Monsanto's Cruelty

To maintain their level of profit, corporations deliberately conceal the long-term health risks posed by their products and deceive consumers with falsified information. For example, the American multinational agrochemical company, Monsanto, introduced the synthetic hormone rBGH designed to increase milk production by 11-16%. Because Monsanto declared that their product involves zero antibiotics and proudly claimed that it is safe for both animal and human health, rBGH was extensively used by 17% of American dairy farmers and was approved by the FDA without hesitance. However, researches soon revealed that this artificial hormone is composed of antibiotics and, as it circulates through cows’ bloodstream, this drug eventually contaminates the
These concrete facts clearly contradict Monsanto’s previous statements and debunk this multinational corporation’s deceitfulness, its callous attitude towards other human beings as well as its acceptance of animal cruelty. Since Monsanto deceives the public through the media in a flagrant manner, it further illustrates the company’s open disregard of the laws and exposes its discreditable nature. Moreover, the discovery of health risks did not impede Monsanto’s search for profit. Instead of confessing the truths to the public, Monsanto suppressed the opposition voices using money and underplayed this safety issue in reports (i.e. replacing the word “cancer” with “implication”). Monsanto’s desperate measures to sustain sales demonstrate its incapability to admit guilt and its lack of moral constraints. Although Monsanto appears extremely execrable, it represents only a small part of the relentless industries and its action reflects the epidemic, more deleterious misconducts permeated in the business world. The majority of businesses today are motivated purely by profit that they have lost ethical considerations and sense of