0000010993 00000 n It is used to control the growth of broad-leafed weeds and grasses in corn, soybean, cotton and many other crops. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Vintage Farm Related LASSO HERBICIDE BY MONSANTO Red Jacket XL 1980s Great Lakes. As a result, Monsanto is now the world's largest seed company, accounting for almost a quarter of the global proprietary seed market. The herbicide is used to treat Monsanto's new strand of soy. PCBs were considered an industrial wonder chemical an oil that would not burn, was impervious to degradation and had almost limitless applications. 0000004287 00000 n 9,973 people follow this. 0000007341 00000 n It is an odorless, white solid. It has purchased, for example, Holden's Foundations Seeds, Seminis the largest seed company not producing corn or soybeans in the world, the Dutch seed company De Ruiter Seeds, and the bigcotton seedfirm Delta and Pine. The average price for soybean seed, the largest GM crop in the US, has risen by more than 50% in just two years from 2006 to 2008 from $32.30 to $49.23 per planted acre. xref Mononuclear cells from human peripheral blood were exposed to analytical alachlor, alachlor conjugated to human serum albumin or Lasso formulation over a concentration range from. Monsanto makes an herbicide, which like Roundup, is damaging to human health. Herbicides account for about one-third of the global pesticide market. Disclaimer, National Library of Medicine $8.49,Item ID: DW1175This listing is for a vintage paper advertisement. ; Moderate irritation with co rneal effects in all animals. Oscar put the sign up last fall after sustaining what he estimates to be an $18,000 crop loss that occured, he claims, due to "total failure of Lasso herbicide by Monsanto". But by the time that the Anniston pollution case came to court, Monsanto had already managed to hive off the old core of its business into a new company called Solutia. They lied about it. It was one of the companies named in 1987 in an $180 million settlement for Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange. How one of the top 10 US chemical companies used the world's biggest selling pesticide to turn itself into a GM giant in order to try and escape its past. This lead to Monsanto selling off its plastics business to Bayer in 1996, and its phenylalanine facilities to Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (GLC) in 1999. What did Monsanto do to the seeds? Retail prices for Roundup have increased from just $32 per gallon in December 2006 to $45 per gallon a year later, to $75 per gallon by June 2008 a 134% price hike in less than two years. Monsantos lawyer said the U.S. biotech company would now take the case to Frances highest appeal court. The LASSO trademark is filed in the Pharmaceutical Products category with the following description: HERBICIDE <]/Prev 65763/XRefStm 976>> Evaluation of immune parameters in propanil-exposed farm families. Comparative study of the effects of betamethasone butyrate propionate, vitamin D3 derivatives, and cyclosporine on human lymphocyte-proliferation stimulated with a hemolytic streptococci-derived superantigen. Pesticides :: Herbicide :: grass, weed control/corn Monsanto Lasso Herbicide (agricultural) Products in this Consumer Product Information Database (CPID) are classified based on their composition: Substances: single chemicals Preparations: products which contain chemicals that can be easily separated during normal use . 2001 Jul;41(1):104-11. doi: 10.1007/s002440010226. The site is secure. How can we let companies get away with this? What holds good for maize, also holds good for other GM crops. In 1991 Monsanto was fined $1.2 million for trying to conceal the discharge of contaminated waste water. trailer Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. That same year Monsanto was ranked fifth among U.S. corporations in EPAs Toxic Release Inventory, having discharged 37 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, land, water and underground. Plaintiffs argued that Paul Francois suffered neurological problems after he inhaled the chemical weed killer, according to Reuters. ae/A and 14 days for 0.5-1.0 lb. You can donate via Paypal or credit/debit card. SC 336/144 g/ R II Lasso + Atrazine Monsanto 0394 Maize, Sugar cane SE 336/144 g/ R II Atrazine Makhteshim-Agan 6540 Maize LIST OF MARKETED HERBICIDES SORTED ALPHABETICALLY ACCORDING TO ACTIVE INGREDIENTS, FORMULATION, TRADE NAMES, COMPANY NAME, REGISTRATION NUMBER Monsanto continued to operate a nuclear facility for the U.S. government until the late 1980s. Alachlor - Wikipedia Alachlor A person mixing Lasso - A brand of alachlor made by Monsanto Alachlor is an herbicide from the chloroacetanilide family. 