Monsanto and Greenwashing

Green washing, in short, is putting up a front that your company is for the environment when in fact this is far from the truth.

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• Monsanto (NYSE:MON)

What it says: "We apply innovation and technology to help farmers around the world be successful, produce healthier foods, better animal feeds and more fiber, while also reducing agriculture's impact on our environment" (Monsanto website, accessed November 4, 2007).

What it does: In June 2007, Monsanto acquired Delta & Pine Land Company, a company that creates "terminator" seeds. These seeds grow into plants that produce sterile seed. This means farmers can't replant seeds from a previous crop, making them dependent on the company year after year. In the 1930s Monsanto bought the company that invented PCBs, a now-banned industrial coolant, and became the source of nearly all PCBs in the U.S. In a January 2002 Washington Post article ("Monsato Hid Decades Of Pollution"), it was revealed that Monsanto hid 40 years worth of PCB pollution in Anniston, Alabama. It's alleged the company dumped millions of pounds of PCBs into open-pit landfills and routinely discharged toxic waste into a nearby creek. "

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in the 1997 and the epa post below you'll see that another similar event happened in Missouri.