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RiverLover

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70. Its safer in Europe where Monsanto hasn't bought off as many politicians & university profs.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:03 AM
Oct 2015
EU Nations Ban GMOs

In addition to the glyphosate backlash, Monsanto has had to deal with several EU countries who have said no to the company's GM crops. A new European Union law signed in March allows individual member countries to be excluded from any GM cultivation approval request. European opposition to GMOs has been strong: Unlike in the Americas and Asia, where GMO crops are widely grown, only Monsanto's pest-resistant MON810, a GMO maize, is grown in Europe. Several nations have taken advantage of the new exclusion law: Scotland, Germany, Latvia, Greece, France and recently, Northern Ireland, have all invoked it.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/monsanto-suffers-several-2015-setbacks




A Harvard Kennedy School professor wrote a widely disseminated policy paper last year in support of genetically modified organisms at the behest of seed giant Monsanto, without disclosing his connection, e-mails show.

Monsanto not only suggested the topic to professor Calestous Juma. It went so far as to provide a summary of what the paper could say and a suggested headline. The company then connected the professor with a marketing company to pump it out over the Internet as part of Monsanto’s strategy to win over the public and lawmakers, according to e-mails obtained through a public records request.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/01/harvard-professor-failed-disclose-monsanto-connection-paper-touting-gmos/lLJipJQmI5WKS6RAgQbnrN/story.html
Recognize any names? [View all] SoapBox Oct 2015 OP
MONSANTO EVIL!!!!! MohRokTah Oct 2015 #1
Seriously, Moh? Scootaloo Oct 2015 #2
Why are you laughing? n/t CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #4
Sure must be funny! Segami Oct 2015 #5
For some reason, I thought of Bugs Bunny when I read that other post Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #11
Cognitive dissonance can cause nitrous oxide symptoms in its latter stages. Fuddnik Oct 2015 #14
Well for one thing "counsel" is spelled wrong Capn Sunshine Oct 2015 #17
Yes, voted the Most Evil Corporation in the World. Their GMOs just got banned from the 14th sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #6
Yeah, hilarious, isn't it? SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #28
Yes, it is. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #64
Being utterly amoral and stridently self serving often come off that way to those not privy TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #65
And that's Only a fraction of the legalized bribery our system is steeped in. aidbo Oct 2015 #3
Hillary's connections to Monsanto Duppers Oct 2015 #21
Debunked: sufrommich Oct 2015 #7
They won't care, it doesnt fit the narrative. Agschmid Oct 2015 #8
It reminds of the forwarded emails usually only sufrommich Oct 2015 #10
You do know that Meta Bunk loves neoliberals, right? Fawke Em Oct 2015 #58
NOT debunked. The author of your blog has a tough time DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2015 #12
So you're claiming that Hillary worked for the "Monsanto Council" sufrommich Oct 2015 #13
No it *actually* really is de-bunked. Agschmid Oct 2015 #18
I just had to see Thomas' name on it rpannier Oct 2015 #37
title-Partially Debunked: List of Monsanto Employees in Government Discussion in 'Conspiracy Theorie azurnoir Oct 2015 #44
just cause azurnoir Oct 2015 #48
LOL!!! That's not "Debunked".... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #53
The claim was that Hillary Clinton worked for Monsanto. sufrommich Oct 2015 #63
No it actually is debunked. Agschmid Oct 2015 #75
Hey look, we've done this before! Agschmid Oct 2015 #9
Walmart board was more than enough for me. Fuddnik Oct 2015 #15
Please remind us what she did while she was on the board there? Agschmid Oct 2015 #16
As a Director, Clinton Moved Wal-Mart Board, but Only So Far Capn Sunshine Oct 2015 #20
Yup... Agschmid Oct 2015 #23