1969: Produces Lasso herbicide, better known as Agent Orange, which was used as a defoliant by the U.S. Government during the Vietnam War. Monsanto devotes an annual budget of 10 million dollars to harassing, intimidating, suing and in some cases bankrupting American farmers over alleged improper use of its patented seeds. Monsanto executive Robb Fraley, who was head of the plant molecular biology research team, is also said to have hyped the potential of GM crops within the company, as a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Monsanto to dominate a whole new industry, invoking the monopoly success of Microsoft as a powerful analogy. Paul Franois, a farmer from France's rural Charente region, is seeking more than 1 million in damages from Monsanto, arguing that use of the company's Lasso weed killer has left him disabled.. WASHINGTON (AP) _ Advocacy groups asked Monsanto Corp. to take Lasso, the nation's most popular herbicide, off the market Thursday because of its cancer-causing potential. MeSH The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the Box 5008 San Ramon CA 94583 937-644-0011 ^ 800-225-2883 (TOLL FREE) Chemical Composition/Ingredients The GHS is an acronym for The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. Generic name is Alachlor. But as Glover notes, while such a blockbuster product uncorks a fountain of revenue, it also creates an uncomfortable dependency on the commercial fortunes of a single brand. English - MSDS. And this concentration again drives up costs. The manufacturer states that LASSO MTX contains c. 42% of the active substance alachlor, c. 41% water and 17% other, unspecified, substances [18]. Its major agrochemical products have included the herbicides 2,4,5-T, DDT, Lasso and Agent Orange, which was widely used as a defoliant by the U.S. Government during the Vietnam War and which was later shown to be highly carcinogenic. Monsanto's glyphosate-resistant (Roundup Ready) seeds have reigned supreme on the biotech scene for over a decade creating a near-monopoly for the company's Roundup herbicide which is now off patent. Alongside its core work providing a platform for Human Rights advocates, the Resource Centre runs several focused programme areas and regularly releases briefings and reports on areas of particular interest. 2@P:7x,VRW1!,f)/ylAt!k*p[54@{f8X8 P/P?h Bgh`F! Franois seeking 1 million in damages from Monsanto After considerable research into the matter, it was determined that a key constituent found in Lasso known as "chlorobenzene," which makes up 50 percent of the weedkiller, is what caused Franois to become 40 percent disabled, as confirmed by France's Agricultural Mutual Fund. Today PCBs are considered one of the gravest chemical threats on the planet. Mais cette condamnation . In 1997 The Seattle Times reported that Monsanto sold 6,000 tons of contaminated waste to Idaho fertilizer companies, which contained the carcinogenic heavy metal cadmium. 01 uM-1.0 uM. The caption for this ad is 'Get all these weeds with less herbicide stress' The ad is in great conditi. Its registration got cancelled on 18 Jul 2006. Accessibility This is a 1974 ad for a Monsanto Lasso Herbicide! These days PCBs are banned from production and some experts say there should be no acceptable level of PCBs allowed in the environment. Paul Franois was intoxicated by the Lasso, a herbicide produced by Monsanto. Some of you have opted to give a regular donation. They hid the truth from their neighbors. One Monsanto memo explains their justification: We can't afford to lose one dollar of business. Eventually the company was found guilty of conduct so outrageous in character and extreme in degree as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency so as to be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in civilized society. The size of the ad is approximately 8.5x11inches. The company's first product was the artificial sweetener saccharin. US biotech giant Monsanto is legally responsible for the ill health of a farmer who ingested its weedkiller product, a French court has ruled. Monsanto produced PCBs for over 50 years and they are now virtually omnipresent in the blood and tissues of humans and wildlife around the globe. Today, over 80% of the worldwide area devoted to GM crops carries at least one genetic trait for herbicide tolerance. Would you like email updates of new search results? The use of this product may be hazardous to your health. 0000003420 00000 n 0000001143 00000 n 0000004195 00000 n seeds that would resist its own herbicide, Roundup, offering farmers a convenient way to spray fields with weed killer without affecting crops. Free shipping for many products! Rs@(%MvWDI"%3]8'axv0xj*|+hAtH9z!e@tV.