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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Marie-Monique Robin |
ISBN: | 9781595584267 1595584269 9781595587091 1595587098 |
OCLC Number: | 286490848 |
Description: | xii, 372 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Preface: A book for public health / Nicolas Hulot -- Introduction: The Monsanto question -- Part I: One of the great polluters of industrial history. PCBs : white collar crime -- Dioxin : a polluter working with the Pentagon -- Dioxin : manipulation and corruption -- Roundup: a massive brainwashing operation -- The bovine growth hormone affair (1) -- The bovine growth hormone affair (2) -- Part II: GMOs: the great conspiracy. The invention of GMOs -- Scientists suppressed -- Monsanto weaves its web, 1995-1999 -- The iron law of the patenting of life -- Transgenic wheat : Monsanto's lost battle in North America -- Part III: Monsanto's GMOs storm the south. Mexico : seizing control of biodiversity -- In Argentina : the soybeans of hunger -- Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina : the "united soy republic" -- India : the seeds of suicide -- How multinational corporations control the world's food -- Conclusion: A colossus with feet of clay. |
Other Titles: | Monde selon Monsanto. |
Responsibility: | Marie-Monique Robin ; translated from the French by George Holoch. |
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"No one who cares for their freedom and health can afford to ignore this very important book."-Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy and Stolen Harvest"A truly eye-opening view of how American business-as-usual really works."-Daily Kos"Robin's outrage is well supported by wide-ranging scientific evidence . . . even lay readers are prodded to wise up and increase their awareness of what has become a serious threat."-Kirkus Reviews"Sends chills down the spine. . . . After reading this, we can no longer afford to turn a blind eye."-Le Point"Passionate and truly rich reporting."-Liberation"[An] incredibly documented work."-L'Express Read more...
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