Although PCBs are now banned and are no longer produced, many dangers still exist. Agent Orange Agent Orange is a lethal herbicide used as a defoliant in the Vietnam War. A number of studies have linked exposure to this herbicide to a range of cancers suffered by those involved in the Vietnam war. U.S. veterans and Vietnamese soldiers and civilians are still suffering the effects of its use today, and their children have higher rates of birth defects such as spina bifida. Parathion Monsanto manufactured the pesticide methyl parathion.
Methyl parathion is a poisonous chemical that affects the central nervous system.
It has been cited as one of the leading causes of pesticide poisonings of all time. BST is prohibited in the European Union until at least the year 2000. Food companies which marked their products as rBGH-free have been sued by Monsanto. Monsanto brought an action against the Pure Milk and Ice Cream Company in Texas to try to force them to withdraw their labels. In 1996 Monsanto promised farmers that a genetically engineered cotton would produce poison against caterpillar attack.