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By Oliver Lee, Take Part
Posted on August 12, 2011, Printed on August 17, 2011
http://www.alternet.org/story/152006/monsanto%27s_5_most_dubious_contributions_to_the_planet
Oh, Monsanto, you sly dog.
You keep trying to make us believe you are "committed to sustainable agriculture" with your canny advertisments on American Public Media, even as you force-feed farmers your lab-grown Frankenseeds that expire every year (which are, let's be honest, opposite of sustainable).
But we shouldn't be surprised by the mixed message, should we? After all, you've been doing this for decades. With long-running corporate sponsorships, like Disney's Tomorrowland, building reserves of goodwill as you spray us with DDT, it's clear you're entitled to send out products into the world with nary an environmental or health concern—just as long as you spend a bit of that hard-earned cash convincing us otherwise.
On that note, let's take a quick look at some of the biotech giant's most dubious contributions to society over their past century in business.