ECOCIDIO, UN CRÍMEN AMBIENTAL
SE CRIMINALIZARÁN ALGUNA VEZ LOS DAÑOS A LA SALUD
Y AMBIENTALES? (ENGLISH VERSION BELOW: WILL COURTS EVER
CRIMINALIZE HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES?)
Monsanto está tratando de
defenderse de los crecientes ataques a su producto estrella, el Roundup,
cuyas ventas se dice se desplomaron un 34% en el último trimestre, afectadas
por la declaración de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) de que el
glifosato es un “probable carcinogénico”
( World
Health Organization declaration of glyphosate as a "probable carcinogen"). Varios estados de los
EEUU se han tomado en serio esa declaración y California hasta lo ha listado
como un carcinogénico reconocido.
“Esta semana Monsanto llevó a
juicio al estado de California para tratar de evitar que se concrete ese
listado, insistiendo que el producto no tiene relación con el cáncer y que ese
listado no solo dañará su reputación, sino que violará su “derecho de expresión”,
al tener que rotular sus productos con una ‘advertencia falsa y/o falaz’
acerca de las amenazas que ellos implican”.
(Leer el artículo de
SustainableBusiness - en inglés -, Monsanto's Cover Up Exposed, Glyphosate - Cancer
Connection).
La declaración de
la OMS y la subsiguiente protesta pública forzó a Monsanto a esforzarse por
retener la confianza de los inversores; también están rechazando dos juicios implementados
por trabajadores rurales de los EEUU que acusan a Monsanto de haberles provocado
cáncer y por “falsificar datos a lo largo de una larga campaña de información
falsa hacia los gobiernos y los trabajadores acerca de la seguridad del
Roundup”.
Monsanto también
tiene problemas legales con los PCBs (bifenilos policlorados) que, a pesar de
haber sido prohibidos en 1979, aún persisten en el ambiente. Algunas ciudades
de California iniciaron juicio una vez más, luego de décadas de juicios
similares.
Monsanto tendrá que comparecer
ante la Corte Criminal Internacional de La Haya, Holanda, por “crímenes
contra la naturaleza y la humanidad y ecocidio”.
Es acusada de haber dañado permanentemente al ambiente con sus sustancias
químicas tóxicas que causaron enfermedad o muerte en un número de casos,
como, por ejemplo:
·
* PCBs: Un Polucionante Orgánico Persistente que permanece en la
cadena alimentaria y el ambiente.
·
* 2,4,5 T: una dioxina componente del Agente Naranja.
·
* Roundup
·
* Hormonas bovinas de crecimiento.
Según el artículo mencionado
arriba, “docenas de grupos de justicia alimentaria, rural y ambiental están haciendo
juicio a Monsanto, incluyendo IFOAM
Organics International, una organización aglutinante de más de 800
organizaciones en 100 países”. Se dice que la Corte Criminal usará los
Principios Guía en Negocios y Derechos Humanos” para decidir y evaluar los
daños de Monsanto contra la vida humana y el ambiente.
Aún más importante, la corte
también considerará la posibilidad de reformar la ley criminológica
internacional para incluir a crímenes contra el ambiente - ecocidio – como ofensa criminal enjuiciable. Sería la única forma de garantizar
los derechos humanos a un ambiente saludable y el derecho de la naturaleza a
ser protegida.
(Ver más sobre el tribunal
ciudadano en La Haya en el sitio web (en inglés): http://www.monsanto-tribunal.org/)
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WILL COURTS EVER
CRIMINALIZE HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES?
A recent article in
SustainableBusiness.com News (1) mentions Monsanto trying to fight public
authorities in several lawsuits for accusing Glyphosate of several health and
environmental damages, while at the same time trying to ward off a number of
lawsuits for ignoring human and environmental damages caused by their
chemical pollutants.
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Monsanto
is trying to fight off accelerating attacks
on its main product, Roundup, whose agricultural division sales (mostly of Roundup)
are said to have dropped some 34% in the last quarter. The company was hit by
the World Health
Organization declaration of glyphosate as a "probable carcinogen"
last year. Several states have taken seriously WHO´s declaration, California saying
it would list it as a known
carcinogen.
“This week, Monsanto filed suit against California to prevent that listing, insisting there is no link to cancer and that the listing would not only damage its reputation, but violate its "right to free speech" because it would have to label products with "false and/or misleading" statements about the threat they pose”.
“This week, Monsanto filed suit against California to prevent that listing, insisting there is no link to cancer and that the listing would not only damage its reputation, but violate its "right to free speech" because it would have to label products with "false and/or misleading" statements about the threat they pose”.
The declaration by WHO and the following public outcry forced Monsanto to
struggle for investor confidence; they are also fighting off two lawsuits filed
by US farm workers that charge Monsanto for causing them cancer and for “falsifying
data through a prolonged misinformation campaign to governments and workers
alike about Roundup's safety”.
Monsanto has also legal problems with PCBs that, in spite of having been
banned in 1979, still persists in the environment. Several cities in California
again filed lawsuits after decades of related lawsuits.
Monsanto
goes in front of the International Criminal Court in The Hague,
Netherlands, for “crimes against nature and humanity, and ecocide”. It is
accused of having permanently damaged the environment with their toxic
chemicals that caused illness or death in a number of cases, such as:
·
PCBs: a Persistent Organic
Pollutant that remains in the food chain and environment
·
2,4,5 T: a dioxin component
of Agent Orange
·
Roundup
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Bovine
growth hormones
According
to the article mentioned above, “dozens of global food, farming and
environmental justice groups are taking them to court, including IFOAM Organics International, an
umbrella organization for over 800 organizations in 100 countries”.
It is
said that the Criminal Court will use the UN's "Guiding Principles on
Business and Human Rights" to rule and assess damages for Monsanto's acts
against human life and the environment.
Most
importantly, the court will also
consider whether to reform international criminal law to include crimes against
the environment - ecocide - as a prosecutable
criminal offense. This would be the only way
to guarantee the rights of humans to a healthy environment and the right of
nature to be protected.
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Extracts from MONSANTO GOES TO COURT AGAIN AND AGAIN, SustainableBusiness.com
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