Now officially more despised than big tobacco in its prime, genetically modified organisms and their chemicals have become the scourge of healthy societies around the world. As biotech shareholders are continuing to feel the squeeze on their stock price, the courtroom losses are beginning to pile up against them as well.
Last week a unanimous jury verdict ruled DuPont Pioneer failed to follow generally accepted agricultural and management practices from Dec. 13, 2009 to Dec. 31, 2011. The verdict went on to say that the "seriousness of the harm to each plaintiff outweighs the public benefit of Pioneer's farming operation." A precedent setting ruling that can now be used as a springboard for other communities to halt biotech spraying and crop planting. This comes at the same time long-time Kauai resident Gary Hooser made history by publicly demanding to Syngenta’s Board of Directors and nearly 1000 shareholders at their annual shareholder meeting to drop the lawsuit they have moved forward with in Kauai. Waging last ditch legal battles on many fronts throughout the Hawaiian Islands, biotech companies have simple ignored The People’s vote to halt known toxic chemical spraying as local island communities take unsustainable hits to their health. Yet biotech companies are making no secret of ignoring all demands from people like Gary Hooser who simply say:
“Do not spray chemicals in my community that you cannot spray in your own community.”
With lawsuits springing forward like May flowers in numerous communities, it appears moving forward that stopping GMO labeling laws throughout many States will be the least of the biotech company’s worries. As the March Against Monsanto ramps up again to break last year’s record, never before has the planet seen entire countries recoil against a company, an industry and their products.
In the background, it appears to be mass chaos as the biotech market shift has brought about attempted acquisitions and mergers. Recently, Moody’s downgraded Monsanto form ‘neutral’ to ‘negative’ following Syngenta’s announcement that it has refused Monsanto’s unsolicited bid of CHF449 per Syngenta share in a combination of cash and stock.” With such a healthy, ongoing dose of horrible press, is this Monsanto grasping at straws on the way into obscurity?
Last week a unanimous jury verdict ruled DuPont Pioneer failed to follow generally accepted agricultural and management practices from Dec. 13, 2009 to Dec. 31, 2011. The verdict went on to say that the "seriousness of the harm to each plaintiff outweighs the public benefit of Pioneer's farming operation." A precedent setting ruling that can now be used as a springboard for other communities to halt biotech spraying and crop planting. This comes at the same time long-time Kauai resident Gary Hooser made history by publicly demanding to Syngenta’s Board of Directors and nearly 1000 shareholders at their annual shareholder meeting to drop the lawsuit they have moved forward with in Kauai. Waging last ditch legal battles on many fronts throughout the Hawaiian Islands, biotech companies have simple ignored The People’s vote to halt known toxic chemical spraying as local island communities take unsustainable hits to their health. Yet biotech companies are making no secret of ignoring all demands from people like Gary Hooser who simply say:
“Do not spray chemicals in my community that you cannot spray in your own community.”
With lawsuits springing forward like May flowers in numerous communities, it appears moving forward that stopping GMO labeling laws throughout many States will be the least of the biotech company’s worries. As the March Against Monsanto ramps up again to break last year’s record, never before has the planet seen entire countries recoil against a company, an industry and their products.
In the background, it appears to be mass chaos as the biotech market shift has brought about attempted acquisitions and mergers. Recently, Moody’s downgraded Monsanto form ‘neutral’ to ‘negative’ following Syngenta’s announcement that it has refused Monsanto’s unsolicited bid of CHF449 per Syngenta share in a combination of cash and stock.” With such a healthy, ongoing dose of horrible press, is this Monsanto grasping at straws on the way into obscurity?
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