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Monsanto - Founded in 1901 by John Francisco Queeny , named after his wife , Olga Monsanto. The company origin was St. Louis, Missouri and was a manufacturer of Saccharin, a carcinogenic artificial sweetner,Saccharin was the first poison to be manufactured from coal tar by Monsanto. It was supposed to be a sweetener and substitute for sugar. Huge quantities were sold to the Chinese. It was later proved to be highly carcinogenic. Discovering a German Chemical process which led to acetylsalicyclic acid, in 1918 Monsanto purchased a Illinois acid company. Then in 1928 Edgar Queeny took over and expanded operations into plastics and phosphorus. During the late 20's and early 30's they manufactured industrial chemicals, pesticides and synthetics. Monsanto purchased Thomas & Hochwalt in Dayton, Ohio which gave t...