`r&cqGLg:^?E-t&bM. When a farmer was exposed to this herbicide, he became grossly disabled with severe neurological disorders. Primary Documents. A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found to be liable in the chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. companys Lasso weedkiller. For weed resistance management the product is a Group K herbicide. government site. In the 1920s Monsanto expanded into basic industrial chemicals. Recent price hikes have taken place in the context of a global food crisis marked by rapid food price inflation, which has exacerbated extreme poverty and hunger, and increased social tensions. Spanish - MSDS. Franais : Remplissage d'un pandeur avec l'herbicide Lasso de Monsanto (alachlore). Hn@_eLg+EKiRABqEQi7B+[sZF@qv6dBfxBV wWXyhQ#DUE~@}}(F>o8hB;6@c@r.Bt-: J?=BZW]DwQ}K_9"8n gi. 1976: RoundUp is commercialized, becoming the world's top-selling herbicide. 0000000756 00000 n It has the following active ingredients: alachlor. The World Bank attributes 75% of this global food price inflation to biofuels, and Monsanto has been at the very heart of the biofuels lobby, particularly the lobby for corn ethanol. The caption for this ad is 'With Lasso there's no carryover' The ad is in great condition. Fungicide. The 2012 Monsanto guilty poisoning ruling was upheld this week by France's highest appellate court in a ruling that favored a French farmer who claims he was injured by the U.S. company's Lasso weed killer. Launched in 1976, Roundup helped make Monsanto the world's largest producer of herbicides. Mononuclear cells from human peripheral blood were exposed to analytical alachlor, alachlor conjugated to human serum albumin or Lasso formulation over a concentration range from .01 microM-1.0 microM. hb```"Vxb qG?0=?hV0D03naX0KzN312,4 hE4#f`g` Following the Second World War, Monsanto championed the use of chemical pesticides in agriculture. By the 1980s Monsanto was being hit by a series of lawsuits. The problem was particularly severe in the town of Anniston in Alabama where discharges from the local Monsanto plant meant residents developed PCB levels hundreds or thousands of times the average. With experts at the company in no doubt that Monsanto's PCBs were responsible for contamination, in 1968 the company set up a committee to assess its options. A comparison of the effects of ifosfamide vs. mafosfamide treatment on intracellular glutathione levels and immunological functions of immunocompetent lymphocyte subsets. The company refused. 2 commercials circa 1980's for Lasso Herbicide from Sioux City, Iowa. A French appeals court ruled in favour of. It has a 'Warning' signal word. There is no planting restriction when using 2,4- 0000008081 00000 n Using in vitro assays, this study was undertaken to determine whether the components of Lasso herbicide formulation had an effect on the human immune system. Spanish - MSDS. Monsanto has turned this ancient practice on its head. This meant farmers could spray Roundup onto their fields as a weedkiller even during the growing season without harming the crop. 2022 Herbicide Gide or owa Corn and obean Prodcion 3 Restrictions for preplant applications for corn vary among labels, but an example would be 7 days prior to planting for up to 0.5 lb. Lasso is not Monsantos sole herbicide accused of being harmful. 0000004960 00000 n We are speaking about modest sums of money or even nonexistent. Abstract. %%EOF This trademark is owned by MONSANTO COMPANY. From the 1940s onwards Monsanto was one of the top 10 US chemical companies. Source: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - http . fot the ~tiCJ.de Eegislated und8J. Lasso herbicide is recommended for control of yellow nutsedge and the annual grasses and broadleaf weeds listed in the "WEEDS CONTROLLED" section of this label. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. The data demonstrated that the test compounds had no significant, dose related effect on the function of immunocompetent cells. Herbicide by Monsanto EPA Reg. This allowed Monsanto to significantly expand the market for Roundup and, more importantly, help Monsanto to negotiate the expiry of its glyphosate patents, on which such a large slice of the company's income depended. With glyphosate-tolerant GM crops, Monsanto was able to preserve its dominant share of the glyphosate market through a marketing strategy that would couple proprietary Roundup Ready seeds with continued sales of Roundup. The success of Roundup coincided with the recognition by Monsanto executives that they needed to radically transform a company