Monsanto’s dozens of Superfund sites ( large contaminated sites of high priority for the US Environmental Protection Agency ) across the United States alone are affecting hundreds of communities and their environment with terrifying health and ecological consequences. Monsanto maintains strong ties with the US government, and especially with the FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration). It is a bedfellow with many other economical and political power houses around the world. The company engages in campaigns of misinformation, the persecution of institutions and individuals, including scientists, farmers and activists that dare to disclose its crimes. Monsanto is spreading new technologies and products, while scientists, ecological institutions and human rights organizations are putting out alerts about issues like public health, food safety and ecological sustainability issues on which our future on this planet depends. This is all particularly troublesome since Monsanto is entering a new chapter of disregard for our planet through the creation and commercialization of GMOs. Looking at the company’s past and present, this project aims to picture what Monsanto’s near future will look like…
Read more about the exhibition at the Belfast Exposed website below.
