The world according to Monsanto : pollution, corruption, and

the bovine growth hormone affair, part two 125of my work over the ten previous years dealing with rBST reviews. So I decidedthat I would document this and send a memo to my chief. I came backafter the weekend and again looked in the file cabinet and there were someadditional files back in. . . . Then an investigation began with the securitygroup in Health Canada. After interviewing me, Sergeant Fiegenwald tooksome of the files that were back for fingerprinting, and he also asked me towrite statements on anything I could recall or that I thought might havecaused these documents to be removed. I provided him with the original,and I kept a copy for myself. A few months later, in November of 1994,when I was away on sick leave, a member of Health Canada Security Departmentcalled me and demanded that I provide the copy of my statements.She came to my home and demanded these. I have never seen those sincethat time, so that was kind of a surprise.”“Would you say the files that you had were pro-rBST or anti-rBST?” askedSenator Nicholas Taylor.“There were a lot of questions that I had asked, and there were numerouswhat we call ‘additional data letters’ asking questions of the company to provideadditional information. So at that point I was not recommending thatthe drug be approved from a point of view of safety in the intended speciesor efficacy.”“I gather if, after your research, people offered you rBST-treated milk, youwould not want to drink it?”“Personally, I would probably decline.”“I do not believe I am in Canada, when I hear you that your files havebeen stolen!” said Senator Eugene Whelan. “What in the hell kind of systemhave we got? Do not forget that I was minister for eleven years, and researchwas my favorite topic. . . . So I have every reason to be skeptical when webecome more dependent all the time on Monsanto and these companies doingthe research for us. ...I have strong reservations about less and lesspublic research and big grants by Monsanto to Agriculture Canada for this,and big grants to somebody else from another company for that. ...I wouldask each one of you, has any one of you been lobbied by Monsanto?”“I will describe the situation,” said Haydon. “I am not sure ‘lobby’ is thecorrect word, but I did attend a meeting back approximately in 1989 to1990, and Monsanto representatives had met with myself and my supervisor,Dr. Drennan, and my director, Mr. Messier. At that meeting, an offer ofone to two million dollars was made by the company. I do not know any more