Monsanto ‘faked’ data for approvals claims its ex-chief

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Monsanto ‘faked’ data for approvals claims its ex-chief

By Dinesh C. Sharma, India Today
New Delhi, February 9, 2010

The debate on genetically modified (GM) brinjal variety continues to generate heat. Former managing director of Monsanto India, Tiruvadi Jagadisan, is the latest to join the critics of Bt brinjal, perhaps the first industry insider to do so.

Jagadisan, who worked with Monsanto for nearly two decades, including eight years as the managing director of India operations, spoke against the new variety during the public consultation held in Bangalore on Saturday.

On Monday, he elaborated by saying the company “used to fake scientific data” submitted to government regulatory agencies to get commercial approvals for its products in India.

The former Monsanto boss said government regulatory agencies with which the company used to deal with in the 1980s simply depended on data supplied by the company while giving approvals to herbicides.

“The Central Insecticide Board was supposed to give these approvals based on the location and crop-specific data from India. But it simply accepted foreign data supplied by Monsanto. They did not even have a test tube to validate the data and, at times, the data itself was faked,” Jagadisan said.


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isn't it?

Corruption

Fuck no.

Eat clean organic food. Support your local farmer.

Research links pesticides with ADHD in children

Source: AP

CHICAGO – A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.

While the study couldn't prove that pesticides used in agriculture contribute to childhood learning problems, experts said the research is persuasive.

"I would take it quite seriously," said Virginia Rauh of Columbia University, who has studied prenatal exposure to pesticides and wasn't involved in the new study.

More research will be needed to confirm the tie, she said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100517/ap_on_he_me/us_med_...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=222&topic_id=87073

to their seeds to conduct scientific research and trials so the industry's claims about the benefits of GMOs and their safety can be verified by independent research.


A battle is quietly being waged between the industry that produces genetically modified seeds and scientists trying to investigate the environmental impacts of engineered crops. Although companies such as Monsanto have recently given ground, researchers say these firms are still loath to allow independent analyses of their patented — and profitable — seeds.

See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8329547

they are playing the same game.

Being irony-disabled is quite debilitating.

Google "Monsanto Vilsack".

And with Salazar heading up Dept. of Interior...A Perfect Corporate Storm in the White House.

"CHANGE".....in name only



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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/12/monsantos-gmo-corn-linked_n_420365.html

Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals

In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers found that agricultural giant Monsanto's GM corn is linked to organ damage in rats.

According to the study, which was summarized by Rady Ananda at Food Freedom, "Three varieties of Monsanto's GM corn - Mon 863, insecticide-producing Mon 810, and Roundup® herbicide-absorbing NK 603 - were approved for consumption by US, European and several other national food safety authorities."

I had no idea that GM eggplant existed until now.

Yoiks.
:yoiks:

very popular in India. What a shame.

good find