Summary Of Pros And Cons This Morning Monsanto

Monsanto's CEO Hugh Grant went on "CBS This Morning" earlier today to discuss all the concerns people have about the corporations practices and products. This article will discuss all the talking points of that interview and his responses.

The first talking point was the Safety of GMO crops, to which Grant used the standard Monsanto misinformation for is answer: GMOs are one of the most studied product in the world. The reason I categorize this as misinformation instead of disinformation is because it is not an outright lie; there are indeed a lot of studies on GMOs, the majority showing GMOs are safe. The only problem is most of these studies are what I call "corporate science", which is when a corporation either funds or directly

When I decided to write about this practice it was because Monsanto and the pharmaceutical industry were using this practice to get products they knew had safety issues approved at the deterrent of our wellbeing. So, Grant is technically correct, there are studies showing that GMOs are safe for human consumption. Although, he is leaving out 90 day "long-term" studies conducted or funded by Monsanto are used to "prove" GMOs. However, 90 days is laughable for a long term study when you are using Sprague-Dawley mice, a type of mice traditionally used for long term studies that last 2 years. So, it is not surprising to find out that independent studies contradict the findings of the flawed 90 day studies. The most famous independent study was when

I wish she would have brought up that they spent the same amount to fight similar ballets in other states, or asked how much they spent lobbying to get the dark act started. But, it was a pleasant surprise that she even brought up that they spent 10 million in two states to make sure consumers did not know when their GMO products were in the food they