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Monsanto Company () is a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed as its flagship product, Roundup. Monsanto is also by far the leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed, holding 70%–100% market share for various crops. Agracetus, owned by Monsanto, exclusively produces Roundup Ready soybean seed for the commercial market. In March 2005, it finalized the purchase of Seminis Inc, making it also the largest conventional seed company in the world. It has over 15,000 employees worldwide, and an annual revenue of US$5.4 billion reported for August 2004.

Monsanto's development and marketing of genetically engineered seed and bovine growth hormone, as well as its aggressive legal and lobby practices have made the company a primary target of the anti-globalization movement and environmental activists. While other chemical and biotech multinationals face similar criticisms, Monsanto is easily the most reviled. Some activists have referred to Monsanto's products as frankenfoods, and its most vehement opponents refer to Monsanto as "Monsatan". It is often referred to while mentioning Corporate terrorism. This designation has been both criticized and promoted by some in the scientific community.

History


Monsanto was founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1901, by John Francis Queeny, a 30-year veteran of the pharmaceutical industry. He funded the start-up with his own money and capital from a soft drink distributor, and gave the company his wife's maiden name.

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The Dept. of Justice is on a fact-finding mission 2 find out how big biz (Monsanto) controls food & farming. Send a note: http://ow.ly/NwF3
foodwoolf (Food Woolf) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:31:54 -0000
The Dept. of Justice is on a fact-finding mission 2 find out how big biz (Monsanto) controls food & farming. Send a note: http://ow.ly/NwF3
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@booksNyarn totally. and then you can watch this movie and learn all about the third horseman. I mean, uh, Monsanto & the US Patent office.
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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.

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

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