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MONSANTO PRODUCTS ARE POISONING FOOD SYSTEM, CAUSING ACUTE HEALTH CHALLENGES – INTERNATIONAL JUDGES

April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

The Monsanto Tribunal of international judges presented in The Hague their legal opinion after 6 months of analysing the testimonies of more than 30 witnesses, lawyers and experts. Their conclusions are that Monsanto’s practices undermine basic human rights and the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, the right to health, it calls for better protective regulations for […]

How true is Monsanto’s Claims that GMOs are Safe?

June 13, 2016 adminLeave a Comment

We have read with interest Monsanto’s defence of NBMA in its response to Premium Time’s report highlighting NBMA’s surreptitious granting of permits to them to bring their GMOs and glyphosate into Nigeria. We restate here that Monsanto’s applications were approved without due diligence and that the law setting up NBMA is extremely flawed in that […]

Nigerians Overwhelmingly Reject Monsanto’s Risky Gm Maize and Cotton

March 31, 2016 adminLeave a Comment

More than 100 groups representing over 5 million Nigerians, comprising of farmers, faith-based organisations, civil society groups, students and local community groups, are vehemently opposing Monsanto’s attempts to introduce genetically modified (GM) cotton and maize into Nigeria’s food and farming systems. In written objections submitted to the biosafety regulators, the groups have cited numerous serious […]