.\u00a0<\/strong>I am confident that GMOs will (eventually) follow suit.<\/p>\n

Regarding why Monsanto would falsify cancer research which delayed the ban of PCB’s for years — Monsanto’s PCB monopoly had been netting them $22 million dollars a year. This is a chemical company making decisions to increase profit, not “help the world” or “feed the world” or “help farmers” or “help communities” or “be sustainable” or…<\/p>\n

More info on Monsanto’s past, present, and future (sources for the infographic)<\/h3>\n

From Sourcewatch (and ALEC Exposed):<\/strong>
\nMonsanto company profile<\/a>
\nMonsanto’s Global Pollution Legacy<\/a>
\nMonsanto and the Campaign to Undermine Organics
\n<\/a>From the Organic Consumer Association: <\/strong>
\nAgribusiness, Biotechnology and War<\/a>
\nSOS Campaign (Safeguard Organic Standards)
\n<\/a>From Sierra Club:<\/strong> CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE (Monsanto’s PCB cover up)
\n<\/a>From PublicIntegrity.org:<\/strong> The Superfund document (pdf) sited in the infographic<\/a>
\nFrom Cornucopia Institute:<\/strong> Take action to safeguard organic standards<\/a>
\n…Oh, I almost forgot this from Grist:<\/strong> (Monsanto’s) Roundup weed killer is showing up in air and water<\/a>
\nAwesome! No weeds in my lungs, EVER!<\/p>\n

Take Action<\/h3>\n

Support LabelGMO’s campaign<\/a> to label GMOs in our food.
\nShow your disdain for Monsanto and GMO’s with one of my anti-Monsanto t-shirts<\/a> (from Zazzle)<\/p>\n

Joe’s cartoon archive<\/a>, twitter ramblings<\/a> and StumbleUpon page<\/a>…<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Above: A Humorous Look at Monsanto’s Future. Below: A Scary Look at Monsanto’s Past. (Sources and much more info linked below this text) It’s apparent that all of the Monsanto endeavors I chose to highlight here rode the same wave of public opinion. In regards to nuclear weapons, DDT, PCBs, Agent Orange, and aspartame, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":29513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20,23,24,35],"tags":[40958,15554,22186,23174,23207],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["29513","29513"],"_rpuplugin_enabled":["yes"],"_aioseop_description":["April 11, 2022--Monsanto Saves the World!"],"_aioseop_title":["April 11, 2022--Monsanto Saves the World!"],"_oembed_bd21e5a2c78cb7b587184e3db006832a":["