6 February 2019 — Sustainable Pulse
Sri Lankan Experts Receive Top Scientific Award for Revealing Lethal Truth about Glyphosate
Two public health researchers who battled powerful corporate interests to uncover the deadly effects of industrial herbicides, solving a medical mystery and protecting the health of farming communities across the world, will receive the 2019 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Drs. Sarath Gunatilake and Channa Jayasumana […]
French Media Destroys Bayer/Monsanto with New Lobbying, Fake News and Bullying Revelations
In a weekend of fury against Bayer/Monsanto the French media has gone on the attack against the powerful company’s lobbying, fake news and bullying tactics. Glyphosate: How Monsanto conducts its media war Le Monde (Thursday 31st): By Stéphane Foucart and Stéphane Horel “Let nothing go”: mentioned in the “Monsanto Papers” several times, the name of […]
Syngenta Fails with Attempt to Claim Possession of Non-GMO Tomatoes
After mass opposition, Syngenta has withdrawn its patent on tomatoes. As a consequence, the European Patent Office (EPO) now has officially revoked patent EP1515600. In its patent Syngenta claimed tomato seeds, plants and fruits as its invention. However, all of these actually originate from crossings with tomato plants discovered in Peru and Chile, and supposedly […]
US Judge to Allow Controversial Evidence in Roundup Cancer Trials
A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of controversial evidence that the company had hoped to exclude from upcoming trials. Source: Reuters U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria during a hearing in San Francisco federal court called his decision “probably most disappointing for Monsanto,” […]
