Author: KJ McElrath

Agribusiness giant Monsanto has recently come under scrutiny from lawmakers in the U.S. and the E.U. for having funded and written its own “research” on the “safety” of products such as glyphosate. The company has colluded with “biostitutes” – bought and paid for scientists – at regulatory agencies to manipulate scientific data in order hide evidence of the herbicide’s harmful health effects. It’s turning out Monsanto isn’t the only major corporation engaging in this kind of unscrupulous behavior. In fact, Corporate America’s practice of creating its own “research” in order to convince consumers of their products’ “safety” has been going...

This could spell bad news for Nestle and other corporations seeking to corner the world market on clean water – but it would mean welcome relief for the hundreds of millions of people who have limited access to such a fundamental part of life. It is well-known that over 70 percent of the earth’s surface is covered by water – yet clean water for drinking and irrigation is one of the planet’s scarcest commodities. In fact, fresh water comprises only about 3.5 percent of the world’s supply. The result of this irony is that places such as California suffer...