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Monsanto is a company that was founded by John Francis Queeny. It was named after his wife.
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Monsanto was founded in 1901. They made an artificial sweetener named saccharin.
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Monsanto produces polychlorinated binphenyls, PCBs, now banned because of its danger towards the environment.
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Monsanto makes polystyrene, a product used in Styrofoam, which produces lots of hazardous waste when being made.
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Monsanto began manufacturing toxic agricultural chemicals later used in Agent Orange. Monsanto also created DDT.
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The United States navy refuses to buy Monsanto's hydraulic fluid because tests had shown that it causes definite liver damage.
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Monsanto makes a chemical herbicide named Roundup which later on causes the creation of superweeds.
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Monsanto pays millions to help Vietnam War veterans because of exposure to Agent Orange.
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Monsanto makes it to the top 5th in the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory.
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Monsanto increases milk production by using recombinant bovine growth hormones even if they might cuase health issues.
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Scientist find out that Aspartame pose health risks to consumers.
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The Canadian government accuses Monsato of bribing aproval of drug Hormone in Canada.
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Monsato is fined 1.5 mllion for trying to bribe officials to skip the enviremental assesment. .
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Monsato and Solutia had to pay over 700 million because of widespread problem from their products.
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A judge says that the USDA had violated the Endangered Species Act by not conducting any invesigationinto whether GE pharma crops could harm endangered species.
