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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