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IndexAapresid (Argentine Association of No-TillFarmers), 260, 262–63, 275, 277, 280, 287Abernathy v. Monsanto, 15, 26–27Abrams, Edwin, 58additives: and food, 147–50; and pesticides,77, 81, 88Advanta seed company (Canada), 218advertising campaigns, 69–71, 73–75, 197–99Advisory Committee on Novel Foods andProcesses (UK), 181AgBio World (Web site), 248–51, 324Agence France-Presse, 301Agent Orange, 3, 39–45; effects on veterans,42–45, 59–60, 61, 67–68; military use(and Operation Ranch Hand), 39–42, 60;Vietnamese victims, 63–68Agrarian and Popular Movement (MAP)(Paraguay), 281, 283AgrEvo, 195, 233Agricultural Biotechnology Stewardship WorkingGroup (ABSWG), 231Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAC), 235,238–39Agriculture Canada, 125, 127Agro Seed Corp (Philippines), 195Agrobacterium tumefaciens, 137–38, 140, 144,246Agroceres (Brazil), 278Agropeco, 284Akre, Jane, 89, 118–22Alabama Water Improvement Commission(AWIC), 20–21Albert Einstein Medical College (New York),101Albuquerque Journal, 150Alexander, Ian, 124, 127Alliance for Bio-Integrity, 153–54, 159–60Altieri, Miguel, 251Alvarez-Buylla, Elena, 252–53American Cancer Society, 117American Cyanamid, 90American Dietetic Association, 117American Home Products, 200American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 63American Medical Association (AMA), 55,101, 117American Soybean Association (ASA), 173,194, 206, 260, 287Amish agricultural products, 112–13Anand, A.S., 296Andhra Pradesh Coalition in Defense ofDiversity (CDD), 298–99Angell, Phil, 174Animal Health Institute, 117Anniston, Alabama, 9–15, 19–21antibiotic resistance, 101–2, 137–38antibiotic resistance markers, 137–38, 322, 324antibiotics and rBGH, 91–93, 96, 101–2anti-globalization movement, 229Apassul (Seed Producers Association of RioGrande Do Sul), 277Apotheker, Arnaud, 133, 141Appel, Cameron, 59Arcario, Adelmar, 284Argentina: The Soybeans of Hunger (Artedocumentary), 2Argentina and transgenic RR soybeans,256–72; the Argentine economy andfinancial crisis, 261–63, 288; and Argentineseed companies, 258; and deforestation,271–72; environmental and healthconsequences of Roundup spraying, 266,
360 indexArgentina and transgenic RR soybeans (cont.)268–69; and expulsion of rural families,270–71; low yield problem, 260; andMonsanto’s collection of royalties,279–81; the pampas and soybean production,259–63, 265–66; the public healthdisaster, 265–68; seed smuggling, 276–77;soil erosion/soil fertility problems, 260;Soja Solidaria program, 262–63, 267; soyconsumption, 262–63, 267; soybeanfarming and “direct sowing,” 260; weed resistanceproblem, 263–65Argentine Agrarian Federation, 260, 262,279–80Aroclor, 3, 12, 16–18, 19. See also PCBs(polychlorinated biphenyls)ASDA (British subsidiary of Wal-Mart), 321Asgrow Agronomics, 195, 223, 278Ashcroft, John, 163, 211Asilomar, 134aspartame, 3, 189aspirin, 12Atlanta Constitution, 11atrazine (herbicide), 139, 264Australia, 62, 128Australian Society, 62Aventis, 38, 232–35Axelson, Olav, 62Azevedo, Kirk, 191–92Bacillus thuringiensis, 191, 230, 304. See alsoBt cropsBailey, Britt, 172–74Baker, David, 9–11, 12–14, 27–28Barchetta, Héctor, 260–61, 265Barrett, J.W., 18Bartle Bogle Hegarty (advertising agency),197–98Bartsch, Detlef, 324BASF, 37, 38, 46, 60basmati rice, 311–12Basta (herbicide), 139, 195Baumann, Dale, 98, 105Bayer, 29, 38, 324, 328Bayer CropScience, 327–28Bayh, Evan, 212Belgium and the 1999 “dioxin chicken” crisis, 25Bellé, Robert, 79–82Belle Center of Chicago, 189Bello, Jésus, 263–65Benbrook, Charles, 219–21, 222Bennett, Stanley T., 111benzene, 11Berg, Paul, 134Berman, Howard, 57Bertazzi, Pier Alberto, 61Beyer, Peter, 326Bharatiya Kisan Union, 1Bhopal tragedy, 311biodiversity: and biouniformity of transgenicagriculture, 288–89; effects of genealogicalselection on, 136–37; and transgeniccontamination, 231, 239; UN Convention(1992), 197, 276, 317Biotechnology Industry Organization, 231Birnbaum, Linda, 61birth defects: and dioxin, 60, 63–68; andRoundup, 83–85, 87, 266Bivings Group, 249Blair, Tony, 184, 187Bliss, Russell, 31, 33, 34Bliss Waste Oil Company, 31–32“Bollgard.” See Bt cottonBooth, Grace, 233Borlaug, Norman, 308Bové, José, 229, 250bovine growth hormone (rBGH), 3, 89–107,108–28; and antibiotics for cows, 91–93,96, 101–2, 106; and cancer, 100–101; anddissenting voices, 108–28; and the FDA,89–107, 108–12, 116, 118–19, 126, 131;GAO investigations, 97, 101, 102, 104,106–7; Health Canada approval process,123–28; and IGF-1, 98–102; and labeling,108–12; marketing of Posilac, 104–5, 108,115; and mastitis in dairy cattle, 91–93,101–4, 115, 118; and milk consumption,99–102; and milk surpluses, 113; Monsanto’slobbying and control of the press,117–22; promotional marketing to dairyfarmers, 113–15; Science article and ratstudies, 96–99, 105; UN report on JECFAscientists on safety, 126–27; veterinarydata on effects in cows and humans,93–96, 102–4; and whistle-blowers,89–93, 105–6, 118–22, 123–28Boylan, Dave, 120–21Boyle, Ellen, 163Brammer, Marc, 320–22, 325–26, 327, 328Brazil and transgenic RR soybeans, 257, 276–79Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense(IDEC), 276breast cancer, 23, 101–1Bristol-Myers, 314British Food Journal, 104Brower, Lincoln, 230–31Brunner, Eric, 104Bt corn, 223, 229–31, 322–25; and corn borer,194, 229–30, 304–5, 322; and insect resistance,218–21, 304–5, 322; Mexicoand contamination of criollo corn,243–55; Mexico’s moratorium on, 244;MON 810, 157, 322; MON 863, 322–25;and the monarch butterfly, 229–31; andregulatory policy, 232–34; and the Star-Link debacle, 232–35Bt cotton, 191–92, 210, 276, 290–306; Cocker312 and Cry1Ac gene, 295–96; crop
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ContentsPreface: A Book for Public
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IntroductionThe Monsanto Question
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introduction 3as “an agricultural
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introduction 5Confronted with this
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