Another proud moment for Monsanto; the company has been given the Worst Company of 2011 Award for its numerous crimes against protecting human health and the environment. The award was given by NaturalSociety after thousands of readers voted Monsanto the worst company of 2011.

“Considering the fact that Monsanto’s global GMO push has threatened environmental and human health alike, I think NaturalSociety labeling them Worst Company of 2011 is very suiting,” said Sayer Ji, President of GreenMedInfo.com.

The award is intended to bring awareness to these environmental issues, which are continually being recognized by nations worldwide.

$2.5 Million. That’s the amount of the largest fine ever given out under a U.S. pesticides law, and it will be agricultural powerhouse Monsanto that will pay it. The Environmental Protection Agency will be collecting the $2.5 million fine, which considering other payments Monsanto has had to pay out in the past, is barely a drop in Monsanto’s bottomless bucket.

Monsanto was selling genetically modified cotton seeds without labeling them as such between the years if 2002 and 2007. The seeds were illegally sold in several Texas counties where the seeds are explicitly banned.

Germany has announced that it plans to ban the only genetically modified strain of corn grown in the European Union. This is a big punch in the face to the American “corn” manufacturer, Monsanto, who has been under the microscope lately due to concerns about their heavily genetically modified crops. This also increases trade tensions between the EU the United States.

The German Minisiter of Agriculture, Ilse Aigner, said that the move was intended to protect the health and safety of consumers and the environment. Aigner stressed however, that this particular ban would not represent a total ban on genetically modified crops.

“My decision is not a political decision, it’s a decision based on the facts,” Ms. Aigner said. “I have come to the conclusion that there is a justifiable reason to believe that genetically modified maize of the type MON 810 presents a danger to the environment.”