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The Monsanto Papers - Corruption of Science and Grievous Harm to Public Health (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R429
Discovery Miles 4 290
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The Monsanto Papers - Corruption of Science and Grievous Harm to Public Health (Hardcover)
Series: Children's Health Defense
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Loot Price R429
Discovery Miles 4 290
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A David and Goliath battle for truth A specialist in GM foods and
pesticides, the biologist Gilles-Eric Seralini has studied their
toxicity and effects on people's health for many years. In
September 2012, for the first time in a major scientific journal
(Food and Chemical Toxicology), he published a study showing the
effect on the liver and kidneys of two of Monsanto's flagship
products: Roundup weedkiller and the GM foods created to absorb it.
Images from the study of tumor-ridden rats fed with GM foods and
Roundup went viral. The study was a PR disaster for Monsanto. The
multinational soon bounced back and did everything in its power to
cover up the study-leaning on the publishers to retract the
findings. Monsanto began a series of smear campaigns to discredit
Seralini and fellow researchers and intimidate their supporters,
while pumping out their own collection of fake research findings
and testimonies. These practices were met with huge suspicion, but
there was no concrete evidence until, in 2017, Monsanto was ordered
to publish tens of thousands of confidential documents in a
class-action lawsuit presented by thousands of individuals
afflicted with serious illnesses from their use of Roundup. The
"Monsanto Papers" that were produced subsequently proved the
company's cynical attempts at a cover-up as well as its fraudulent
practices. Gilles-Eric Seralini and Jerome Douzelet delved into the
documents and discovered how, in the pursuit of its own short term
economic interests, Monsanto used sophisticated methods of deceit
to bypass legislation devised to protect millions of people.
Seralini and Douzelet discovered how Monsanto managed to provide
phony assessments to conceal the poisons its products contain, thus
deceiving the public authorities and the scientific and medical
communities.
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