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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aRobin, Marie-Monique.
240 10 $aMonde selon Monsanto.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe world according to Monsanto :$bpollution, corruption, and the control of the world's food supply /$cMarie-Monique Robin ; translated from the French by George Holoch.
260 $aNew York :$bNew Press :$bDistributed by Perseus Distribution,$c©2010.
300 $axii, 372 pages ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index.
505 0 $aPreface: 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.
520 $aFollow 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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610 20 $aMonsanto Company.
610 27 $aMonsanto Company.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00510977
650 0 $aAgricultural innovations$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAgricultural chemicals industry$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aAgricultural chemicals$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aAgricultural chemicals industry$xCorrupt practices.
650 0 $aSocial responsibility of business.
650 0 $aFood supply.
650 0 $aHuman rights and globalization.
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650 7 $aAgricultural innovations$xSocial aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00800936
650 7 $aFood supply.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00931196
650 7 $aHuman rights and globalization.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01745555
650 7 $aSocial responsibility of business.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01122851
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
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