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Alaska Gov. Palin To Resign
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:44:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign, says she will resign from office July 26.
Gov. Ted Strickland On Ohio's Budget Impasse
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:00 -0400
Ohio is facing a $3.2 billion shortfall in its finances. Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed slots at racetracks and spending cuts, but has not been able to reach a deal with the Legislature. The state is operating on a temporary budget for the next few days.
Rare Copy Of Declaration Found In England
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:00 -0400
An original copy of the Declaration of Independence was recently discovered in the British National Archives. Edward Hampshire, the diplomatic and colonial specialist at the archives, talks with Melissa Block about the discovery of the 26th copy of the document.

The Talk of the Town

Lauren Collins: Track School
Lauren Collins Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
June marks the onset of what one Village resident refers to as “devil-baby season”--the time of the year when the temperature climbs and New Yorkers start doing crazy stuff. This year, the weather stayed cold, and damp. Things still got weird. On Long Island, a newborn was found . . .
James Surowiecki: Caveat Mortgagor
James Surowiecki Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
In 1937, the Massengill Company began selling a health product called Elixir Sulfanilamide, which contained one of the antibiotic sulfa drugs. Unfortunately, it also contained diethylene glycol, a solvent that happens to be deadly to humans. In a matter of months, the elixir killed more than a hundred consumers. The . . .
Hendrik Hertzberg: Stonewall Plus Forty
Hendrik Hertzberg Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
The most improbable of America’s mass movements for civil rights--improbable at the time, inevitable in retrospect--got its start at a most improbable hour in a most improbable place. The hour: two in the morning, forty years ago. The place: the sidewalk in front of the Stonewall Inn, a . . .

 

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Community Against Pollution - Supports clean up of PCBs and other toxins dumped by the former Monsanto, acquired by Pfizer in Anniston Alabama.

Corporate Screw Job: Monsanto vs. Percy Schmeiser - Summary of The Terminator controversy and Monsanto's lawsuit against Percy Schmeiser, a farmer whose fields were contaminated with Round-Up Ready Canola.

Criminal Investigation of Monsanto Corporation - Purefood.org discusses Cover-up of Dioxin Contamination in Products - Falsification of Dioxin Health Studies.

Ethical Investing: Review of Monsanto (Pharmacia) - Detailed information about Monsanto (Pharmacia) products. New releases. Resources for alternate products. Investing and mutual fund information.

Fox TV Fires Its Reporters - Monsanto allegedly intimidated television producers whose investigative journalists had uncovered problems that would have embarrassed this giant Agri-chemical firm.
Meta Description: [ Monsanto and Fox TV Unite to Suppress Journalists' Free Speech by Ronnie Cummins / Rural America / In Motion Magazine ]

GM Spin Doctor, Heal Thyself - How the genetic modifications debate in the UK has been manipulated by lobbyists, public relations and advertising. Reports that the chair of the Commons Agriculture Select Committee is on the payroll of a Monsanto lobbyist. [FlyingFish]
Meta Description: [ How the GM debate has been manipulated by lobbyists, public relations & advertising ]

Italian Police Raid Monsanto GM Stockpile - Italy's health authorities suspect Monsanto is illegally distributing genetically modified seed for growing crops. [BBC News]
Meta Description: [ Italy's health authorities suspect Monsanto is illegally distributing genetically modified seed for growing crops. ]

MM: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994 - Monsanto is ranked #5 for introducing rBGH. Monsanto, the company that brought you Agent Orange, has invested over $500 million in rBGH, and it made sure earlier this year that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it over forceful objections from the scientific community.

Monsanto Abandons Worldwide GM Wheat Project - In a statement Monsanto acknowledged that there was not a sufficient market to make the introduction of its GM wheat worthwhile. [Guardian]
Meta Description: [ Monsanto has abandoned plans to introduce GM wheat on to the world market despite spending seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars developing the crop. ]

Monsanto and PCBs - The Washington Post has acquired documents showing how aMonsanto Corp. PCB plant polluted a small town in Alabama with full knowledge of what it was doing. News and reader comments. [Slashdot]
Meta Description: [ Monsanto and PCBs -- article related to Science. ]

Monsanto Hid Decades of Pollution - For nearly 40 years, Monsanto dumped PCBs into a small Alabama city's stream and open-pit landfills. The company concealed its knowledge of the toxic effects. [Washington Post]

404 Monsanto Hit Big For PCB Liability - Report of $9.7 million judgement against Monsanto in Transwestern Pipeline Co. v. Monsanto Co. [National Law Journal]

Monsanto in the McSpotlight - Activist group building a case about agriculture practices of this firm. Includes a succinct summary of Monsanto's unethical activities.

Monsanto Kills Monarchs - Nearly half (44 percent) of monarch caterpillars that fed on pollen from Monsanto's engineered corn plants died, versus none of the caterpillars that didn't eat pollen. [Mother Jones] [Need to scroll down the page to find this story.]

Monsanto vs Schmeiser - Profile of the litigation between Percy Schmeiser and Monsanto with regard to Roundup-ready canola. News releases of this an similar cases in Federal Court of Canada.

Monsanto's altered sugar beet is not sweet to Irish - Speak 'truth' to 'power,' as the old saying goes. Ordinary folks in Ireland spoke up against the powerful multinational firm that profits by controlling farmers.

Monsanto's Crimes - Opposes the 'Monsanto Company', describing reasons to act against this manufacturer of agricultural poisons.

Monsanto's Greatest Hits - A chronology of company pursuits over the past 100 years, from Saccharin to Terminator seeds. [Metroactive]

404 Sask. farmer loses to biotech company - Monsanto successfully sued a Saskatchewan farmer for growing their patented canola without a license, from seeds that blew onto his land from a neighboring farm or from passing seed trucks. [CBC]

Scientific Abuse and Possible Scientific Fraud in Monsanto Research - Details of abuse in Monsanto's methanol and formladehyde research related to aspartame (NutraSweet).
Meta Description: [ Aspartame and Nutrasweet research abuse from Monsanto. This page is specific to the abuse of the methanol and formladehyde research. ]

404 Seize the Day: Monsanto - Satirical song Food 'n' Health 'n' Hope about Monsanto, and fact file.

Stop Monsanto Now - Volunteer effort on Yahoo Club site by people concerned about the new Monsanto's power and motives.
Meta Description: [ stopmonsantonow: Stop Monsanto Now - Help slow a powerful, currupt & evil firm. ]

The Fake Persuaders - Article about Monsanto campaign to create fake people to post on Web sites to discredit scientific findings that may be bad for its image. [Guardian]

US Court Challenge to Monsanto - Monsanto and several other biotechnology companies are accused of legal wrongdoing in a US court. [BBC News]
Meta Description: [ Monsanto and several other biotechnology companies are accused of legal wrongdoing in a US court. ]