increasingly under threat. endstream endobj 22 0 obj <> endobj 23 0 obj <>stream Today, glyphosate remains the world's biggest herbicide by volume of sales., By 1990 with the help of Roundup, the agriculture division of Monsanto was significantly outperforming Monsanto's chemicals division in terms of operating income, and the gap was increasing. Abstract. Scientific studies have linked the chemicals in Monsanto's Roundup pesticides to Parkinson's disease, Alzheimers disease, autism and cancer. Agent Orange contaminated more than 3 million civilians and servicemen, and an estimated 500,000 Vietnamese children have been born with deformities attributed to Agent Orange, leading to calls for Monsanto to be prosecuted for war crimes. English - MSDS. Some naturally occurring weed biotypes resistant to Ramrod and other Group K herbicides may exist through normal genetic variability in any weed population. endstream endobj 16 0 obj <>/Metadata 10 0 R/Pages 9 0 R/StructTreeRoot 12 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 17 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> endobj 18 0 obj <> endobj 19 0 obj <> endobj 20 0 obj <> endobj 21 0 obj <>stream For more than a decade, French farmer Paul Franois has been seeking justice against Monsanto, the world's most evil corporation, over injuries he incurred as a result of using the Missouri-based chemical giant's "Lasso" weedkiller on his crops.And despite numerous setbacks, he's still just as "determined" as ever, according to his lawyer, to achieve victory. Monsanto pesticide to be sprayed on food crops. Using in vitro assays, this study was undertaken to determine whether the components of Lasso herbicide formulation had an effect on the human immune system. 15 23 Entdecke Vintage Werbung - 1970er Jahre LASSO HERBIZID - MONSANTO - SPIRAL TOP NOTEBOOK in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! The effects of the test materials on the following immunological functions were determined: lymphocyte proliferation induced by mitogen or antigen; antibody synthesis of IgG and IgM isotypes in pokeweed stimulated mononuclear cell cultures; cytotoxic T cell proliferation; lysis of target cells by natural killer cells and lymphokine activated killer cells. startxref Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. The .gov means its official. They begun to portray genetic engineering as a ground-breaking technology that could contribute to feeding a hungry world. Although the first of Monsanto's biotech products to make it to market was not a GM crop but Monsanto's controversial GM cattle drug, bovine growth hormone called rBGH or rBST, Monsanto's corporate strategy led them for the first time to acquire seed companies. Monsanto's management knew that the last of the patents protecting Roundup in the United States, its biggest market, would expire in the year 2000, opening the field to potential competitors. Click Here For More Herbicides 'Lasso Ii Granular Herbicide By Monsanto' is a herbicide terrestrial. It's called Lasso, and its main ingredient is alachlor. Monsanto eventually achieved this by introducing into crop plants genes that give resistance to glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup). This helped Monsanto distance itself to some extent not only from direct financial liability for the historical core of its business but also from its controversial production and contamination legacy. 8600 Rockville Pike Biotechnology was increasingly seen not just as a valuable complement to Monsanto's chemical technology but as a way of enabling it to further expand into agriculture and secure its cash cow. Some pre-bankruptcy Solutia equity holders allege Solutia was set up fraudulently as it was always doomed to fail under the financial weight of Monsanto's liabilities. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 524-296. A French Appeals Court in April 2019 ruled that Monsanto is guilty of poisoning a cereal farmer who was exposed to Lasso, a weed killer containing monochlorobenzene that was banned in France in 2008. The decision by an appeal court in Lyon, southeast France, confirmed the initial judgment, the first such case heard in court in France, that ruled Monsanto was "responsible . Le vent tourne. By 2000 the current Monsanto had emerged from various transactions, including a merger for a time with Pharmacia, as a legally different corporation from the Monsanto that had existed from 1901-2000. endstream endobj 36 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/Index[12 3]/Length 20/Size 15/Type/XRef/W[1 1 1]>>stream The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO), said in March that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsantos Roundup, one of the worlds most used herbicides, was probably carcinogenic to humans., Monsanto reacted to the finding in June by demanding a retraction, labeling the findings by a team of international cancer scientists as junk science., Reporting by Catherine Lagrange and Sybille de La Hamaide, editing by Gus Trompiz and Susan Fenton. 