Tag: Monsanto’s Roundup
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Un-Earthed: Is Monsanto’s Glyphosate Destroying The Soil?
By Sayer Ji • Originally posted on GreenMedInfo.com “The nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt “If we have declared a war against the soil itself, then we are literally committing a species level suicide.” — Dr. Vandana Shiva In light of this quote, had Monsanto been around during Roosevelt’s time,…
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Monsanto’s Roundup. Enough to Make You Sick.
By Alexis Baden-Mayer • Originally posted on Organic Consumers Association Monsanto invented the herbicide glyphosate and brought it to market under the trade name Roundup in 1974, after DDT was banned. But it wasn’t until the late 1990s that the use of Roundup surged, thanks to Monsanto’s ingenious marketing strategy. The strategy? Genetically engineer seeds to grow…
