The world according to Monsanto : pollution, corruption, and

364 indexFrance Nature Environnement, 24Franco, Felipe, 269–70Franco, Roberto, 276, 279, 282, 287Franklin, Bob, 120Fraud Magazine, 53Freeling, Mike, 248French Biomolecular Engineering Commission,83French Environment and Energy ManagementAgency (ADEME), 24Friedman, Michael, 164Friends of the Earth, 198, 232–34, 323–25Frish, Tracy, 71Fuchs, Roy, 170, 171Futterer, Johannes, 248Gaffey, William, 51, 63Galeano, Jorge, 281–83, 284–86Gandhi, Indira, 309Gasson, Mike, 324Gaud, William, 308Gavilán, Benito, 283“gene guns,” 140–41, 180General Accounting Office (GAO), 43, 97,101, 102, 104, 106–7General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT), 181, 313–17General Electric, 16, 29, 203, 314General Foods, 161General Motors, 314genetic engineering. See GMOs (invention of)Genetic Engineering Approval Committee(India), 296, 297–98Genetic Roulette (Smith), 152GeneWatch, 168Gepts, Paul, 202, 252–53Germany and approval of MON 863, 322–25Gianfelici, Darío, 265–67Gibson, Alan, 42–43, 61, 67Glean (herbicide), 139Gleich, Gerald, 151Glickman, Dan, 164–67, 187, 196, 201, 258Globe and Mail (Toronto), 123glyphosate-based herbicides, 70, 77, 79, 81,84; and cancer, 79–82; health effects ofRoundup compared to glyphosate alone,84; invention of, 70, 138–39; and weedresistance, 218–21, 263–65. See alsoRoundup herbicideGMOs and food crops. See transgenic cropsGMOs and patents. See patents and GMOsGMOs (and regulatory system), 141–52,153–77, 232, 321–25; Bt corn and Starlinkdebacle, 232–34, 321; and debateover MON 863 corn in Europe, 322–25;EMS epidemic and the L-tryptophanaffair, 149–52; and EPA, 142, 232–34; theFDA, 142–52, 153–62, 174, 232–34; andFDA’s 1992 policy statement, 144–46,156, 158–62; and food additives, 147–50;and Monsanto’s political strategies toinfluence, 141–45; Monsanto’s revolvingdoor system and regulatory agencies,161–67; and principle of substantialequivalence, 146–52, 153, 156, 159,169–76; and toxicology studies, 148–49,157, 171–77; and transgenic tomatoes,148–49, 157, 169; WHO/FAO consultations(1990 and 1996), 169–70, 171GMOs (invention of), 131–41; and differencesbetween inserted proteins and originalproteins, 158, 234; and “gene guns,”140–41; genetic manipulation research,135–41; Roundup Ready soybeans,138–41; and selection markers, 137–38,322, 324GMWatch, 249Gold, Richard, 216golden rice, 326Goldsmith, Zac, 199González, Aldo, 253–55Grandi Molini Italiani, 227Grant, Hugh, 186, 200, 206GRAS (“generally recognized as sage”) substances,148, 149Great Britain, 178–87, 198–99, 217green revolution, 1, 36, 135, 197, 295, 307–11;and seed patents/patent law, 310–11; andtransgenic agriculture in India, 295,307–8, 310–11; and wheat production,308–10Greenpeace: anti-GMO/biotechnology campaigns,165, 197–98, 199–200, 203, 225,227, 229, 235–36, 266, 276, 311,324–25; campaign against RoundupReady wheat, 225, 227, 235–36; anddioxin, 45–46, 50, 51–52, 56; and madcow disease crisis, 229; and Monsanto’sbiotechnology campaign in Europe, 198Greenpeace Canada, 235–36Greenpeace France, 133Greenpeace UK, 199–200Groenewegen, Paul, 99Groves, Leslie R., 38–39Gruissem, Wilhelm, 248Grupo de Reflexión Rural, 266The Guardian, 63, 161, 183, 185–86, 217,249–50Guarino, Kevin, 56Guarraia, Leonard, 141, 142La Guerre secrète des OGM (Kempf), 132Guest, Gerald B., 94, 114, 154, 160Gurian-Sherman, Douglas, 157–58Guyer, Greg, 97, 127Hale, Marcia, 163Halowax, 16Hanley, John, 135