| Description |
xii, 372 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-358) and index. |
| Contents |
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) -- The invention of GMOs -- Scientists suppressed -- 1995-1999 : Monsanto weaves its web -- The iron law of the patenting of life -- Transgenic wheat : Monsanto's lost battle in North America -- 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. |
| Summary |
Follow journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin's three-year journey across four continents to investigate the practices of a multinational agribusiness corporation, Monsanto. Monsanto currently controls the majority of the yield of the world's genetically modified corn and soy, ingredients found in more than 95 percent of American households, and its legal and political tactics to maintain this monopoly are the subject of concern, especially to the world's small-scale farmers. |
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Monsanto Company.
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Agricultural innovations -- United States -- Social aspects.
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Agricultural chemicals industry -- Social aspects.
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Agricultural chemicals -- Environmental aspects.
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Agricultural chemicals industry -- Corrupt practices.
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Social responsibility of business.
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Food supply.
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Human rights and globalization.
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| Added Title |
Monde selon Monsanto. English
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| ISBN |
9781595584267 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1595584269 hardcover alkaline paper |
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