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May 18 2017 May 18, 2017 May 18, 2017 NoComment by Mike Callicrate

Alternet.org: America’s Largest Pension Fund Has Dumped a Fortune Into Monsanto Stock

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By Zen Honeycutt / AlterNet May 17, 2017 Investing in a company that sells harmful products like the toxic herbicide Roundup is counter to CalPERS’ mission. I was recently informed by a former California public health employee, that CalPERS, the state’s pension and health care fund, the largest in the nation, has invested $136 million…

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Mar 28 2017 March 28, 2017 March 28, 2017 NoComment by Mike Callicrate

Alternet: USDA Quietly Drops Plan to Test for Monsanto’s Glyphosate Weed Killer in Food

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By Carey Gillam / Huffington Post March 28, 2017 The World Health Organization said that glyphosate probably causes cancer. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly dropped a plan to start testing food for residues of glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weed killer and the key ingredient in Monsanto Co.’s branded Roundup herbicides. The…

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