Monsanto's controversial past combines some of the most toxic products ever sold with misleading reports, pressure tactics, collusion, and attempted corruption. They now race to genetically engineer (and patent) the world's food supply, which profoundly threatens our health, environment, and economy. Combining secret documents with first-hand accounts by victims, scientists, and politicians, this widely praised film exposes why Monsanto has become the world's poster child for malignant corporate influence in government and technology. Also on the DVD: Your Milk on Drugs—Just Say No!, A film by Jeffrey M. Smith Dairy products from cows treated with Monsanto's genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST) may sharply increase cancer risk and other diseases, especially in children. Already banned in most industrialized nations, it was approved in the U.S. on the backs of fired whistleblowers, manipulated research, and a corporate takeover at the FDA. This must-see film includes footage prepared for a Fox TV station—canceled after a letter from Monsanto's attorney threatened "dire consequences." Bonus CD: "Don't Put That in Your Mouth," a speech by Jeffrey M. Smith You'll want to stop eating genetically modified foods after you learn how they're linked to toxic and allergic reactions; sick, sterile, and dead livestock; and damage to virtually every organ studied in lab animals.

The World According to Monsanto (DVD)

Science & Math

Robin, Marie-Monique

Biological Sciences

Yes! Books

"As this powerful book makes clear, Monsanto's innovations create more problems than they solve-above all by helping to concentrate the food system in ever fewer hands, with baleful consequences for the world's small-scale farmers. It's the kind of reporting we need more of, and one hopes it will be at least a partial antidote to all the slick commercials with smiling peasants." ---Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy "We are what we eat, and what we eat is rapidly being determined by one company, Monsanto. Monsanto's seed and food dictatorship is based on corrupting regulatory processes, corrupting science, and destroying democracy. We needed a book that told us the story in detail, with courage-The World According to Monsanto does just that."-Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy and Stolen Harvest "An alarming and uncompromising investigation."---Le Monde "Sends chills down the spine....After reading this, we can no longer afford to turn a blind eye."---Le Point The result of a remarkable three-year investigation that took award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across four continents (North and South America, Europe, and Asia). The World According to Monsanto tells the little-known yet shocking story of this agribusiness giant-the world's leading producer of GMOs (genetically modified organisms)-and how its new "green" face is no less troubling than its PCB- and Agent Orange-soaked past. Robin reports that, following its long history of manufacturing hazardous chemicals and lethal herbicides, Monsanto is now marketing itself as a "life sciences" company, seemingly conviced about the virtues of sustainable development. However, Monsanto now controls the majority of the yield of the world's genetically modified corn and soy-ingredients found in more than 95 percent of American households-and its alarming legal and political tactics to maintain this monopoly are the subject of worldwide concern. Released to great acclaim and controversy in France, throughout Europe, and in Latin America, The World According to Monsanto is sure to change the way we think about food safety and the corporate control of our food supply.

The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World's Food Supply

Business & Money

Biography & History

The New Press

Over the last thirty years, we have seen an increase in rates of cancer, neurodegenerative disease, reproductive disorders, and diabetes, particularly in developed countries. At the same time, since the end of World War II approximately 100,000 synthetic chemical molecules have invaded our environment—and our food chain. In Our Daily Poison, award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin investigates the links between these two concerning trends, revealing how corporate interests and our ignorance about these invisible poisons may be costing us our lives. The result of a rigorous two-year-long investigation that took Robin across three continents (North America, Europe, and Asia), Our Daily Poison documents the many ways in which we encounter a shocking array of chemicals in our everyday lives—from the pesticides that blanket our crops to the additives and plastics that contaminate our food—and their effects on our bodies over time. Gathering as evidence scientific studies, testimonies of international regulatory agencies, and interviews with farm workers suffering from acute chronic poisoning, Robin makes a compelling case for outrage and action.

