Genetically Modified Organisms ( Gmos )

Mosanto was condemend to the removal of entries judged false on all containers of this herbicide. Another creation by this company is aspartame. Aspartame is an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener used as a sugar substitute in some foods and beverage. Although its name sounds tame, this deadly neurotoxin is anything but. This product is toxic and dangerous for humans. Aspartame is manufactured by Monsanto using genetically modified bacteria. The company comercialized the product saying it is completely safe. It is wrong. Aspartame is actually poison and many organisation are trying to make this product forbiden. It is not easy because of the financial importance of it. Again, Monsanto just thought about profit and don't care about the effect of this product. Moreover, why cattle growth hormone develloped by the company are forbiden in Canada and in Europe because it is considered as dangerous and unhealthy and very develloped in the United States? There is a lot of things wrong or doubtful around the Monsanto

Monsanto produces a good that isn’t exactly the best for the environment. Genetically Modified Organisms, more commonly known as GMO’s, are the latest scientific breakthrough. Many studies have shown how GMO’s are bad for genetic diversity and even worse for the health of those that consume them. So why do we buy GMO’s? One reason is that GMO’s allow farmers to grow more crops at a faster rate with greater

The main ingredient used in Monsanto produce is glyphosate. Companies are injecting the plants’ seeds with glyphosate, which alters the plants’ DNA. Glyphosate is an herbicide, the same chemical used in Roundup. It is toxic to plants. Glyphosates’ purpose is to kill off unwanted weeds. Companies are injecting chemicals, whose main purpose is to kill plants, into the DNA of our foods (Hamblin). The World Health Organization (WHO) cancer agency has declared that glyphosate is a “probable human carcinogen” (Hamblin). Research conducted by WHO shows that glyphosate increases breast cancer cell growth. Researchers determined that Monsanto’s Roundup is an “exnoestrogen,” which is an unknown estrogen that imitates real estrogen in our bodies. This manipulation of estrogen can cause several problems within our bodies, such as “increased risk of various cancers, premature puberty, thyroid issues, infertility, and more”

You may not have heard about Monsanto but you’ve probably eaten genetically modified foods. What do the two have in common and how are they killing us? Here are some hard facts. Monsanto is an international agriculture company whose history dates back to the early 20th century. They began by creating the artificial sweetener saccharin. Later they moved on to carcinogenic chemicals like Agent Orange, used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. After receiving numerous environmental violations and lawsuits, today Monsanto is involved in biotechnology and the agriculture business. Monsanto suggests that they help farmers grow bigger crops, faster, while using fewer resources. But what they leave out is how they

Monsanto is an American agrochemical corporation which manufactures pesticides and GMO crops. One of the most well recognized herbicides is Monsanto’s Roundup, which contains the carcinogen glyphosate. To prevent from killing the crops when farmers apply Roundup to their fields, Monsanto invented GMO versions of many staple crops such as corn, soybeans, and cotton which resist Roundup. Like the weeds, these GMO crops still absorb glyphosate, however the crops are able to stay alive through changes in their genetic makeup which make them herbicide resistant. The herbicide tolerance of certain crops has been adopted because it, “simplifies weed control to the use of a single herbicide and a flexible and easy management strategy” (Labrada, 2003), as well as decreasing the cost of weed control programs. As a result, Monsanto bought out most small farms and now owns 80% of the U.S. market share of corn and 93% of the U.S. market share of soy, which are then sold to modern food processing. Upwards of 75% of the processed food on American supermarket shelves contain genetically engineered ingredients. Not only are Americans consuming massive amounts of GMOs, which pose a huge health risk themselves, they are also consuming massive amounts of glyphosate, a chemical known to cause cancer and birth defects (Kruger, 2014). If society stopped consuming carcinogens, the cancer epidemic will be

A Monsanto plant was sued in 2009 by residents of the town Sauget, Illinois. The residents claim that the factories have released PCB, a synthetic, organic chlorine compound derived from biphenyl, and other toxic chemicals into the town’s environment for over 70 years. Monsanto produces rBGH, which is the hormone that farmers inject into cows to help them produce more milk. This may seem like a good thing, as it produces more milk, a needed source of calcium, and many other vitamins, for most people. However, rBGH is a big problem for cows, humans and the environment.

In a poll in 2014 measuring the reputation quotient of major companies, Monsanto ranked the third-lowest, above companies like BP, Bank of American and fell just behind Halliburton. For the better part of Monsanto's history, it has been a chemical company which produced compounds used in electrical equipment, adhesives, plastics, and paint. They also produced chemicals like DDT, Agent Orange, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Monsanto is best known for genetically modified organisms, or GMOs (Bennett, 2014).

