Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Food & Life Local activist helps kick Monsanto and Obama in the ass
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:10 PM
- www.growswitch.com
But two months ago, a French court annulled the ban because of insufficient evidence of toxicity. Nonetheless, the government has decided to continue the ban and Monsanto has given up the fight.
The French decision has reanimated outrage because of President Obama's appointment in 2009 of Michael Taylor, a former Monsanto vice president, as senior adviser to the FDA. Taylor was described this way by one activist:
“The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar. This is no joke.”
Now, Fredrick Ravid, an Atlanta financial analyst, has begun a petition to have Taylor removed from his position. The petition includes a thorough summary of the dangers posed by genetically modified food and Taylor's involvement in promoting it. The closing words of the petition, addressed to Obama, are:
Monsanto's objective to use biotechnology to change the world's food supply is the opposite policy direction your administration should pursue. Your legacy of supporting Monsanto to have free rein in U.S. food policy is a nightmare scenario that is against the interest of all Americans and world citizens.
The petition at this writing has collected more than 176,000 signatures, with a goal of 200,000 in mind.
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There are wayyy more than 200,000 signatures you can get !!!
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Am I the only one who thinks using science to make our food supply more bountiful, disease, and pest resistant is a good thing?
Science CAN be a good thing...Monsanto is not about science so much as it is about control and money. A bountiful supply of TOXIC food is not a good thing.
I see so one former Monsanto is a scandal - what idiots. lets have people in the reg aganecies who know nothing about eth etchnology just like you guys - great idea
Frankenscience or GMF are not always a good thing. Monopolizing food suppy and extorting farmers is what Monsanto does best.
The petition actually has more than 200,000 signatures it this time and certainly we have a substantially higher number in mnd! Anderson frederick ravid is not a financial analyst he is president of a registered investment advisory firm base in atlana known as chartered financial service inc. He manages capital for private clients and it is a wall street veteran.
Smitty - the way to make food more bountiful is to allow people unrestricted access to viable seeds and NOT to make it so that you have to buy seed year after year from giant agribusiness.
mudball is right.
Also the biggest problem with genetically engineered food is that the usual goal is to make the crop more pesticide resistant. The pesticides run off and screw the water systems.
I'm not scared of modified food. I'm scared of increasing pesticide and herbicides in the environment and seed stock being controlled by dickheads.
GMOs have increased farmer suicides in India, and abused the rights of farmers everywhere. Farmers who did NOT choose to use Monsanto's seeds have been sued by Monsanto and must pay royalties because Monsanto's seeds DRIFTED into their fields. There's enough food now to feed everyone. But those who need it most, can't BUY IT. Big corporations aren't interested in 'sharing' or giving anything away, are they? No, they're not.
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