The World According to Monsanto Quotes

The World According to Monsanto is a television show that was first aired in 1970 . The World According to Monsanto ended its run in 1970.

It features Marie-Monique Robin as producer, Olivier Auriol in charge of musical score, and Étienne Carton de Grammont, Bernard Cazedepats, Arnaud Mansir, Guillaume Martin, and Frédéric Vassort as head of cinematography.

The World According to Monsanto is recorded in English, Spanish, and French and originally aired in France, Canada, and Germany. Each episode of The World According to Monsanto is 108 minutes long.

The World According to Monsanto Quotes

• (Unnamed) "After 10 years on the market, Roundup Ready Soybeans account for 90% of all the soybeans grown in the US. In fact, 70% of the food in American stores contains bioengineered elements.; Unlike in Europe, consumers cannot make an informed decision, because GM-labeling is forbidden, a direct consequence of the 'principle of substantial equivalence'."

• (Unnamed) "We all have PCBs in our bodies, the polar bears and the penguins have PCBs, and what has happened is that in the past there were a few sites where PCBs where released, but over time they have gone into the air, they've gone into the water, they've transported so that the whole world is now contaminated with PCBs. The issue is that many diseases are caused by PCB exposure; the one everyone knows about is cancer."

• (Vandana Shiva) "The difference is that the first Green Revolution was public sector driven. It was driven by government agencies and the government agencies controlled the research. The second 'Green Revolution' is driven by Monsanto; it is a Monsanto-driven revolution. The second big difference is that the first Green Revolution did have a hidden objective of selling more chemicals, but it's first objective was providing food, it was food security -- The second Green Revolution has nothing to do with food security. It's not about food security, it is about returns to Monsanto's profits, that's all it is about.; They've always said that genetic engineering is the way to get to patenting, but patenting is the real aim. If you look at Monsanto's research agenda, they're testing at this point something like 20 crops with BT-genes in it. There's nothing they're leaving untouched. The mustard, the okra, the brinjal, the rice, the cauliflower.; Once they have established the norm that seed can be owned as their property and royalties can be collected, we will depend on them for every seed we grow of every crop we grow. If they control seed, they control food, they know it, it's strategic. It's more powerful than bombs, it's more powerful than guns. This is the best way to control the populations of the world."

• (George Bush) "Call me; we're in the "dereg" business."

• (Unnamed) "Unlike in Europe, consumers cannot make an informed decision because GM-labeling is forbidden, a direct consequence of the "principle of substantial equivalence.""

• (Unnamed) "It's leading product is Roundup, the world's best selling herbicide for the last 30 years. Monsanto is also the world leader in 'biotechnology'. 90% of the GMOs grown on the planet belong to them. Most of them have been genetically modified to resist the application of Roundup, like 'Roundup Ready Soybeans'."

• (Unnamed) "After only 10 years, transgenic crops now cover 250 million acres. 70% are roundup-resistant, and 30% have been genetically modified to produce an insecticide called 'BT'."

• (Vandana Shiva) "This is the best way to control the population of the world."

• (Unnamed) "In 1966, Monsanto scientists placed fish in Snow Creek's water.; All were dead in 3 1/2 minutes."
• (Unnamed) "They never told anybody. But they told the state; the state didn't tell us."

• (Unnamed) "Under American law it's very rare for executives or officials in these companies to be held criminally responsible. So we have the civil courts, we make them pay. And the truth of the matter is: in most instances the price these companies pay; decades later; is a fraction of their profits.; And this is why it pays to keep these problems secret; and it makes you wonder what they might be keeping secret now."

• (Unnamed) "Between 1995 and 2005 Monsanto acquired over 50 seed companies throughout the world -- Everywhere people worry about Monsanto's monopoly, which in the long term threatens to wipe out all non-transgenic varieties."

• (Unnamed) "-- some of those studies Monsanto had conducted were flawed, and if they were done correctly, would have reached just the opposite result. The Monsanto-studies showed that dioxin was not a human carcinogen."

• (Unnamed) "The day after the interview's broadcast, Arpad Pusztai was fired and the research-team dismantled."

• (Unnamed) "I wouldn't trust a word this company says."

• (Árpád Pusztai) "As a scientist actively working on the field, I find that it's very, very unfair to use our fellow citizens as guinea pigs."
• (Árpád Pusztai) "They will never forgive me for that."

• (Unnamed) "In Paraguay 70% of the farmland is owned by only 2% of the population. With GMOs the concentration is increasing. Three quarters of the soybean-producers are foreigners --"

• (Árpád Pusztai) "The insertion is causing the problem, and not the transgene. When we tested the trangene in isolation, even an 800-fold concentration didn't do any harm -- What we published confirmed that it was not the transgene that was the problem, but it was the technology."

• (Unnamed) "We appreciate your persistence in asking. But, you know, we have had several conversations internally about this and have not changed our position. So, there is no reason for us to participate. Our suspicion is that it would not be positive. So, you know --"
• (Unnamed) "We regret that Monsanto refused to grant us an interview --"

• (Unnamed) "The cow-hormon-drug was simply the first major application of 'biotechnology' to food production. And Monsanto is a very powerful company with many, many linkages to top level persons in government. I think the prevailing ethic at the federal government was: 'biotechnology' is so important that we can't let a few little questions about cow safety, or human safety, get in the way."

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