Monsanto, the company that gave the world PCBs, is also giving the world genetically engineering whether or not it is welcome

["Susan K. Snow" <sksnow@1stnet.com>]

Monsanto, the company that gave us dioxin-like PCBs, is giving us 
genetically engineered products whether or not we want them.  One such 
product is soybeans that are genetically-engineered with the Brazil nut 
to withstand more of the herbicide Roundup, made by Monsanto.

Monsanto also gave us rGBH, despite the glut of milk in the U.S.

Why does Monsanto get away with this?  Try revolving doors at the U.S. 
Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Agriculture, and likely 
at the EPA.  This is nothing new.  Revolving doors were big time 
during the Reagan-Bush reign.

In the case of rGBH, see 
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/news/washington/research/9410/941029-2.html

".. The GAO review covered the activities of Margaret Miller, Suzanne
Sechen and Michael Taylor. Miller, a former Monsanto lab supervisor, 
became director of the FDA division that was involved in the technical 
review of the Monsanto drug. Taylor, who served as the FDA's deputy 
commissioner for policy from 1991 to 1994, represented Monsanto as a 
partner at the law firm of King & Spalding, although not on issues 
directly related to the approval of rBST. (Taylor is now a food safety 
official for the Agriculture Department.)..."

Source: Probe Clears 3 at FDA Who Approved Cow Hormone
John Schwartz (Washington Post Staff Writer)
(C) 1994 The Washington Post (LEGI-SLATE Article No. 215420)

See also,'Monsanto Wins U.S. President's Green Chemistry Challenge Award'

"Monsanto received the award for the development of a new "zero-waste" 
chemical process to make disodium iminodiacetate (DSIDA), a key chemical 
intermediate in the production of Roundup herbicide. Known as 
copper-catalyzed dehydrogenation of diethanolamine (DEA), the new process 
uses raw materials which have low volatility and are less toxic than 
those of other traditional processes. It also produces a final product 
that is of such high quality that no purification or waste cut is 
necessary for its subsequent use in the manufacture of Roundup." 

http://www.monsanto.com/crop_protection/html_files/news.html