13/January/22

 

Monsanto has pleaded guilty to multiple environmental crimes in Hawaii for the second time in less than four years, and the island communities are left asking “when is enough enough?” In the most recent case, Monsanto will plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes in Hawaii, related to pesticide use violations and putting field workers at risk. In both cases, they admit that they knowingly violated pesticide law and put field workers in harmʻs way. They will pay a $12 million fine this time, bringing their criminal fines and “community service payments” to a total of $22 million since 2019. Beyond Pesticides

 

 

US farmer Howard Vlieger has written a tribute to the late Dr Arpad Pusztai in which he explains how the scientist encouraged him to investigate the behavioural effects of GMO consumption in animals – with worrying results. GMWatch

 

 

Journalist Ryan Grim breaks down the content of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) emails released by the House Oversight Committee Republicans. He explains the new evidence that shows that politics silenced early concern from scientists about possible lab origin and genetically engineered status of SARS-CoV2 to avoid "unnecessary harm to science in general and science in China in particular", in the words of leading scientist Dr Ron Fouchier. Dr Francis Collins, the former director of the US NIH, warned that further debate of these topics could damage “international harmony”. Ryan Grim comments, "They talk about international harmony but I think what they mean underneath that is the harmony of their scientific research funding flows". The Hill