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Monsanto Agrees to Clean-Up of Toxic Brofiscin Quarry in Wales

Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals.

(NEWPORT, Wales GUARDIAN) - Monsanto has agreed to help clean-up a quarry in South Wales it is accused of polluting with a cocktail of toxic substances despite consistently refusing to accept liability.

Researcher: Glyphosate (Roundup) or Roundup Ready Crops May Cause Animal Miscarriages

(PURDUE) - A bombshell has been quietly dropped on the website of the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance. A professor emeritus at Purdue University finds a correlation between Roundup Ready crops and a new, previously unknown organism that may cause of animal miscarriages and infertility.

However, Huber, who has 40 years experience working as a scientist for "professional and military agencies that evaluate and prepare for natural and manmade biological threats, including germ warfare and disease outbreaks," believes this should be treated as an emergency until more research can confirm or disprove these initial findings.

VA Links Brain Cancer to Agent Orange Exposure in Recent Court Decision

According to Court documents, Mrs. Sheree Evans had fought for service connection for the cause of her husband’s death for almost eight years, based on a promise that she had made to him before his death.

(OZARK, Mo.) - It is notoriously difficult for veterans to get their disabilities connected to their military service
- even when the connection is apparent.

In this unique case, the Department of Veterans Affairs was made to concede a very important connection and gave justice to a struggling widow.

USDA Lifts Restrictions on Planting GMO Seeds

A MAPLight.org analysis of data from the Center for Responsive Politics shows that two high-ranking officials on the House Agriculture Committee topped Syngenta's donor list.

(BERKLEY, Calif.) - The USDA has given corn growers the green light to plant Swiss-based Syngenta's genetically modified corn seeds for the 2011 spring season.

According to the St. Louis Business Journal, the announcement is a boon to midwest growers, but the product is under fire regarding concerns for crop contamination.

Agent Orange: Thailand Military Bases

DoD determined that herbicides used on the Thailand base perimeters may have been tactical and procured from Vietnam, or a strong, commercial type resembling tactical herbicides.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Vietnam-era Veterans whose service involved duty on or near the perimeters of military bases in Thailand may have been exposed to herbicides and may qualify for VA benefits.

A recently declassified Department of Defense Report written in 1973 contains evidence that there was a significant use of herbicides on the fenced-in perimeters of military bases in Thailand.

Monsanto Executive Appointed to High Level Position in the FDA

Monsanto gave us Agent Orange, Aspartame and Cancer Causing Additives in our Food Supply -

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - In 2010, Veterans Today published a story about Michael R. Taylor's appointment as Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the FDA.

Taylor is a former top executive (VP Public Policy), attorney and lobbyist with Monsanto and has had prior positions with law firms, the USDA and the FDA.

Vietnam: for Victims of Agent Orange, the War isn`t Over

FranceNews24 reporters tell the story from Vietnam.

(HANOI) - In Vietnam, 30 years after the war, Agent Orange is still claiming victims. Used on a massive scale by the US army to prevent Viet Cong soldiers from hiding, this powerful herbicide permeated the ground.

From encephalitis to congenital deformities and leukaemia, thousands of children are being born severely handicapped due to the chemical.

Charity Launched to Help Hanoi`s Agent Orange Victims

At the launch ceremony, the fund received VND815 million (US$41,565) from donors.

(HANOI VNS) - The Ha Noi Fund for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin Victims was launched today.

Abnormal Cancer Rates at Fort Detrick Tied to Monsanto`s Agent Orange

Monsanto's Agent Orange; the gift of death that keeps on killing...

(BALTIMORE, Md.) - Deadly poisons at Fort Detrick, tied to Agent Orange and the Vietnam War, have led to a warning from public health officials about certain cancers affecting younger people who live near the base.

The AP reported Monday that investigators will probe deeper into the discrepancies involving liver, bone and endocrine cancers.

Agent Orange Cleanup to Start at Former US Base in Vietnam

The agreement covers contamination at the Danang airport in central Vietnam.

(HANOI (AFP) ) - Vietnam and the United States aim to start cleaning up contamination from Agent Orange at a former wartime US base in the middle of next year, the US embassy said Thursday.

A memorandum signed between the two sides "confirms the mutual desire of both governments to cooperate in hopes that cleanup can begin in July 2011 and be completed in October 2013," the statement said.