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Monsanto, a half-century of health scandals

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64376.shtml

By Soren Seelow. Le Monde.

Translated for Axis of Logic by Siv O'Neall
Le Monde (French). Axis of Logic (English Translation)

Thursday, Mar 22, 2012

This translation of 'Monsanto, un demi-siècle de scandales sanitaires' has received the full authorization to be published on anglophone sites by Le Monde and the author, Soren Seelow.

The giant U.S. agribusiness Monsanto was found guilty on Monday Feb. 13, after being sued by a small farmer from Charente who had been poisoned by a herbicide. This event is a first in France. On the scale of the history of the one-hundred-year-old multinational, this sentence constitutes just one more episode in an already long record of court procedures.

PCBs, Agent Orange, dioxin, GMO, Aspartame, growth hormones, herbicides (Lasso and Roundup) ... a number of products that have made ​​the fortune of Monsanto, have been marred by health scandals and trials sometimes leading to their prohibition. But nothing has so far hindered the irresistible rise of this former chemical giant who converted back to biogenetics and has mastered the art of lobbying. Portrait of a multinational multi-recidivist. ........