The Chilling History of Monsanto’s Rise to Power

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Story at-a-glance

• Monsanto’s products include saccharin, aspartame, Agent Orange, PCBs, DDT, Roundup (the active ingredient of which is glyphosate) and herbicide-resistant genetically engineered seeds
• Since 1974, 1.8 million tons of glyphosate have been applied to US fields; two-thirds of that volume has been sprayed in the last 10 years; 9.4 million tons of glyphosate was used worldwide
• Tests show 93 percent of Americans have detectable levels of glyphosate in their urine, at an average level of 3.096 parts per billion (ppb)