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Monsanto - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08PARIS614

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• "Europe's public TV channel - ARTE - broadcasted a film !"

 

 

 

 

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• "about Monsanto - its behavior - and its relations !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Monsanto had lobbied - the US government - and its biotech regulatory system !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "lacked ethical - and scientific integrity !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that political - rather than scientific decisions - had been made !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the FDA - the US food administration - decided that transgenes !"

 

 

 

 

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• "belonged to the - GRAS category - generally recognized as safe !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "exempting them - from toxicological tests - before market release !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the substantial equivalence principle - had no scientific background !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and was created - to avoid treating GMOs - as food additives !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "allowing biotech companies - to proceed - without toxicological tests !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and without - labeling !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in 1992 - the FDA published a statement - for US biotech regulation !"

 

 

 

 

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• "stipulating - that the same regulations - apply to food products !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "derived from GM - and conventional plants !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "James Maryanski - formerly of the FDA - said !"

 

 

 

 

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• "this was based on - political expedience !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "rather than - scientific justification !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "former secretary of agriculture - Dan Glickman - said !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he had felt - that he was - under pressure ! - ( from these companies ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "more tests - should have been conducted !"

 

 

 

 

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• "on biotech products - before they were approved !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Jeffrey Smith - director of the Institute for Responsible Technology !"

 

 

 

 

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• "said a number of persons - who were close to Bush !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "either had obtained campaign contributions - from Monsanto - or had worked directly for the company !"

 

 

 

 

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• "John Ashcroft - Tommy Thompson - Ann Veneman - Donald Rumsfeld !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a number of key players - had contacted the US embassy !"

 

 

 

 

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• "saw the film - and had questioned !"

 

 

 

 

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• "how much of this - was true ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monsanto in Brazil - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05BRASILIA3026

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• "Monsanto company executives - met with the US embassy !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they said Monsanto had - short term difficulties !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "on biotech - in Brazil !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but they had a long-term - strategy !"

 

 

 

 

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• "were soybean - and cotton seed - would just be the beginning !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they would pour billons - into Brazil - with the goal !"

 

 

 

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• "of a long-term supplier - of agricultural commodities - to China !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Trade - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07STATE150199

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• "the US embassy - and under secretary economy Reuben Jeffery !"

 

 

 

 

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• "had lobbied France - for market access !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "of genetically engineered products - GE !"

 

 

 

 

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• "products - like a Monsanto biotech variety !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "French farmers - sow 22,000 hectares !"

 

 

 

 

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• "a ban - or moratorium - would cost US$ 40 million - in exports !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Trade - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07PARIS4723

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• "the US embassy in France - recommended that !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it reinforced - its negotiating position !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "with the EU - on agricultural biotechnology !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Europe - was reducing - agricultural biotechnology !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the EU member states - demanded that the - EU Commission !"

 

 

 

 

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• "was not sanctioning - Austria's national ban !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the US embassy would develop - a path !"

 

 

 

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• "with a target list - to defend its interests !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biotech - Source Watch: LINK ¤ SOURCE WATCH

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• "Monsanto - Syngenta - DuPont Pioneer - BASF Plant Science - Bayer CropScience !"

 

 

 

 

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• "scientists - at the US food administration - FDA !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "consistently described the - gene-spliced foods !"

 

 

 

 

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• "as cause for - concern !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the scientists said - that there could be the - possibility !"

 

 

 

 

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• "of unexpected - accidental changes - in genetically engineered plants !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they recommended testing - every GM food !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "( genetically modified food ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "before - it enters the - marketplace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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