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Senator Kay Hagan from North Carolina is a typical example, and she is given routine tours through Monsanto's research facility like visiting royalty. Monsanto directly contributed $500,000 to federal candidates during the 2012 election. Monsanto also partners with Crop Life America, one of the largest lobbying groups in Washington. Michael Taylor, the Deputy Commissioner of the F.D.A., worked as the Food Safety Czar and Vice President of Public Policy for Monsanto in a revolving door system of employment for appreciated F.D.A. employees.
Monsanto maintains close friends in the establishment that makes the regulations governing food labeling, and in the governmental agency that evaluates the safety of genetically engineered foods. Dow chemical company, the second largest producer of genetically engineered seeds, has similar governmental relationships.
One of the reasons why these companies are so opposed to labeling is that independent groups would then be able to track the diseases that are caused by genetically engineered foods. They would finally be able to publicly conduct controlled studies that are focused on the health implications. Universities and research foundations are currently unable to perform such health-related research on genetically engineered foods, because both the seeds and the genetically engineered genes are patented.
Seed producers either refuse to provide the seeds, or only provide them with non-disclosure agreements that prevent researchers from revealing the results to the public. This how the 'science' of genetic engineering is manipulated to ensure that only positive results get published. The scarcity of independent research that actually gets published is an indication of how bad the results must be overall.
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