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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the Microsoft case was the test case in the information sciences.
- Conspiracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal courts charging Monsanto with creating a global conspiracy in violation of the antitrust laws, to control the global market in seeds.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival.
- Developing World
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- Nov 07, 2020
The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for.
- Debate
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- Nov 07, 2020
We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate.
- Last
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there's no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic.
- Flowing
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- Nov 07, 2020
A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's absurd.
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- Nov 07, 2020