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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, Monsanto: The Science Is on Our Side, Not Yours [View all]orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)125. Checks & Balances police human nature, or Greed .
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Monsanto pays those same people MORE. We can't compete with the money in politics. Which is why
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#96
Lack of research funding is due to funding agencies not finding a good reason to spend their money.
Buzz Clik
Mar 2015
#115
Nonsense round up ready crops are huge in America, and we were lied into accepting them.
bettyellen
Mar 2015
#5
"Maybe you can wash it down with nice tall glass of that "harmless" Roundup while you are at it."
NuclearDem
Mar 2015
#28
while your what is at it? there is a difference between your and you're (you are).
niyad
Mar 2015
#41
Anyone who knows about golden rice knows that the research is being done by a non-profit
eridani
Mar 2015
#77
Can't find any info about whether is is being widely used or not. A more important concern IMO--
eridani
Mar 2015
#144
Just tell us what is a GMO vegetable and what is not. We can do the rest. We are adults and it is
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#99
You can't explain why the American people should be denied the right that all of Europe's citizens
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#103
Monsanto suing a researchers for unauthorized research: You can prove that, right?
Buzz Clik
Mar 2015
#114
Predatory business practices are hardly an indication of the things you claim. n/t
Buzz Clik
Mar 2015
#56
where *did* they get their seeds, since you have to sign a contract to get proprietary seeds?
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#63
The editors of Scientific American. Clearly they know nothing, are conspiracy-mongers, and
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#66
You are aware that this is from 5 years ago and Monsanto changed their blanket agreement since?
FLPanhandle
Mar 2015
#68
so the hell what? cosmetic change only. it's *you* who's not improving your reputation,
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#71
"68. You are aware that...is from 5 years ago and Monsanto changed their blanket agreement since?"
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#105
recurring theme with 'some.' Disagree in a thread and you're a shill and 'swarming.'
wyldwolf
Mar 2015
#26
An exercise in cherry-picking, brought to you by the organic industry's most rabid lobbying group.
NuclearDem
Mar 2015
#6
Can we have a comment on ^this^ post from the eternal defenders of corporate sanctity
Zorra
Mar 2015
#54
This article reveals more about the patent illogic and unscientific reasoning of many GMO opponents
FarrenH
Mar 2015
#13
GMO ingredients are so intertwined into our food supply, it is difficult to find foods without them.
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2015
#14
No, not brilliant. But not nearly as stupid as trying to equate e coli to the veg it's growing on.
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2015
#92
Organic food doesn't kill, just the e. coli from the shit used to fertilize it kills!
Major Nikon
Mar 2015
#98
It's embarrassing to DU that every report pushing anti-GMO zealotry winds up on the Greatest page
Orrex
Mar 2015
#32
In the case of GMO companies, they have veto power over research, thereby insuring there's
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#69
So, you concede that there are no published, peer reviewed, scientific anti-GMO studies.
FLPanhandle
Mar 2015
#73
Right; except Monsanto has a lock on who can do research & what type of research can be done,
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#78
Yes, yes. We've got your point that there is no scientific evidence for the anti-GMO postion
FLPanhandle
Mar 2015
#80
To publish the research, you have to get the seed from an approved source and sign an
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#104
So your concern about "genes jumping species" is there for any seed development technology.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#101
Now the city of San Diego has to sue Monsanto.. for fucking up their Bay with chemicals..
Cha
Mar 2015
#102
Watch a GMO Advocate Claim a Weed Killer Is Safe to Drink but Then Refuse to Drink It
Generic Other
Mar 2015
#143