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Monsanto Tribunal <newsletter@monsanto-tribunal.org> Wed, Dec 20,2017 al5:41PM

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contrcjl our food system. The legal opinion of the Monsanto Tribunal was a highligf,t. first time,
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Monsanto victims from all over the world came together and convinced a pane! of internationaljudges
that the company is violating basic human rights. We did not manage to stop the re-authorization of
glyphosate in the EU, but instead of green light for a 1S-year period, Monsanto got a S-year permit. France and
Italy are discussing a 3-year phase out of the herbicide. An impressive '1.3 million people signed the citizens'
initiative and discussions on the behavior of Monsanto were all over the news in many countries. A court case of
glyphosate victims in the US led to the release of the 'Monsanto Papers', that show Monsanto is manipulating
science, press and politics. M-ore documents and evidqnce of Monsanto'q misbehavior will follow in sprinq.

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resistant GMO crops tumed into a disaster as over 1000 farmers in the US are suing the company for the
damage. The new generation of BT crops is supposed to fight insects has failed in lndia. Weed and insect

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inlo other fields of destruction. They try to tighten iheir grip
on the food Yv'[ y'vvqury merge with Bayer to
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increase control and try to hide the bad name of the company but Bayer is buying a Trolan horse. The share
value of Monsanto is massively overrated, because both techniques on which the GMO revenue model bepends
are failing. More and more people, farmers, and consumers see that we have to change the food system to stop
the ecocide. A German study shows us that the insect populations in nature reserves have decreased by 75o/o in
the last 27 years. This sent shock waves through the world. Humans cannot survive if we killall life around us,
and we have to work with nature instead of against it. The era of highly toxic, fossil fuel dependent and soil
and resources depleting chemical agriculture must come to an end, a9d leave space for agroecology to
thrive. The sooner the change of agriculture paradigm, the better: help wherever and whenever you can, for
ourselves and especially our children and grandchildren.

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The European permit for the world's best-selling herbicide glyphosate was expiring in December 2017. The EU
Commission proposed to renew it for another 15 years. This caused a storm of protest. The proposal was based
on reports by the food authority EFSA and the German BfR, proven to be highly biased. Part of the text was even
copy pasted from a Monsanto lobby group, the Glyphosate Task Force. The process shows that industry

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