{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog","author_name":"Beyond Pesticides","author_url":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/author\/beyond-pesticides\/","title":"Monsanto Banned from Lobbying European Parliament - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XH2bx2gGJ6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2017\/10\/monsanto-banned-lobbying-european-parliament\/\">Monsanto Banned from Lobbying European Parliament<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2017\/10\/monsanto-banned-lobbying-european-parliament\/embed\/#?secret=XH2bx2gGJ6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Monsanto Banned from Lobbying European Parliament&#8221; &#8212; Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog\" data-secret=\"XH2bx2gGJ6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"(Beyond Pesticides, October 18, 2017)\u00a0Effective immediately, the European Parliament has banned Monsanto lobbyists, excluding the chemical company from access to committee meetings and digital resources, as well as no longer permitting Monsanto lobbyists to meet with any Member of the European Parliament (MEP). This limit to its influence is a serious blow to Monsanto\u2019s advocacy campaign to promote the safety of its weedkiller glyphosate, (Roundup). The decision to ban came amid mounting public pressure to deny European Union re-licensing of glyphosate, one of the world\u2019s most widely used herbicides. (See glyphosate listing in Beyond Pesticides\u2019 Pesticides Gateway,\u00a0the active ingredient in Monsanto\u2019s Roundup herbicide.) Glyphosate is classified as \u201cprobably carcinogenic to humans\u201d by the World Health Organization&#8217;s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Monsanto, the world\u2019s largest GE-seed and seventh-largest pesticide company, is eager to suppress IARC&#8217;s ranking. In fact, before being banned, the European Parliament had questioned Monsanto&#8217;s funding of counter-studies in order to discredit independent scientists working to limit the public\u2019s exposure to toxic chemicals. In a related development, independent scientists sent a letter to the scientific journal\u00a0Critical Reviews in Toxicology, calling for the retraction of a 2016 paper that refuted glyphosate\u2019s cancer\u00a0risks after it was learned that [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/images-5-157x300.jpg"}