- Hardcover: 372 pages
- Publisher: New Press (Jun 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1595584269
- ISBN-13: 978-1595584267
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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The World According To Monsanto tells the shocking story of how the new green face of the world's leading producer of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) is no less malign than its PCB - and Agent Orange - soaked past. Award-winning journalist and documentary filmaker Marie-Monique Robin uncovers the disturbing practices of the multinational agribusiness corporation Monsanto - who control the majority of the world's genetically modified corn and soy yield. Robin's investigation is an explosive expose on the world's most influential agricultural corporation.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book, which took 4 years of thorough worldwide research to complete, paints a most comprehensive picture of the activities of one of the world most controversial (and most despised) company.
A must read for anyone who wants to understand the problem of GM crops, or indeed, anyone who has more that a passing interest in food or agriculture.
A must read for anyone who wants to understand the problem of GM crops, or indeed, anyone who has more that a passing interest in food or agriculture.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Superbly written and researched book.
Even though I've been following Monsanto since quite some time, and hence was aware of their manifest wrong doing in the past (PCB, Agent Orange, Roundup, rBST/rBGH, ...), I was still amazed to read what they've been up to until very recently.
For me, the biggest I learned was that the new face to the outside world Monsanto has put on is just a mask and the truth is that it's just business as usual: sell whatever they can irrespective of the human cost AND EVEN if they know that what they sell is extremely harmful to people and living things in general.
An absolute must read for everyone in the world, not just US-citizens. Why? Just read chapter 16 in the book about the WTO, GATT, TRIPS (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and more specifically article 27 paragraph 3(b) relating to "patentable subject matter".
Even though I've been following Monsanto since quite some time, and hence was aware of their manifest wrong doing in the past (PCB, Agent Orange, Roundup, rBST/rBGH, ...), I was still amazed to read what they've been up to until very recently.
For me, the biggest I learned was that the new face to the outside world Monsanto has put on is just a mask and the truth is that it's just business as usual: sell whatever they can irrespective of the human cost AND EVEN if they know that what they sell is extremely harmful to people and living things in general.
An absolute must read for everyone in the world, not just US-citizens. Why? Just read chapter 16 in the book about the WTO, GATT, TRIPS (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and more specifically article 27 paragraph 3(b) relating to "patentable subject matter".
Format:Hardcover
In a nutshell, Monsanto has immense power and is accountable to no-one. They have exposed us all to PCBs, herbicides, dioxins and bovine growth hormones while being fully aware of the harmfulness of these substances. It's profit at any price.
As one quote in the book says, Monsanto is, 'A calmly arrogant company heedlessly profiting from the suffering of victims and the destruction of ecosystems.'
Monsanto knew that PCBs were harmful way back in 1937. They have falsified studies and concealed the evidence which didn't suit their bottom line, and the sold-out FDA and EPA lend them an aura of respectability that most people accept at face value, and so their destruction of our environment and our health continues unabated.
We can't say we didn't know with the information in this book so clearly presented and we must try to stop (somehow) Monsanto getting control of our seeds and so our entire food supply as is their current completely terrifying aim. This just can't be allowed to happen.
For information on how to undo some of the damage caused by pesticides, PCBs, dioxins and other toxic compounds (which underlie so many diseases) I also recommend the excellent book Detoxify or Die by Dr Sherry Rogers. Equally important is avoiding contaminated and GMO foods (especially growth hormone containing milk) as much as possible.
This book is very well done and is so needed. I hope this book is as widely read as it deserves to be. Finally some real investigative journalism - such a rare thing these days. Thank goodness for books, and libraries!
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for M.E.
As one quote in the book says, Monsanto is, 'A calmly arrogant company heedlessly profiting from the suffering of victims and the destruction of ecosystems.'
Monsanto knew that PCBs were harmful way back in 1937. They have falsified studies and concealed the evidence which didn't suit their bottom line, and the sold-out FDA and EPA lend them an aura of respectability that most people accept at face value, and so their destruction of our environment and our health continues unabated.
We can't say we didn't know with the information in this book so clearly presented and we must try to stop (somehow) Monsanto getting control of our seeds and so our entire food supply as is their current completely terrifying aim. This just can't be allowed to happen.
For information on how to undo some of the damage caused by pesticides, PCBs, dioxins and other toxic compounds (which underlie so many diseases) I also recommend the excellent book Detoxify or Die by Dr Sherry Rogers. Equally important is avoiding contaminated and GMO foods (especially growth hormone containing milk) as much as possible.
This book is very well done and is so needed. I hope this book is as widely read as it deserves to be. Finally some real investigative journalism - such a rare thing these days. Thank goodness for books, and libraries!
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for M.E.
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