There's nothing they are leaving
untouched: the mustard, the okra, the bringe oil, the rice, the
cauliflower. Once they have established the norm: that seed can be owned
as their property, royalties can be collected. We will depend on them
for every seed we grow of every crop we grow. If they control seed, they
control food, they know it -- it's strategic. It's more powerful than
bombs. It's more powerful than guns. This is the best way to control the
populations of the world. The story starts in the White House, where
Monsanto often got its way by exerting disproportionate influence over
policymakers via the "revolving door". One example is Michael Taylor,
who worked for Monsanto as an attorney before being appointed as deputy
commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1991. While
at the FDA, the authority that deals with all US food approvals, Taylor
made crucial decisions that led to the approval of GE foods and crops.
Then he returned to Monsanto, becoming the company's vice president for
public policy.
Thanks to these intimate links between
Monsanto and government agencies, the US adopted GE foods and crops
without proper testing, without consumer labeling and in spite of
serious questions hanging over their safety. Not coincidentally,
Monsanto supplies 90 percent of the GE seeds used by the US market.
Monsanto's long arm stretched so far that, in the early nineties, the US
Food and Drugs Agency even ignored warnings of their own scientists,
who were cautioning that GE crops could cause negative health effects.
Other tactics the company uses to stifle concerns about their products
include misleading advertising, bribery and concealing scientific
evidence.
Learning to 'Live Free' comes from experience and personal growth ... Lets break our conditioning!
Patent For A Pig: The Big Business of Genetics
The American biotechnology firm,
Monsanto, has applied for a patent for pig breeding in 160 countries.
The patent is for specific parts of the genetic material of pigs which
Monsanto’s genetic researchers have decoded. If this patent is granted,
pig breeding would be possible with the approval of the company.
Farmers and breeders are naturally
alarmed because these genes have long existed in the great majority of
their pigs. Using DNA tests they can prove that there is no new
invention in the patent applications but that, instead, granting this
patent would be to allow a part of nature to fall into the hands of a
single company.
Monsanto’s influence on the patent
offices is huge. If the patent is approved, money will have to be paid
to Monsanto for every pig in the world carrying this genetic marker.
This has long been the case for certain feedstuffs, such as genetically
modified maize. Many farmers in the US have already become dependent on
the company.
It is not merely a question of money,
however, but also a question of the risk posed to consumers. In America,
as in Europe, cases of infertility in animals fed with genetically
modified maize are becoming increasingly common. No-one yet knows what
effects such products are having on humans.
A Silent Forest
The Growing Threat Genetically Engineered Trees - Award winning
documentary film explores the growing global threat of genetically
engineered trees to our environment and to human health. The film
features David Suzuki, who explores the unknown and possibly disastrous
consequences of improperly tested GE methods. Producer: tankerenemy.
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