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Carson died of cancer less than two years later, at 57, but Silent Spring uncapped a wellspring of fears about the effects of heedless industrialization that still flows. A testament to her posthumous victory is the fact that the giant Monsanto Corp., which led the chemical industry's attempts to discredit her in 1962, today integrates environmental concerns into its strategic planning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: POET OF THE TIDE POOLS | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

This month the Greenpeace environmental group and Britain's Cooperative Bank created the world's first biodegradable credit card. Made of a naturally occurring plastic, the card takes only a few weeks to disintegrate in ordinary compost. Trade-named Biopol, the plastic is extracted from a microorganism. Monsanto, which makes Biopol, is developing ways of inserting the microorganism's metabolic process into plants through biotechnology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 2, 1997 | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...tomato bioengineered to ripen on the vine and last months on the shelf. It might have been a huge moneymaker if only the thing had tasted like a tomato. Its maker, Calgene Inc., traded above $20 a share in 1992, but the stock subsequently rotted to $5, and Monsanto Co. has offered to buy the company for $7.25 a share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEARISH ON BIOTECH | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

Many experts believe that if Kessler decides to give the go-ahead to olestra, he may stipulate just such a re-evaluation. That's what happened in 1993, when the FDA approved BST, Monsanto's genetically engineered hormone that boosts milk production in cows. It required the company to report back in two years on the chemical's effects. As Kessler puts it, "There is this notion that up until the day we approve a product, the food or drug or device is unsafe. And all of a sudden, the day we approve a product, it's safe forever more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEALTH: ARE WE READY FOR FAT-FREE FAT? | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...Monsanto, which reports brisk sales in its new product, insists that milk from BGH-treated cows is indistinguishable from ordinary milk. The Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the American Medical Association agree. Says FDA Commissioner David Kessler: "There's virtually no difference between treated and untreated cows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brave New World of Milk | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

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