Let's take a look at the company's history and its current practices. Monsanto is a self-proclaimed leader in genetic engineering of food crops. That's not something to be proud of. John Francis Queeny founds Monsanto, giving the company his wife's maiden name. Queeny, a purchaser for a wholesale drug house, forms his St. Louis-based company in order to begin production of saccharin, an artificial sweetener developed in the latter part of the 19th century.
The company expands to industrial chemicals and drugs and introduces now-banned polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs. Monsanto creates its first hybrid seed corn and expands production of cleaners and synthetic rubbers and plastics. Navy tests determine that the hydraulic fluid the company is trying to sell to the military is associated with liver damage in humans.
Congress bans production of PCBs after they were found to cause cancer, including damage to the liver, immune system, reproductive system, skin, eyes and brain. The discussion is important, writes Johnson, but very abstract.
We need to have something concrete to attach it to, so we attach it to the debate about GMOs. And GMOs being abstract, still, we attach the debate to Monsanto. Zeynep Arsel , an associate professor of marketing at Concordia University in Montreal, draws parallels to consumer backlash against Starbucks in the early s.
Food companies are particularly vulnerable to public relations headaches. Historically, companies like Nestle, Coke, and McDonalds have been frequent targets of consumer protests, boycotts and media floggings. And as compared to, say, worrying about the health of the ocean when BP spills oil into it, people worry more about their own health and safety.
The idea that our food might be adulterated or cause harm is an easy thing to get worked up about. In a New York Times poll conducted last July, almost a quarter of respondents said that they believed that GMO foods were unsafe to eat or were toxic. And nearly 93 percent supported a GM labeling law. It has spent millions to defeat various state-level bills and ballot proposals. Monsanto has made many attempts, since the initial launch of its GM seeds, to paint itself in a better light through advertising.
None of these seem to have made any difference, however, at least in the popular debate. Eventually, probably, Monsanto will relinquish its villainous place in pop culture to another corporation. No one is lining up to live in the house Monsanto built. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. I have to say something. You seem to point that the only thing Monsanto lacks is spin control, and all their problems are only due to PR.
This is horribly false. The studies that showed sickness and tumor growth in rats was done with a full year to determine effects of normal doses. Even at the three month … Read more ». Glyphosate residues have been found in almost every commercial food, even milk, since cows are being fed GMO grains.
Glyphosate is NOT safe for human consumption, and that is my main concern. Monsanto has spent millions on lawyers defending against the lawsuits of those who have been harmed by glyphosate, and THAT is what brands them as an evil corporation. Bayer bought out evil Monsatan and the new company name is Bayer-Monsanto. Now they have a pill for every ill — after they poison you.
How dare they or anyone else gamble with the health and safety of innocent people. Rot in hell Monsanto! How do you explain this to your children and grandchildren Monsanto! How do you sleep at night? Most high-level FDA employees have a background in either medicine or law, but one of the largest private-sector sources is the Monsanto Company.
Over the past decades, at least seven high-ranking employees in the FDA have an employment history with the Monsanto Company. At the forefront of this controversy is Michael R.
Taylor, currently the deputy commissioner of the Office of Foods. However, between that position and his current FDA position, Mr. During his … Read more ». Because of the sympathy, in the article by Anderson, concerning Monsanto, I am no longer interested in, what should be called, Naive Modern Farmer. Too bad, for a while there I thought I found a gem of information! They poisoned our world, killed directly or indirectly millions of people and species of insects, fish, mammals.
Tried to limit our use of seeds. Got to be kidding about how they tried to save themselves They are still there and still killing millions. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Monsanto MON is a multinational company that provides seeds and agriculture products to farmers and other clients worldwide.
The company was founded in , and now employs over 20, people around the world. Its business is divided into two main divisions: seeds and genomics, and agricultural productivity. Since then, the well-known German pharmaceutical company, Bayer, acquired the company in The production and use of this controversial chemical combination has put Monsanto in the spotlight, making them subject to glaring documentaries, global protests, lawsuits, and unyielding criticism.
Until the early s, the company produced Agent Orange - a tactical herbicide, Aspartame sweetener, and other chemicals and plastics. Few companies in history have ever elicited stronger opinions than Monsanto has.
The company, its owners, and its supporters all claim that it is a sustainable agriculture company with good intentions for the future, its customers, and the world. On the other side of the spectrum, many people believe that the chemicals and genetically modified seeds that they produce have the ability to cause cancers, birth defects, and other health issues.
One way to avoid the potential risk is to choose organic foods, which are produced in a different manner. Despite the arguments on each side, Monsanto is not the only company producing these types of products. Countless other companies, many of which are listed in the section below, produce similar seeds, crops, chemicals, and other products.
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