[BITList] Monsanto

[John Feltham]

Monsanto is one of the biggest, most powerful -- and worst -- corporations in the world. 

Monsanto's army of lobbyists has been trying to get the European Union to reapprove the use of the herbicide Roundup -- a probable human carcinogen -- for another nine years.

But with the combined effort of environmental groups, scientists and consumer watchdogs pressuring authorities for a ban, we got a majority of European governments to abstain or oppose the extension, and the vote was cancelled -- twice!

Roundup is now scheduled to be taken off the market by the end of this year -- but Monsanto’s lobbyists have launched a last-ditch push for a so-called "technical exemption" for two more years, a delay that serves no purpose but to keep spending millions on their lobbying campaign.



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