0000001870 00000 n Sanjour says, If [the studies] were done correctly, they would have reached just the opposite result.. The GHS is a system for standardizing and harmonizing the classification and labelling of chemicals. The success of the herbicide Lasso had turned around Monsanto's struggling Agriculture division, and by the time Agent Orange was banned in the U.S. and Lasso was facing increasing criticism, Monsanto had developed the weedkiller Roundup (active ingredient: glyphosate) as a replacement. Add it to your collecction today! It's approved for 23 sites such as holly . L , _ 7' ~ EPA Reg. Opens in a new window or tab. "Bayer's decision to end U.S. residential sale of Roundup is a historic victory for public health and the environment," Center for Food Safety executive director Andrew Kimbrell . He attributes the crop damage to "frozen Lasso". Pesticides :: Herbicide :: grass, weed control/corn Monsanto Lasso Herbicide (agricultural) Products in this Consumer Product Information Database (CPID) are classified based on their composition: Substances: single chemicals Preparations: products which contain chemicals that can be easily separated during normal use . The Monsanto Agricultural Products Company, a subsidiary of the Monsanto Company, announced yesterday an 8 percent increase in prices for its Lasso and Ramrod brand herbicides used for corn . This product may be applied either as a surface application before or Bookshelf Patenting also inhibits public sector research and further undermines the rights of farmers to save and exchange seeds. The companys lawyer, Jean-Daniel Bretzner, said a potential fine to compensate for the farmers loss would be decided after the decision of the highest court but he said that in any case it would be very low. This site needs JavaScript to work properly. According to Keith Mudd of the U.S.-based Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM), The lack of competition and innovation in the marketplace has reduced farmers choices and enabled Monsanto to raise prices unencumbered.. Botran5 fungicide and EnideSOw herbicide in plant beds Help protect plant beds from fungus and weed problems. Lady Death In Lingerie 1 Cgc 99 White Pages Micro Premium Edition "lady Demon" Leather Cover By Steven Hughes. HHS Vulnerability Disclosure, Help No. Aired on KCAU Sioux City, Iowa and KBGT Albion/Lincoln, Nebraska.A product of Monsanto. This made Monsanto the key defendant in the lawsuit brought by Vietnam War veterans in the United States, who faced an array of debilitating symptoms attributable to Agent Orange exposure. Monsanto papers seen by The Guardian newspaper reveal near panic. Monsanto developed G.M. Scand J Urol Nephrol Suppl. Lasso, a pre-emergent soil-applied herbicide that has been used since the 1960s to control grasses and broadleaf weeds in farm fields, was banned in France in 2007 after the product had already . Bayer, which argues Roundup is safe, is trying to settle the litigation through a proposed US$11 billion payment. Edition of The Daily Times. This listing is for a vintage paper advertisement. Date: before April 2004 . The company urgently needed a strategy to negotiate this hurdle and prolong the useful life of its 'cash cow'.. [Ht =` )j8V^Xdz4E2(QB+A"U L+T!' R, g8?'\Vup~>>%7eYLT_g [K-1wDx>OTIzrTce;MH0Ac;jNMBtxvFzEQOvHZrVn65^zf\2(}#m 7e In 1995 Monsanto was ordered to pay $41.1 million to a waste management company in Texas due to concerns over hazardous waste dumping. Lasso, a pre-emergent soil-applied herbicide that has been used since the 1960s to control grasses and broadleaf weeds in farm fields, was banned in France in 2007 after the product had already . Pre-Owned. "I bought 17 cans last May and used 15 of them before I began to think something might not be right. A look at the figures for 2007, when the world food crisis began, shows that corporations such as Monsanto and Cargill, which control the cereals market, saw their profits increase by 45 and 60 per cent, respectively., News and comment on genetically modified foods and their associated pesticides, Herbicide-tolerant/Bt cotton chaos in Indian fields, Seed keepers and truth tellers: From the frontlines of GM agriculture, SCIENCE SUPPORTS REGULATION OF GENE EDITING, GENE EDITING: UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES AND