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Biotech Agriculture Failed to Increase Crop Yields, but Increased Use of Herbicide
October 30, 2016August 12, 2021

Monsanto has earned a reputation as “the most evil company in the world.” It earned its bad reputation as a result of the company’s uninterrupted history of using massive amounts of toxic poisons that pollute the earth, the rivers and the environment; and it earned its reputation with its ruthless…

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Current Controversies | GMO Food

The merger of two mega corporate rogues: Bayer & Monsanto
October 14, 2016October 24, 2016

Fifty-four years after the publication of Rachel Carson’s clarion call, against a Silent Spring, the pesticide sector of the agricultural industry is vastly energized by genetically engineered (GE) food crops. Behemoth monopolies are being forged by biotech corporate rogues who have deluged the farming industry; eradicating crop diversity with genetically engineered mono…

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