Thescreamblog November 1, 2007 Monsanto and the U.S.Government Filed Under: Be Very Afraid
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November 1, 2007
Monsanto and the U.S.Government
Filed under: Be Very Afraid, Environment, Health, Politix, Your rights — Stuart Vail @ 12:48 pm
1991: Margaret Miller was appointed Deputy Director of FDA by George Bush Sr. She oversaw the approval of the genetically engineered growth hormone rBGH. Prior to the appointment, she was one of Monsanto’s top scientists developing rBGH. At the FDA, she approved the same rBGH studies she previously led at Monsanto.
1991: A right-wing extremist, Clarence Thomas, was appointed to the Supreme Court, despite nationwide opposition. Prior to his appointment, Thomas was a lawyer for Monsanto, a notorious chemical polluter and ag biotech promoter. Thomas would later cast the decisive vote in 2000 on the Supreme Court, ratifying the stolen election that put George Bush Jr. into office.
1992: Michael Taylor was appointed FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Policy, a role created to expedite the approval process of genetically engineered foods. Prior to his appointment, Taylor was an attorney for Monsanto. Taylor went on to become Monsanto’s Vice-President.
1993: Rufus Yerxa was nominated as U.S. deputy to the World Trade Organization. Prior to his apointment as one of the most powerful bureaucrats in the world regarding international trade policies, Rufus was Monsanto’s Chief Counsel.
1996: Michael Kantor was appointed U.S. Secretary of Commerce. At that time, Kantor was also on the Board of Directors of Monsanto.
2000: The White House appoints Carol Tucker Foreman as the sole “consumer advocate” on an international committee assessing genetically modified foods. Prior to her appointment, Foreman was a lobbyist for Monsanto.
2001: Anne Veneman was appointed head of the USDA, in charge of regulating, among other things, genetically engineered crops. Veneman previously served on the Board of Directors of Calgene, a Monsanto biotech subsidiary.
2001: Donald Rumsfeld was sworn in as Secretary or Defense. Rumsfeld was previously the CEO of the Searle pharmaceutical corporation, acquired by Monsanto.
2001: Linda Fisher was appointed Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Her regulatory chores included “enforcing” pesticide regulations, such as Monsanto’s herbicide, Roundup, commonly sprayed on GE crops. Fisher was previously Monsanto’s Vice-President of Government Affairs. Previously Fisher served as a high-level staffer for another biotech cheerleader, President Bill Clinton.
2002: George Poste was appointed head the bioterrorism division of Homeland Security. Previously, Poste was a Monsanto animal specialist.
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Friends of mine worked at a Monsanto plant in SW Ohio. The plant was repremanded many times for polluting the Ohio river. My friends claim Monsanto got around sanctions by opening the refuse spigots into the Oh river in the wee small hours of the morning to avoid discovery. They claimed the liquid would run blood red out of the huge spigots.Bottom line? This part of SW Ohio has an extremely high incidence of cancer.
Comment by Just a fellow American — November 5, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
This brings up why I object to Hillary so much. Rufus Yerxa, Michael Kantor and Carol Tucker Foreman were Bill’s appointees while Linda Fisher served as a staffer to Bill.
I’m puzzled by voters who don’t understand that Hillary pushes the interests of corporations over the interests of our country and its people.
Comment by old dem — November 6, 2007 @ 9:17 am
Lest anyone fail to remember, Monsanto, Dow and others were responsible for producing Agent Orange, ‘the gift that keeps on giving’.
Comment by Dwight Powers — November 6, 2007 @ 9:18 am
TheyRule.net is an interesting website which lists corporations and their boards of directors. Choose a company and click on any person’s name to see the other boards he/she sits on and compare how interlinked these mega-companies are. I wish Monsanto were listed. Here is a short bit I did in the magazine, with a link to the actual site. Click on the two thumbnails for sample comparisons;
http://www.thescreamonline.com/commentary/comment4-3/theyrule/theyrule.html
Comment by Stuart Vail — November 6, 2007 @ 10:33 am
does this list actually surprise anyone?.better living thru chemicals is part of the american dream
Comment by beam — November 6, 2007 @ 10:58 am
what a chilling revelation.I am a retired registered nurse and have attended many patients with terminal cancer. It is a gruesome way to end a life…slow and agonizing. the mainstream people have no idea how awful it is or they would be fighting against pollution at every turn. Marlene Lunsman
Comment by Marlene Lunsman` — November 7, 2007 @ 12:30 am
Keep in mind that the producer of Agent Orange is also the leading producer of genetically modified seeds:
http://thescreamblog.wordpress.com/2006/06/16/monsanto-cooks-up-some-frankenfude
The book “Genetic Roulette” documents lab animals with damage to virtually every system studied; thousands of sick, sterile, or dead livestock; and people around the world who have traced toxic or allergic reactions to eating GM products, breathing GM pollen, or touching GM crops at harvest. It also exposes many incorrect assumptions that were used to support GM approvals. Read more:
http://www.genengnews.com/articles/chitem.aspx?aid=2252
Comment by Stuart Vail — November 7, 2007 @ 9:47 am
- [...] 2002: George Poste was appointed head the bioterrorism division of Homeland Security. Previously, Poste was a Monsanto animal specialist. http://thescreamblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/monsanto-and-the-us-government/ [...]
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