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Vietnam Revisited

The Vietnamese suspect the toxin is responsible for cancers, deformities and disabilities.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Vietnam Reporting Project fellow Thuy Vu, an Emmy award-winning anchor and reporter for CBS5, recently returned to her homeland of Vietnam to take an in-depth look at the impact of Agent Orange.

This CBS5 Special Report explores the on-going health impact of Agent Orange, the toxin used by the US military to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam.

White House, US Courts & EPA Shaft Veterans to Protect Monsanto

Monsanto was not only aware in 1950 that dioxin was a health danger, but they also created a fraudulent health study.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - American veterans and the entire country of Viet Nam affected by Agent Orange have been shafted beyond imagination due to corruption within the US government and US courts.

US courts have protected Monsanto and Dow Chemical from liability and criminal prosecution.

`Whole Foods and Challah with GMOs`

Sabbath blessing over the Challah: "Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, who brings forth bread from the earth."

(NEW YORK CITY) - There is a growing outrage over genetically engineered crops.

Pathologists report evidence of animal sterilization, scientists are seeing gross deformities in amphibians and birth defects...

Agent Orange Maker Monsanto Back in Vietnam

Keeping Monsanto out of Vietnam already appears to be an uphill fight.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Monsanto, the U.S. corporation controlling an estimated 90 percent of the world’s seed genetics, is gearing up for a return to Vietnam.

Monsanto isn’t a household name in Vietnam. But one of it’s former products, the killer Vietnam War-era military defoliant Agent Orange, remains infamous.

Vietnam War Veterans: Burden of Proof

The reality is, we were there and we were poisoned.

(MEDIA, Pa.) - Vietnam veterans who never had boots-on-ground Vietnam, who are sick from presumptive exposure to agent orange dioxin poisoning are tied up in paperwork.

The burden of proof is placed solely upon the veteran. Burden of proof is mainly directed to those service members who never had boots-on-ground.

OSGATA et al. v. Monsanto
Will Farmers Receive Justice?

Monsanto would not give up its option to sue contaminated family farmers...

(NEW YORK) - It was standing room only as family farmers from around North America filled a federal courtroom in Manhattan on Tuesday.

The topic was the landmark organic community lawsuit OSGATA et al v. Monsanto.

GMO Foods and the Damage to Human Babies, Placentas & Umbilical Cords

Short umbilical cords causing strife.

(JAKARTA) - I am writing from Indonesia, the country who got GMO soy first... I'm curious to share what I am seeing.

In 2008 Bumi Sehat Bali's 573 babies saw an increase in retained placentas, and an increase in velamentous cord insertion.

Hypocrisy and Intransigence- Mainstays of the Agent Orange Controversy

Suspicions continue to exist between the US and Viet Nam, although the deep freeze appears to be thawing...

(BRITISH COLUMBIA) - Over 77 million litres of herbicide were dispensed over southern Viet Nam by the US military through the code-named ‘Operation Ranch Hand’.

The Vietnamese reported early in operation that human health was being adversely affected by widespread dispersal of defoliants. Agent Orange.

Veterans who served in Korea & along the DMZ your help is needed!

If you do provide personal contact information it will be kept 100% confidential.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - The research questionnaire response so far has been good, but we still need more veterans who served in Korea to participate.

Monsanto Attempts to Lockout Socially Responsible Shareholder at Annual Meeting

Shareholder's Resolution Would Require Chemical Giant to Study Risks of its Genetically Engineered Crops.

(ST. LOUIS PRNewswire-USNewswire/) - Monsanto officers and shareholders will vote Tuesday on a shareholder proposal to create a study of "material financial risks or operational impacts" tied to its chemical products and GMO foods.

The proposal represents one of the strongest signals to date that the biotech food conglomerate is facing growing consumer, legal, and regulatory uncertainties.