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Originally Posted by surfman
This is just the tip of the iceberg. The ranks of the FDA are swollen with ex big-agra folks, just as the ranks of the big agra corporations are filled with ex-fda players. It's a nice little con they're playing on all of us.
Can anyone tell me what will happen when they control ALL the crops of the world? What happens if something goes wrong with they're super seeds, which cannot reproduce? They're playing God, and that usually ends badly.
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Yes it is. There is one for FDA, iirc.
None of that shows govt investment in IP or shares of these TNCs.
GEKE | venn diagrams
Revolving Doors
The FDA RD is connected to the Monsanto. Here is some on the FDA and EPA. Won't bother trying to format it.
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The Revolving Door Between Monsanto, the FDA, and the EPA: Your Safety in Peril
Former Monsanto Appointees to the FDA, USDA, and EPA
Monsanto Position
Individual
Federal Position
Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs at G.D. Searle and Co. (merged with Monsanto)
Michael A. Friedman
Acting Commissioner of the FDA
Consultant to Searle's Public Relation Firm (merged with Monsanto)
Arthur Hull Hayes
Previously FDA Commissioner
Top Monsanto Scientist, oversaw approval of rBGH
Margaret Miller
Appointed Deputy Director of FDA, 1991
Worked on Monsanto-funded rBGH in connection with Cornell University
Suzanne Sechen
FDA Reviewer on Scientific Data
Attorney for Monsanto for 7 years, previous Head of Monsanto Washington D.C. Office
Michael Taylor
Former FDA Deputy Commision for Policy. In 2010 appointed Senior Advisor to FDA Commissioner
Former Monsanto Lawyer
Clarence Thomas
Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court in 1991
Served on Board of Directors at Calgene, a Monsanto Biotech Subsidiary
Anne Veneman
Appointed head of USDA in 2001
Retired Senior Vice President for Public Policy at Monsanto
Dr. Virginia Weldon
Previously, member of FDA's Metabolism and Endocrine Advisory Committee
Vice President, Public and Government Affairs
Linda Fisher
Deputy Administration EPA
Manager, New Technologies
Linda Watrud
USDA, EPA
Director, Monsanto Danforth Center
Roger Beachy
Director USDA, NIFA