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August 22, 2018 at 9:16 am #89716

wv
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democracy now:https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/14/how_monsanto_plants_stories_suppresses_science
How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science & Silences Dissent to Sell a Cancer-Linked Chemical

Nittany, reaction?

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August 22, 2018 at 11:31 am #89718

Agamemnon
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Monsanto is Satan.

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August 22, 2018 at 1:42 pm #89720

nittany ram
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I can’t speak to Monsanto’s business practices but I do know there is no established link between glyphosate and cancer or birth defects. The journalist way overstates the evidence for a link.

The US uses way more glyphosate than any other country. Where are all the birth defects? Cancer rates in the US are going down as glyphosate usage increases.

Link: https://plantoutofplace.com/2018/08/glyphosate-and-cancer-revisited/

August 22, 2018 at 8:10 pm #89730

wv
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Agamemnon wrote:

Monsanto is Satan

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….Did you just make a political post, blue-man?

Gasp.

I dont know what this means.

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August 22, 2018 at 9:46 pm #89733

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wv wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

Monsanto is Satan

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….Did you just make a political post, blue-man?

Gasp.

I dont know what this means.

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I am doing science here. I stay away from politics and religion. GMOs are the work of the devil.

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August 23, 2018 at 9:29 am #89755

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I suggest anyone who has an opinion about GMOs or biotechnology read this book by Mark Lynas.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/seeds-of-science-mark-lynas/1126996707?ean=9781472946959&st=PLA&sid=NOK_DRS_NOOK+EBooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP77102&gclid=CjwKCAjwtvnbBRA5EiwAcRvnpnf0_DVHewyGPeLl315BpUKyx7rTEOs_lJgFOOCY-8JI0F8OtILPfhoCANIQAvD_BwE#/

Lynas is an environmentalist and has written 4 or 5 books on issues facing the environment. He was also one of the early leaders in anti-GMO activism. He is often credited with coining the term “frankenfood” although he says he didn’t come up with it. He’s led other anti-GMO activists and NGOs like Greenpeace on midnight missions to destroy GMO crops in test fields, among other things.

He’s no longer opposed to GMOs but he’s no fan of Monsanto or agricorps in general and he takes a balanced look at the issues surrounding this stuff.
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