Monsanto Employee Admits an Entire Department Exists to “Discredit” Scientists
Posted by freedomforall 9 years ago to Business
In a recent talk attended mostly by students hoping to get decent paying internships in their field, a student asked what the company was doing to negate “bad science” concerning their work.
Monsanto’s employee, Dr. William “Bill” Moar, who gives talks on Monsanto’s products to reassure everyone that they are safe, perhaps forgot the event was public when he openly revealed that Monsanto had:
“An entire department” (waving his arm for emphasis) dedicated to “debunking” science which disagreed with theirs.”
Likely, this is the first time a Monsanto employee has publicly admitted that they have immense political and financial weight to bear on scientists who dare to publish against them. Of course they don’t list this discrediting department anywhere on their website.
Monsanto’s employee, Dr. William “Bill” Moar, who gives talks on Monsanto’s products to reassure everyone that they are safe, perhaps forgot the event was public when he openly revealed that Monsanto had:
“An entire department” (waving his arm for emphasis) dedicated to “debunking” science which disagreed with theirs.”
Likely, this is the first time a Monsanto employee has publicly admitted that they have immense political and financial weight to bear on scientists who dare to publish against them. Of course they don’t list this discrediting department anywhere on their website.
There is no argument that some harm is caused by products with unintended consequences but it is impossible to know what is real with all the crying of wolf.
In the Washington Post today there is an article on the front page relaying the dilemma that the federal government is facing over publishing their new US Dietary Guidelines. Since 1984 they have used scare tactics to limit salt intake to 2300 mg, fudging every fact they could because it was in out best interest. Now scientist in the US and Canada have reached the conclusion that "There is no longer any valid basis for the current salt guidelines. So why are we still scaring people about salt." They recommend a reasonable of salt intake would be 9000 mg per day (A 161% increase). The government doesn't want to change the guidelines because it is embarrassing. The separate researchers published their findings because they received professional recognition for their papers. It is up to ME, and only ME to determine how much salt I use and what to put it on.
Exactly!