RISKS. The move comes as the company currently faces around 30,000 legal claims from customers who believe use of these products including the flagship Roundup caused them to develop cancer, as AgWeb reported. After winning against the agribusiness giant at the high court in 2012, the Court of Cassation broke the judgment of the Court of Appeal in July 2017. This product contains alach~or, which has been determined to cause tumors in laboratory animals. Over its 115-year history, Monsanto has continually reinvented itself through technology and business mergers, marketing products that have both transformed agriculture and fueled heated. And thousands of pages of Monsanto documents many emblazoned with warnings such as 'CONFIDENTIAL: Read and Destroy' show that for decades, the corporate giant concealed what it did and what it knew.. According to a recent paper by Dominic Glover, Monsanto had acquired a particularly unenviable reputation in this regard, as a major producer of both dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) both persistent environmental pollutants posing serious risks to the environment and human health. Xn case of an emergency involving this product or for . A lawyer for Paul Francois argued in a Lyon court Wednesday that Monsanto is responsible for illnesses the farmer suffered after 2004, when he inadvertently breathed in a weedkiller called Lasso. LYON/PARIS, France (Reuters) - (This 10 September, 2015 story was refiled to changes the headline, first paragraph to show Monsanto liable, not guilty, in the civil court ruling). 2007 Oct 1;571(2-3):222-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.06.023. The key to Monsanto's metamorphosis into a biotechnology company was the run away success of the herbicide Roundup. Internal Monsanto memos show that Monsanto knew of the problems of dioxin contamination of Agent Orange when it sold it to the U.S. government for use in Vietnam. 0000000976 00000 n It was originally approved by EPA on 26 May 1971. MONSANTO MATERIAL SAFETY DATA Lasso herbicide Page 5 of 8 MSDS #: S00010172 February, 1996 11. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. The federal status of this trademark filing is CANCELLED - SECTION 8 as of Friday, October 15, 2021. This is a 1985 ad for a Monsanto Lasso! Law suits and environmental clean-up costs began to cut into Monsanto's bottom line, but more seriously there was a real fear that a serious lapse could potentially bankrupt the company.. PMC For instance, toxicity tests on the effects of two PCBs in 1953 showed that more than 50% of the rats subjected to them died, and all of them showed damage. Top Rated Plus. The gross increased cost is more than $40,000. Franois seeking 1 million in damages from Monsanto After considerable research into the matter, it was determined that a key constituent found in Lasso known as "chlorobenzene," which makes up 50 percent of the weedkiller, is what caused Franois to become 40 percent disabled, as confirmed by France's Agricultural Mutual Fund. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. This concentration of corporate power drives up costs for farmers and consumers. 524-314 LASSO FOR DRY BBANS (ALL 'l'YPES) ACCEPTED Under the Federal Insecticide. But, according to Glover, the more down-to-earth pitch to fellow executives was that genetic engineering offered the best prospect of preserving the commercial life of Monsanto's most important product, Roundup in the face of the challenges Monsanto would face once the patent expired.. The subject is snowballing. This page was last edited on 5 September 2020, at 13:17. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. Careers. 0000006532 00000 n and transmitted securely. Such a fear was not misplaced. Arai K, Uchiyama T, Okubo Y, Tsuboi R, Oka K, Hirano T. Eur J Pharmacol. The greatest use of alachlor is for control of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in crops. Monsanto's_Lasso_herbicide_(cropped).jpg (305 431 pixels, file size: 50 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg), English espaol Nederlands slovenina Ting Vit +/. Enide50w in the field. In 2008 the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations condemned corporate profiteering: The essential purpose of food, which is to nourish people, has been subordinated to the economic aims of a handful of multinational corporations that monopolize all aspects of food production, from seeds to major distribution chains, and they have been the prime beneficiaries of the world crisis. Let's say a farmer in Iowa who farms 1,000 acres plants one of these expensive corn varieties next year. 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