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I am very skeptical of any study about "how only dumb people don't trust GMO's" Monsanto very infamously sponsored studies all over the world and with prestigi

by socrates1998 8y ago

I am very skeptical of any study about "how only dumb people don't trust GMO's" Monsanto very infamously sponsored studies all over the world and with prestigious universities and professors that "found solid proof" that GMO's plus RoundUp was "non-toxic", but now we know that RoundUp in large quantities clearly causes cancer. It's too bad because now, I am honestly can't tell if any study on GMO's is valid or sponsored by these large corporations.

shhehebehdh 8y ago
> but now we know that RoundUp in large quantities clearly causes cancer. I don’t think we do know that. Unless Wikipedia editors and European regulatory agencies are Monsanto shills. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate
- poilcn 8y ago
  Ironically one section of the article refers to an article by Guardian which states that one of these regulatory agencies copy-paste Monsanto's texts. It reminded me of one of Richard Feynman's stories where he was part of the commission for reviewing new school books which were according to him complete garbage, but other members of the commission approved them. Turned out their reviews were in fact written by the publishing houses and they just published what they were given. It wasn't a case of corruption, rather, people were lazy to even open the books.
  - socrates1998 8y ago
    Yup, basically, Monsanto does the study, writes the report, then give the Professor thousands of dollars to put his name on it. He doesn't have to lift a finger and gets credit for a study plus thousands of dollars. Corruption at it's most efficient.
- socrates1998 8y ago
  >Unless Wikipedia editors and European regulatory agencies are Monsanto shills. If you saw how far Monsanto's reach was, you would know that Wikipedia is child's play. And they infiltrated other governments, so the European regulatory agencies are clearly within their wheelhouse. Here is one example of when they corrupted a Harvard professor. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/01/harvard-professor-failed-disclose-monsanto-connection-paper-touting-gmos/lLJipJQmI5WKS6RAgQbnrN/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/01/harvard-profess...

shhehebehdh 8y ago

> but now we know that RoundUp in large quantities clearly causes cancer. I don’t think we do know that. Unless Wikipedia editors and European regulatory agencies are Monsanto shills. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate

poilcn 8y ago
Ironically one section of the article refers to an article by Guardian which states that one of these regulatory agencies copy-paste Monsanto's texts. It reminded me of one of Richard Feynman's stories where he was part of the commission for reviewing new school books which were according to him complete garbage, but other members of the commission approved them. Turned out their reviews were in fact written by the publishing houses and they just published what they were given. It wasn't a case of corruption, rather, people were lazy to even open the books.
- socrates1998 8y ago
  Yup, basically, Monsanto does the study, writes the report, then give the Professor thousands of dollars to put his name on it. He doesn't have to lift a finger and gets credit for a study plus thousands of dollars. Corruption at it's most efficient.
socrates1998 8y ago
>Unless Wikipedia editors and European regulatory agencies are Monsanto shills. If you saw how far Monsanto's reach was, you would know that Wikipedia is child's play. And they infiltrated other governments, so the European regulatory agencies are clearly within their wheelhouse. Here is one example of when they corrupted a Harvard professor. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/01/harvard-professor-failed-disclose-monsanto-connection-paper-touting-gmos/lLJipJQmI5WKS6RAgQbnrN/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/01/harvard-profess...