The GMO biotech sector is involved in a multi-pronged campaign to influence governments and the public about the benefits of its products. It uses various means.
It sets up or infiltrates institutions and co-opts prominent political and scientific figures to do its bidding (1).
It hijacks regulatory and policy making bodies (2,3). With help from the US Government, it assumes strategic importance in international trade negotiations and is then able to set a policy and research agenda, as
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Congratulations, class of 2014: You’re totally screwed
College costs more and more, even as it gets objectively worse. Only people worse off than indebted grads: adjuncts
Welcome to the wide world, Class of 2014. You have by now noticed the tremendous consignment of debt that the authorities at your college have spent the last four years loading on your shoulders. It may interest you to know that the average student-loan borrower among you is now ... Read more »
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It hijacks regulatory and policy making bodies (2,3). With help from the US Government, it assumes strategic importance in international trade negotiations and is then able to set a policy and research agenda, as
