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Launching a lawsuit against
the very company that is responsible for a farmer suicide every 30 minutes, 5
million farmers are now suing Monsanto for as much as 6.2 billion euros (around
7.7 billion US dollars). The reason? As with many other cases, such as the ones
that led certain farming regions to be known as the ‘suicide belt’, Monsanto
has been reportedly taxing the farmers to financial shambles with ridiculous
royalty charges. The farmers state that Monsanto has been unfairly gathering
exorbitant profits each year on a global scale from “renewal” seed harvests,
which are crops planted using seed from the previous year’s harvest.
The practice of using renewal
seeds dates back to ancient times, but Monsanto seeks to collect massive
royalties and put an end to the practice. Why? Because Monsanto owns the very
patent to the genetically modified seed, and is charging the farmers not only
for the original crops, but the later harvests as well. Eventually, the
royalties compound and many farmers begin to struggle with even keeping their
farm afloat. It is for this reason that India slammed Monsanto with
groundbreaking ‘biopiracy’ charges in an effort to stop Monsanto from
‘patenting life’.
Jane Berwanger, a lawyer for the farmers who went on record regarding the case,
told the Associated Press:
“Monsanto gets paid when it sell the seeds. The law gives producers the right to multiply the seeds they buy and nowhere in the world is there a requirement to pay (again). Producers are in effect paying a private tax on production.”
The findings echo what thousands of farmers have experienced in particularly poor nations, where many of the farmers are unable to stand up to Monsanto. Back in 2008, the Daily Mail covered what is known as the ‘GM Genocide’, which is responsible for taking the lives of over 17,683 Indian farmers in 2009 alone. After finding that their harvests were failing and they started to enter economic turmoil, the farmers began ending their own lives — oftentimes drinking the very same insecticide that Monsanto provided them with.
As the information continues to surface on Monsanto’s crimes, further lawsuits will begin to take effect. After it was ousted in January that Monsanto was running illegal 'slave-like' working rings, more individuals became aware of just how seriously Monsanto seems to disregard their workers — so why would they care for the health of their consumers? In April, another group of farmers sued Monsanto for ‘knowingly poisoning’ workers and causing ‘devastating birth defects’.
Will endless lawsuits from millions of seriously affected individuals be the end of Monsanto?
Do your part to end the madness and join a March Against Monsanto near you on 10/12/13
Source: Raw For Beauty
Jane Berwanger, a lawyer for the farmers who went on record regarding the case,
told the Associated Press:
“Monsanto gets paid when it sell the seeds. The law gives producers the right to multiply the seeds they buy and nowhere in the world is there a requirement to pay (again). Producers are in effect paying a private tax on production.”
The findings echo what thousands of farmers have experienced in particularly poor nations, where many of the farmers are unable to stand up to Monsanto. Back in 2008, the Daily Mail covered what is known as the ‘GM Genocide’, which is responsible for taking the lives of over 17,683 Indian farmers in 2009 alone. After finding that their harvests were failing and they started to enter economic turmoil, the farmers began ending their own lives — oftentimes drinking the very same insecticide that Monsanto provided them with.
As the information continues to surface on Monsanto’s crimes, further lawsuits will begin to take effect. After it was ousted in January that Monsanto was running illegal 'slave-like' working rings, more individuals became aware of just how seriously Monsanto seems to disregard their workers — so why would they care for the health of their consumers? In April, another group of farmers sued Monsanto for ‘knowingly poisoning’ workers and causing ‘devastating birth defects’.
Will endless lawsuits from millions of seriously affected individuals be the end of Monsanto?
Do your part to end the madness and join a March Against Monsanto near you on 10/12/13
Source: Raw For Beauty
I pray that the world succeeds in bringing Monsanto down. They are nothing but greedy, power hungry heartless people out to dominate the world and reduce the population by their insidious "foods" that in my book is equal to global genocide. They should not only be put out of business, but charged and prosecuted as criminals.
ReplyDeleteIt is really Monsanto...What about the Government allowing Monsanto.No, wait; let's sing! "This Land is NOT your land from California to the Staten New York Island,: From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters it belongs to OIL companies and NOT TO YOU AND ME.
ReplyDeleteMonsantos is not wanted in north america. This is poison no one anywhere in the world wants this crap. I mean...to eat this crap monsantos is guilty of knowing and intentionally posioning innocent people.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they'll make a monsanto veggie burger, or a restaurant chain, c'mon kid's, we're eatin' at uncle santo's t'night
ReplyDeleteHope they go bankrupt and have to close!
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