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Lawyer challenges Monsanto to find inaccuracies in his book exposing GMO risks
The attorney is Steven Druker, who came to prominence for initiating a lawsuit against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that forced it to divulge its files on GM foods – which revealed that the agency had covered up the extensive warnings of its own scientists about their abnormal risks and then repeatedly lied to the public.
The book is titled “Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public”.
It features a foreword by the renowned primatologist Jane Goodall hailing it as “without doubt one of the most important books of the last 50 years”. It has been praised by several other eminent scientists as well, including David Schubert, a Professor and Head of Cellular Neurobiology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, who has called it “incisive, insightful, and truly outstanding” – and also commended it as “well-reasoned and scientifically solid”.
The book and the challenge were sent to Robb Fraley, Monsanto’s Chief Technology Officer, and delivered on May 20 to the company’s St. Louis headquarters. Fraley previously sent Dr Goodall an email attempting to sooth her concerns about GM foods – and declaring that he would be “very pleased” to provide additional information. She passed that email on to Druker so that he could respond as he saw fit, resulting in the challenge – which stipulates that the additional information comprise a list of every inaccurate assertion of fact that Fraley and his colleagues can find in the book, along with a citation to evidence that conclusively confirms its erroneousness.
http://gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2015-articles/16182-lawyer-challenges-monsanto-to-find-inaccuracies-in-his-book-exposing-gmo-risks
The book is titled “Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public”.
It features a foreword by the renowned primatologist Jane Goodall hailing it as “without doubt one of the most important books of the last 50 years”. It has been praised by several other eminent scientists as well, including David Schubert, a Professor and Head of Cellular Neurobiology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, who has called it “incisive, insightful, and truly outstanding” – and also commended it as “well-reasoned and scientifically solid”.
The book and the challenge were sent to Robb Fraley, Monsanto’s Chief Technology Officer, and delivered on May 20 to the company’s St. Louis headquarters. Fraley previously sent Dr Goodall an email attempting to sooth her concerns about GM foods – and declaring that he would be “very pleased” to provide additional information. She passed that email on to Druker so that he could respond as he saw fit, resulting in the challenge – which stipulates that the additional information comprise a list of every inaccurate assertion of fact that Fraley and his colleagues can find in the book, along with a citation to evidence that conclusively confirms its erroneousness.
http://gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2015-articles/16182-lawyer-challenges-monsanto-to-find-inaccuracies-in-his-book-exposing-gmo-risks
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