The world according to Monsanto : pollution, corruption, and

8Scientists Suppressed“The Composition of Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean Seeds Is Equivalent to Thatof Conventional Soybeans.”—Title of a study published by Monsantoin the Journal of Nutrition, April 1996“When we finished the policy [relating to GMOs], all the scientists agreedwith the policy,” James Maryanski told me with sudden assurance.“You mean there was a consensus on the principle of substantialequivalence?”“All of the different views were taken into account in the agency’s final decisionabout how it would proceed.”No Consensus at the FDAMaryanski was out of luck. The day before our meeting. I had visited the Website of the Alliance for Bio-Integrity, an NGO based in Fairfield, Iowa. 1Headed by a lawyer named Steven Druker, it had sued the FDA for violationof the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 2 With scientists, clergy members, andconsumers as plaintiffs, the complaint was filed in federal court in Washingtonin May 1998, together with the Center for Food Safety, an NGO establishedin 1997. 3 As one might have expected, the case was dismissed inOctober 2000, because the judge determined that the plaintiffs had not