Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Scientist warning against Monsanto's Roundup gets threats...

There are reports coming our of Argentina of attempts to intimidate the lead researcher of the study showing that Roundup - the glyphosate herbicide developed by Monsanto, could cause brain, intestinal and heart defects in fetuses.  

The lead researcher for the new study, carried out in Argentina where Roundup is used on a massive scale in conjunction with GM herbicide-resistant soy, is embryology professor, Dr. Andres Carrasco.

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According to an article in the Argentine press, after news about the study broke, Dr. Carrasco was the victim of an act of intimidation, when four men arrived at his laboratory in the Faculty of Medicine and acted extremely aggressively. Full story...

See also:

  1. Monsanto files suit against Germany over GM ban...
  2. Mass farmer suicides in India as crops fail...
  3. Monsanto Doing 'Rural Cleansing...'

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