Secret Documents Show Monsanto Led Brutal Attack on International Cancer Agency
60 2017-08-09 by wildfireonvenus
In secret internal Monsanto documents released on Tuesday by legal firms in the U.S. it was revealed how Monsanto led the attack on the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), after the Agency announced that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, is a probable human carcinogen in 2015.
On Tuesday it was shown how Monsanto edited and wrote an ‘independent’ Expert Panel Manuscript to refute IARC’s findings. It was also revealed that Monsanto paid members of the ‘independent’ Expert Panel as consultants and also planned a press attack with a Forbes contributor on the IARC findings, even before they were published.
Amazingly the secret documents have shown that Monsanto went even further than just attacking IARC over their glyphosate decision. They decided to try and “invalidate relevance of IARC” so as to “prevent future bad IARC decisions on pesticides/GMOs” . Monsanto did this by using U.S. political influence to pressure the World Health Organization and others to try and control IARC.
5 comments
1 spinandflux 2017-08-09
Why? Is there any reason to push glyphosate other than greed?
1 fuster_cluq 2017-08-09
This is basically standard procedure for large multinationals. They have entire teams of legal experts, etc. Who just make sure they don't get sued. It's just managing risk, not that it's ethical but companies hate risk and uncertainty
1 liverpoolwin 2017-08-09
It's a big money maker, also increase the disease rates so as Big Pharma can profit more
1 ILoveJuices 2017-08-09
Round-up is the biggest money maker for Monsanto. If people realize that all pesticides are carcinogens, and realize that organic permaculture is just as good as industrial farming, then Monsanto is out of business.
1 Kaka_poopoo_peepee 2017-08-09
If a corporation can enjoy most of the rights an individual has, they should also be able to enjoy the right to be locked up for assaulting another corporation.