do you believe that Monsanto is lying about this issue whilest knowing the
true facts? Because if they do, they're taking a huge risk with the
company. One day the truth will come out and they will be sued by
thousands of ppl and institutions (like the Danish governemnt?) being
guilty of damages by deception of the public, much like the tabacco-
companies are, at present. AFAIK Monsanto is far too businesslike to take
an enormous risk like that.

Ursa..

Monsanto has been caught out lying so many times even in courts of law,
there's just no question but that they are never a source of truth.
Examples on the record: When Monsanto lied to the people of Sturgeon
Missouri about the "safety" of chemical spills, they ended up losing the
court case & paying over $16 million dollars. What did they lie about?
Everything. A deadly chemical gets spilled, they sent in their "experts"
(including Frank Dost) to conduct "tests" and "studies" so that they could
"prove" the chemical spill couldn't possibly hurt anyone, & then they
published as "science" fraudulant studies, & hired spin doctors to
interpret the false science in simpler terms for a population they clearly
regarded as gullible hicks.

They were sued for this fraud & lost because it was discovered their
"expert" assessment of the chemical spill dangers was incorrect on the
following
counts:

1. Lung cancer deaths should have been reported 143% higher than Monsanto
claimed.

2. Genitourinary cancer deaths, 108% higher than Monsanto claimed.

3. Bladder cancer death rate, 809% higher than Monsanto claimed.

4. Lymphatic cancer death rate, 92% higher than Monsanto claimed.

5. Death from heart disease, 37% higher than Monsanto claimed.

Sworn testimony during the trial proceedings, which had been moved to
Illinois, showed that for a period of 30 years Monsanto Chemical Company
manipulated, falsified & concealed study results on deaths & cancers
associated with their chemical products. If they'd lie for 30 years about
that, how long will they also lie about RoundUp? Another 30 years? Forty?
Forever? As long as they exist, no doubt.

As for business risk, Monsanto's entire future hinges on the INCREASING
marketability of RoundUp in tandem with glyphosate-resistant crops no one
but themselves can provide. From their point of view they are "far too
businesslike" to ever tell the truth, since the goal is to increase sales
of a product that shouldn't be sold at all.

-paghat the ratgirl

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"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
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