With so many Monsanto alumni represented in the hallowed halls of the Beltway, I wouldn't be surprised if the mega-corporation is successful in applying enough pressure to the compliant minions in California to remove the cancer-causing label to glyphosate. Formal implementation of the TPP would certainly tip the scales in Monsanto's favor, as well.
Monsanto asks California to pull plan to list herbicide as cancer cause
By Carey Gillam
Reuters | Reposted on Yahoo! News
Oct 20, 2015
http://yhoo.it/1NUsypE
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Oct 20 (Reuters) - A plan by California environmental officials to list a commonly used herbicide as cancer-causing should be withdrawn, Monsanto Co told state regulators on Tuesday, saying California's actions could be considered illegal because they are not considering valid scientific evidence.
The formal comments were filed by Monsanto with the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), part of California's environmental regulatory office, on the final day the state accepted public comments about its intention to list glyphosate as a cause of cancer.
Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide as well as many other herbicides.
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I took these photographs at an exhibit on display at the Aug 2015 National Heirloom Expo held in Santa Rosa, California. While Monsanto is mustering its usual tactics to try to convince California's regulatory officials that there is no scientific proof that glyphosate use is cancer-causing, read the captions associated with these photographs and see if you draw the same conclusion.
Monsanto Investigation 010:
Poca River Basin, West Virginia 2012
Poca River basin is part of the area locally known as the "Chemical Valley". During its peak in the 1950s and early 1960s, the area was the leading chemical producer in the world. Monsanto's plant near the town of Nitro was the primary manufacturer of Agent Orange. The waste and residues from the plant were illegally dumped around the area. For years, the leaks from the dump sites have contaminated Poca River which joins Kanawha River, the largest inland waterway in West Virginia.
Monsanto Investigation 012:
Lee Roy Muck's photograph of his wife. At his home in the Poca Basin close to one of the Monsanto illegal dumps. Like an alarming number of residents in the area, his wife suffered a cancer related death.
Is Monsanto’s RoundUp (Glyphosate) the New Agent Orange?
by Christina Sarich | Natural Society
Nov 18, 2013
http://bit.ly/1QTWqQW
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Monsanto has been in the poison game for a long time. All the propaganda in the world can’t erase the fact that they first poisoned thousand of Vietnamese, Thai, and Koreans as well as countless American soldiers with Agent Orange, who only now receive compensation for the effects of Monsanto’s bio-warfare decades later. The proof is finally so pervasive that the company can no longer just sweep away evidence of their evil-doing.
While it was our own government who did the spraying, they colluded with Monsanto, one of the nine government contractors who made the toxic combination of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, which came to be called Agent Orange. Many people don’t know this, but after decades of research proving that Agent Orange is lethal and tens of millions of dollars paid to victims in settlements – it is still being used in many Asian countries.
The company has switched to using it’s best-selling herbicide RoundUp predominately now, yet another innocent product constructed of poisons even the most stalwart farmer would wince at should they really understand its fallout. RoundUp is made of glyphosate, the primary active ingredient and Agent Orange of our time. Even the RoundUp label warns not to get the stuff in your eyes or on your skin, and to wear gloves when handling it – so what makes it o.k. to eat?
From Agent Orange to Pesticides and Genetically Engineered Crops. Why Not to Trust Monsanto
By Josh Sager | Global Research
May 26, 2013
http://bit.ly/1PABWPv
Agent Orange
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange
