Biotech PR Relies on Instilling Fear and Misinformation

So, the Maui, Hawaii initiative to ban the planting and growing of GMOs passes by a mere 1,000 votes. And how does Monsanto respond? They respond by saying they will petition (pay off) the Supreme Court to overturn and void the people’s choice.

Let me attempt to put into perspective what the bill called for and how Monsanto, who contributed $8 1/2 million against a meager $100,000, instilled fear and misinformation before the vote.

During the past year, the biotech industry conducted an unprecedented PR campaign to put aside public fears about its intensive use of deadly and health damaging pesticides on …read more