Monsanto

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Monsanto

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Basic information
Founded	1901
Legal Structure	Subsidiary
Industry	agrochemical, agricultural biotechnology
Also known as
Official website

Monsanto is a agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation that was acquired by Bayer AG in June, 2018. Monsanto was infamous for their aggressive legal maneuvering, poor treatment of farmers, sketchy business practices, and creating herbicides such as roundup.

Consumer-impact summary

Carcinogenic Herbicides

There have been many accusations of clients developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), from Monsanto products, most commonly with their premier herbicide "roundup" which contains the active ingredient glyphosate. Despite the many lawsuits faced by Monsanto regarding cancer diagnosis, it still remains a debated topic, with the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring it probably carcinogenic in 2015, while following studies told otherwise.

Aggressive legal action against Farmers

since 2004 over 90 lawsuits have occurred with farmers as the accused and Monsanto as the plaintiff. Most of these lawsuits have occurred around issues with seed patents.[1]

Vietnam war involvement with "Agent Orange"

During the Vietnam war Monsanto developed and produced large quantities of "Agent Orange" a powerful herbicide that was used the American army in order to kill off thousands of acres of jungle and farmland in Vietnam. This chemical attack lead to increased cases of birth defects, diabetes and cancer among the native population even years after the war ended.

Furthermore the ecological impact of these attacks have often been considered ecocide, With over 7,000,000 acres of rainforest being poisoned. This lead to a stark drop in bio-diversity in affected areas.

Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Monsanto category.

Kemner v. Monsanto

The longest civil jury trial in American history. It ran through 1984 to 1987 with Monsanto as the defendant. The plaintiffs claimed that they had been poisoned by the chemical dioxin.

Alachlor lawsuits

Alachlor is a type of herbicide that has now been widely banned outside of the US. Sold by Monsanto under the name Lasso, poisoned a man in France.

Products

Roundup

Aroclar

Lasso

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ranch_Hand The American operation in which "agent orange" was used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrochemical The industry that Monsanto is in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_crops The seeds that Monsanto produced.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer The current owner of Monsanto.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/monsanto-roundup-safety-study-retracted Article on studies being retracted after reviews.