Are Regulators Dropping The Ball On Biocrops?

Are Regulators Dropping The Ball On Biocrops?

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Kremer's lab is housed at the University of Missouri and is literally in the shadow of Monsanto Auditorium, named after the $11.8 billion-a-year agricultural giant Monsanto Co.. Based in Creve Coeur, Missouri, the company has accumulated vast wealth and power creating chemicals and genetically altered seeds for farmers worldwide.

But recent findings by Kremer and other agricultural scientists are raising fresh concerns about Monsanto's products and the Washington agencies that oversee them.

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Good to see that the subject is getting a little more mainstream attention. I'm sure most of us know about Monsanto and their various schemes, but there seems to be a credible movement to question biocrops now.

Personally, I try to avoid biocrops whenever I can and buy from local farmers, but you never know when they're using these millions of genetically-modified seeds that companies like Monsanto pump out like candy.

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