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In reply to the discussion: The Great GMO Legitimation Crisis [View all]CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)70. That's exactly right.
The 'left-brainers' are so wedded to the authority of corporate science, that they simply ignore the harm being done to society.
Do they think 'corporate science' will swoop in and pluck us from the brink. Nobody is that dense, right?
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TPP or whatever comes next will be mighty handy for Monsanto, ADM and Big Agra.
Octafish
Mar 2015
#28
The article is about power and politics, and how they're used by the GMO industry,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#14
Monsanto's been saying one thing to the regulators, and another to the farmers fooled into buying
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#23
Yes, they were saying herbicides must be used continuously. Of course, they were!
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#36
The better way is for crops and herbicides to be rotated, not for one crop and one herbicide
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#37
Aloha pnwmom... I just made a comprehensive post on this thread .. how I feel about Monsanto
Cha
Mar 2015
#57
So you're going for guilt-by-association. Who cares? Drucker's just one person mentioned in the beginning of the article,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#13
Monsanto's goal is to collapse the natural ecosystem and get exclusive rights to our food supply,
whereisjustice
Mar 2015
#7
propaganda doesn't just get believed or buys time, each bit contributes to a larger overall
MisterP
Mar 2015
#11
Bangladeshi farmers learn the hard way it's not wise to put much stock in the pro-GMO propaganda.
JohnyCanuck
Mar 2015
#29
There is nothing misleading about correct labeling. And the food manufacturers have zero credibility
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#59
Why wouldn't it be? I wouldn't object to the disclosure of the type of fertilizer used, including manure.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#64
There is a profound difference between simple and clear labeling and scaremongering.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#66
Not a damn thing.. but you will get a Lot of Hot Air from those defending Not Labeling GMO.
Cha
Mar 2015
#58