Our Daily Poison: From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and Are Making Us Sick

Economics

Called terrifying” by L’Express and a gripping and urgent book for anyone concerned about democracy, corporate power or public health” by Stuffed and Starved author Raj Patel, Our Daily Poison takes award-winning journalist and filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin across North America, Europe, and Asia. The book documents the many ways in which we encounter a shocking array of chemicals in our everyday livesfrom the pesticides that blanket our crops to the additives and plastics that contaminate our foodand their effects over time. Full of facts, stories, and wisdom” (The Huffington Post), Our Daily Poison follows the trail of the synthetic molecules in our environment and our food, tracing the ugly history of industrial chemical production, as well as the shoddy regulatory system for chemical products that still operates todayto the detriment of consumers and factory workers alike. Mustering scientific studies, expert testimony, and interviews with farmworkers suffering from acute chronic poisoning, Robin makes a shocking case for how corporate interests and our ignorance may be costing us our lives.

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

" Voir un lien entre la pollution de l'air, la biodiversité et la covid-19 relève du surréalisme, pas de la science ! ", affirmait Luc Ferry en mars 2020, accusant les écologistes de " récupération politique ". Voilà un philosophe bien mal informé. Car, depuis les années 2000, des centaines de scientifiques tirent la sonnette d'alarme : les activités humaines, en précipitant l'effondrement de la biodiversité, ont créé les conditions d'une " épidémie de pandémies ". 
C'est ce que montre cet essai, mobilisant de nombreux travaux et des entretiens inédits avec plus de soixante chercheurs du monde entier. En apportant enfin une vision d'ensemble, accessible à tous, Marie-Monique Robin contribue à dissiper le grand aveuglement collectif qui empêchait d'agir. Le constat est sans appel : la destruction des écosystèmes par la déforestation, l'urbanisation, l'agriculture industrielle et la globalisation économique menace directement la santé planétaire. 
Cette destruction est à l'origine des " zoonoses ", transmises par des animaux aux humains : d'Ébola à la covid-19, elles font partie des " nouvelles maladies émergentes " qui se multiplient, par des mécanismes clairement expliqués dans ce livre. Où on verra aussi comment, si rien n'est fait, d'autres pandémies, pires encore, suivront. Et pourquoi, plutôt que la course vaine aux vaccins ou le confinement chronique de la population, le seul antidote est la préservation de la biodiversité, impliquant d'en finir avec l'emprise délétère du modèle économique dominant sur les écosystèmes.

La fabrique des pandémies - Préserver la biodiversité, un impératif pour la santé planétaire

Social Sciences

LA DECOUVERTE

Notre poison quotidien

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Buzz Aldrin in his bulky spacesuit stands by the American flag; to the left, the space capsule in which he and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon; behind him, the void. Everyone knows this picture; the reflection of an epoch-making moment, it made history in its own right. It records the fulfillment of one of mankind's greatest dreams: the first moon-landing, which overcame seemingly insurmountable barriers, achieving a reconnaissance of space in mid-cold war....
 On the threshold of the new millennium, this book looks back at some of the greatest photos of the 20th century. For over three years, the renowned journalist Marie-Monique Robin researched the French TV series Les 100 Photos du Siècle (The 100 Photos of the Century). Traveling the world, often in hazardous conditions, she sought out the protagonists of each picture, tracked down the photographer and established the context. These celebrated images--Robert Capa's militiaman dying in the Spanish Civil War, the defiant head of Che Guevara, the East German policeman leaping over the nascent East Berlin Wall, or the Vietnamese girl fleeing towards the camera from the napalm--are photographic icons telling of hope, hubris, futility and death, individual acts and historic revolutions. In them, the great figures of the century live again, Mahatma Gandhi no less than Hitler, Stalin or Mao. These images document catastrophes that shook the world, from the explosion of the airship Hindenburg and the Hiroshima mushroom cloud to civil wars and single, shattering strokes of fate. 
 A hundred pictures that moved the world: how they came about, and the influence they exerted. Their story offers an illustrated tribute to the century and a profound insight into the history of photography.

The Photos of the Century: 100 Historic Moments (Evergreen)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Evergreen

100 Fotos 100 Historias: Las Fotos Del Siglo

Taschen America, LLC

El mundo según Monsanto: De la dioxina a los OGM. Una multinacional que les desea lo mejor

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Ediciones Península

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