Why does
the US government live out extreme pesticide devotion? There can be only one
reason: a foreseeable insect invasion. Monsanto is
an American multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation based in
Missouri. It is a leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed and of
the herbicide glyphosate, which it markets under the “Roundup” brand.
The
company’s first product was the artificial sweetener saccharin, which it sold
to the Coca-Cola Company. By the 1940s Monsanto was a major producer of
petroleum plastics, including polystyrene and synthetic fibers. The company
also manufactured contentious products such as the insecticide DDT, PCBs, Agent
Orange, and recombinant bovine somatotropin.