Walmart RobertEarl Oct 2015 #33
Are you guys now running with "Clinton is a gun grabber" is that a thing now? Agschmid Oct 2015 #34
Sure RobertEarl Oct 2015 #39
I'm a bit out of the loop on the gun issue in the primary to be honest. Agschmid Oct 2015 #42
She looked out for all those $7.50/hr employees on public assistance... WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2015 #26
Well, that's a shitload of Not True, right there! MADem Oct 2015 #55
Shareholders and Waltons's wife wanted a woman, but Hillary wasn't Sam's first choice. WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2015 #84
Not sure what you think is so funny--so she wasn't Sam's first choice? BFD. MADem Oct 2015 #88
Please remind me why she was there at all? Is your contention that she was a failure? nt Live and Learn Oct 2015 #56
k and r bbgrunt Oct 2015 #19
Except this is false... Agschmid Oct 2015 #22
HoLeeSheet! Duppers Oct 2015 #24
Wow. delrem Oct 2015 #25
The OP is NOT factual. Agschmid Oct 2015 #30
Actually, I googled off the names one by one, for "monsanto", delrem Oct 2015 #52
I think its truly concerning as well. And we're talking about more than just our food supply. RiverLover Oct 2015 #69
Thanks. Agschmid Oct 2015 #74
Your first sentence is the problem. The 1st rule of getting out of deep holes is TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #72
Quid pro quo? Perish the thought. Monsanto is paying politicians out sheer altruism. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #27
Except this is NOT factual. Agschmid Oct 2015 #29
The Revolution is highly invested in Hillary's Flaws-- LuvLoogie Oct 2015 #35
Sure seems like. Agschmid Oct 2015 #38
another day another olddots Oct 2015 #31
OP is false, just FYI. Agschmid Oct 2015 #32
No it isn't, just FYI. RiverLover Oct 2015 #71
Yes it actually it. Agschmid Oct 2015 #76
Debunked. oasis Oct 2015 #36
And yet ... NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #40
Yup. Agschmid Oct 2015 #41
A small cadre of desperadoes will never sway voters with this weak bs. oasis Oct 2015 #45
Heck we can even have the party in GDP. Agschmid Oct 2015 #47
True so true. (eom) oasis Oct 2015 #51
You party. America weeps. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #62
Where did this originate? NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #43
The image is a tweet, so someone tweeted it. But the meme can be traced back to at least 2013... Agschmid Oct 2015 #46
So someone posted this ... NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #49
Apparently if it's tweeted, it must be true. Agschmid Oct 2015 #50
Sorry, I keep forgetting that about tweetery. NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #54
haha... quickesst Oct 2015 #78
In the bowels of the small mind of a desperate and angry individual, no doubt. MADem Oct 2015 #57
Wingers often float things like this online.... NCTraveler Oct 2015 #61
There's what's wrong with America newfie11 Oct 2015 #59
Except that the OP is false. Agschmid Oct 2015 #73
What's wrong with America is that people believe every piece of shit they see on the internet jberryhill Oct 2015 #81
K&R NCTraveler Oct 2015 #60
I hear Twitter is a fact checking organization. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #66
Nope. This didn't change my mind. NurseJackie Oct 2015 #67
The Board member is urban legend BUT.... Armstead Oct 2015 #68
Its safer in Europe where Monsanto hasn't bought off as many politicians & university profs. RiverLover Oct 2015 #70
I don't think this list is correct portlander23 Oct 2015 #77
Pretty shitty that the spreading of a blatant lie against a progressive gets this many recc's. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #79
Last night it had 33. Agschmid Oct 2015 #80
And it is now ... NanceGreggs Oct 2015 #85
My first thought was lovemydog Oct 2015 #86
Notwithstanding the OP's lack of veracity... OilemFirchen Oct 2015 #82
This message was self-deleted by its author blackspade Oct 2015 #83
K&R burrowowl Oct 2015 #87
Finally an Identity for some of the oligarchs! treestar Oct 2015 #89
WOW! I'm definitely leaving the country if either a republican or Zorra Oct 2015 #90
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