Then there is Monsanto, a corporation that I have written about extensively because they are simply evil. After a minute or two of researching this corporations history you they can't possibly be trusted. Literally everything they have created throughout their long history is extremely deadly. Making matter worse, they knew it was deadly but conducted studies in a way to make it seem they were

Colin Campbell, PhD, has found that generally Monsanto and other large companies are not making enhanced products to help the public but in order to make a profit. This can result in health consequences being overlooked (qtd. In Seeds of Death: Unveiling the Ties of GMOs). Even though Campbell is highly educated, he does not work for Monsanto and can thus not for certain say the companies’ motives. Another PhD holder, Joel Bakan reiterated what Campbell said. Bakan claims that companies may go as far as trying to suppress government regulation to maintain profits (qtd. In Seeds of Death: Unveiling the Ties of GMOs). Again while this may true there is no certainty as these corporations are generally very secretive. As well as questioning the companies’ motives, there is also a lot of controversy about the studies that GMOs undergo. On one hand, Betty Piette claims that there are not independent studies on how GMOs effect the human body. Piette also believes that most GMOs are "fast tracked" through the FDA process (Piette 97). On the other hand, Resnik says that prior to being introduced to the public, GMOs are put through lots of testing to see if they are safe to consume (114). These contradicting opinions result in confusion when deciding the safety of GMOs. Currently, there are not many studies on the long term impacts of GMOs which therefore makes

The FDA has declared biotech crops safe, even though, stakeholders’ are concern with the toxicity of Monsanto’s genetically modified plants that have the ability of producing its own is Roundup Ready herbicide gene (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2015). According to Ferrell, Fraedrich, and Ferrell, 2015, the stakeholders have major concerns with these issues since there is not any real proof that the gene doesn’t have a major effect upon its consumer once ingested (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2015). Furthermore, the FDA’s statement that genetically modified foods are healthy for the consumer is not enough to convince the stakeholders when the science of Monsanto process and technology is all so new and young. Thus, the FDA does not

In 1970’s, Monsanto had produced a chemical known as Agent Orange. Agent Orange contained dioxin; a chemical that caused a legal nightmare for Monsanto, a lawsuit was filed against Monsanto on behalf of hundreds of veterans. The repercussions of dioxin would plague the company for years.

The article Top 5 Companies with the Worst Environmental Impact by J. Anderson mentions the following five companies in descending order: Monsanto (MON), Archer-Daniels Midland (ADM), Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU), Ameren (AEE), and T. Rowe Price (TROW). It’s ironic that Monsanto is on this list of companies since Monsanto is designed to help people grow plants. Monsanto is listed since they grow genetically modified crops, which is considered a controversial practice. The genetically modified crops they grow are called Glyphosates, which have been previously connected to cancer and birth defects. Most importantly, as of 2001 Monsanto was listed by the EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) for being “potentially responsible” for

Like many other companies that manufacture chemicals, Monsanto has been under strict public scrutiny on its effect on the environment. The processes involved in the manufacture of some of its products pose potential harm to the world’s natural resources (Hocking, 2016). This has triggered demonstrations by environmental activists in various locations that Monsanto operates in. Such controversy is not favorable for the company’s public image. Since the manufacturer concentrates on agricultural products that directly affect human life, the company faces various moral challenges on the effects of its products on the society. There have been incidents in the past whereby toxic chemical traces have been found in genetically modified food that was

Monsanto is a Saint Louis Chemical manufacturer that is a major player in the weed killing business. Monsanto has quite a portentous past. They developed and produced the notorious defoliant "Agent Orange" used in the Vietnam War, they invented the controversial recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH), and they were the inventors and world’s main producer of

John F. Queeny founded Monsanto in 1901 in St. Louis Missouri. The company’s first product produced was the artificial sweetener saccharine. Monsanto later realized the growth opportunities and changed to the industrial chemicals industry. During the 1970s they encountered legal troubles due to the development of the chemical Agent Orange. Agent Orange contained dioxin. Dioxin was found to be extremely carcinogenic. Agent Orange was used during the Vietnam War to quickly deforest the Vietnams jungles. The United States military sprayed the herbicide Agent Orange over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, destroy crops that those forces might depend on, and to clear tall grasses and bushes from the perimeters of the United States base camps and outlying fire support bases. (Veterans and Agent Orange, 1994, p.106) No one knew the impact the chemical Agent Orange would have. During the end of the herbicide program in 1971, President Nixon’s administration was forced to disclose information about government sponsored research data about Agent Orange. From the research they found out that in lab animals Agent Orange cause birth deformities, other negative reproductive impacts and other health complications (Haynes, 2016).