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Dec 22, 1999

Monsanto Pays GM Price

GUARDIAN (London) | December 21, 1999 Controversial foods division to be spun off as pharmaceuticals groups merge Jane Martinson in New York
Dec 22, 1999

Scale of UK Human Mad Cow Epidemic Still Unknown

Reuters | December 21, 1999 | By Lyndsay Griffiths LONDON - Hundreds of thousands of British meat eaters might eventually die from the human form of mad cow disease but the scale of the epidemic will not be known for years, the government's chief medical officer said on Tuesday.
Dec 22, 1999

Monsanto Boss's -2: Backlash Batters Plan

Dow Jones | December 21, 1999 By all accounts, he riveted the crowd at his forum. A loyal following ensued, one that some have called almost a personality cult. At a dinner in Chicago's Field Museum after the conference, one enamored employee hung her name tag around Mr. Shapiro's neck. Soon, others were doing likewise.
Dec 22, 1999

Monsanto Boss's Vision Now Confronts Reality

Wall Street Journal | December 21, 1999 | By Scott Kilman and Thomas M. Burton, Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal Monsanto Co. Chief Executive Robert B. Shapiro gazed into the future four years ago and envisioned his company as a biotechnology factory on the cutting edge, churning out novel foods and medicines.
Dec 22, 1999

Lincoln Lab Is Only One in U.S. to Test Pesticides on Humans

Omaha World-Herald | December 19, 1999 | BY JAKE THOMPSON Washington - In the only known testing of its kind under way in the United States, MDS Harris Laboratory in Lincoln has been conducting pesticide research on humans. Researchers this year asked volunteers in Nebraska to swallow small doses of a pesticide to examine its potential harmful effects on people.
Dec 22, 1999

Italy Suspends Seven GM Food Products

Reuters | December 17, 1999 ROME - The Italian government has temporarily suspended the use of seven genetically-modified food products, a Health Ministry statement said on Friday.
Dec 20, 1999

Beyond Seattle

by
Mark Ritchie
Published in Seattle & Beyond by the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment, Vol. 2, No. 1. The recent World Trade Organization Ministerial talks in Seattle failed largely because the negotiation process was undemocratic.  It was the first time where the developing nations stood fast against the trade agenda of the economic superpowers.
Dec 20, 1999

Human 'Mad Cow' Deaths 'Could Be Tip of Iceberg'

PA News | December 17, 1999 | By Sam Greenhill, PA News The number of people who have died from the human form of mad cow disease could be "just the tip of the iceberg", the chairman of the BSE inquiry warned today. Lord Phillips said that 48 people had died of the disease so far in the United Kingdom but the full extent of the disaster may not become clear for years.