The Rise Of Monsanto
Monsanto’s expansion
Monsanto Corporation was discovered in St. Louis Missouri in 1901. The Monsanto Chemical Company was built for its business of selling food additives such as saccharin and caffeine. During the past ten years or so, Monsanto had merged its chemicals business to focus on biotechnology. By using whole systems of herbicides, pesticides and genetically engineered seeds designed to flourish in an environment swamped with chemicals, Monsanto promised to help farmers nourish the world more resourcefully.
Monsanto, well known for its lies and soiled dealing in pesticides, was founded just to promote saccharin in 1901 which led to further dishonesties. What was its main customer at the time? A drink company named Coca-Cola. …show more content…
The company’s history was mainly in the chemicals industry. Having started in 1901 as a manufacturer of saccharin; by the 1970’s Monsanto was involved in businesses with oil/gas exploration, the production of acetic acid, plastics, synthetic rubber, resins, polystyrene, polyethylene, insulation, flame retardant materials, and Astroturf. In 1978, agriculture and food processing together accounted for just 17 per cent of the company’s sales. Nowadays, Monsanto is one of the world’s largest seed companies. Although it remains the manufacturer of the world’s best selling herbicide brand and roundup; it has shed its industrial and specialty chemicals divisions. The sweeteners business and even the pharmaceutical subsidiary which it acquired in 1985 is now an agricultural business that focuses on herbicides and seeds and …show more content…
When making “2, 3, 5 -T” in the late 1940's, its workers developed skin irritations, joint/limb pain, weakness, petulance, nervousness and loss of libido. It also caused Cancer and liver disorders. As obstetricians in Vietnam are aware, horrible fetal deformities have also been strongly linked to the tainted herbicide. In 1944, being one of fifteen companies licensed to do so, Monsanto began manufacturing DDT. DDT is a synthetic pesticide used for agriculture; to help rid of insects and help aid disease control. DDT was exiled after the “Environmental Protection Agency” found out these chemicals were going to be toxic to society. Monsanto was also one of very few companies to produce the defoliant “Agent Orange” during the Vietnam War causing over 900,000 deaths, disabilities and birth defects. In total, over 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to this highly lethal chemical, as well as 20 percent of the Southern Vietnamese jungle over nine
Monsanto Corporation was discovered in St. Louis Missouri in 1901. The Monsanto Chemical Company was built for its business of selling food additives such as saccharin and caffeine. During the past ten years or so, Monsanto had merged its chemicals business to focus on biotechnology. By using whole systems of herbicides, pesticides and genetically engineered seeds designed to flourish in an environment swamped with chemicals, Monsanto promised to help farmers nourish the world more resourcefully.
Monsanto, well known for its lies and soiled dealing in pesticides, was founded just to promote saccharin in 1901 which led to further dishonesties. What was its main customer at the time? A drink company named Coca-Cola. …show more content…
The company’s history was mainly in the chemicals industry. Having started in 1901 as a manufacturer of saccharin; by the 1970’s Monsanto was involved in businesses with oil/gas exploration, the production of acetic acid, plastics, synthetic rubber, resins, polystyrene, polyethylene, insulation, flame retardant materials, and Astroturf. In 1978, agriculture and food processing together accounted for just 17 per cent of the company’s sales. Nowadays, Monsanto is one of the world’s largest seed companies. Although it remains the manufacturer of the world’s best selling herbicide brand and roundup; it has shed its industrial and specialty chemicals divisions. The sweeteners business and even the pharmaceutical subsidiary which it acquired in 1985 is now an agricultural business that focuses on herbicides and seeds and …show more content…
When making “2, 3, 5 -T” in the late 1940's, its workers developed skin irritations, joint/limb pain, weakness, petulance, nervousness and loss of libido. It also caused Cancer and liver disorders. As obstetricians in Vietnam are aware, horrible fetal deformities have also been strongly linked to the tainted herbicide. In 1944, being one of fifteen companies licensed to do so, Monsanto began manufacturing DDT. DDT is a synthetic pesticide used for agriculture; to help rid of insects and help aid disease control. DDT was exiled after the “Environmental Protection Agency” found out these chemicals were going to be toxic to society. Monsanto was also one of very few companies to produce the defoliant “Agent Orange” during the Vietnam War causing over 900,000 deaths, disabilities and birth defects. In total, over 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to this highly lethal chemical, as well as 20 percent of the Southern Vietnamese jungle over nine