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INDEX 367McDermott, Tom, 111McDonald’s, 184, 229, 321McFarling, Homan, 209McKay, Andrew, 215–16McNamara, Robert, 41McSweeney, Barry, 239Measner, Adrian, 235Melchett, Peter, 199–200Meldon, Virginia, 117, 164Mellon, Margaret, 230Ménard, Christian, 85–86Mendelson, Joseph, 156–57, 207–8, 209Menem, Carlos, 257–59Menéndez, Jorge, 271Merck, 314Merritt, Colin, 182, 183Metz, Matthew, 247, 248Mexican National Institute of Ecology, 251,252Mexico, 243–55; contamination of criollo cornby transgenic corn, 243–55; moratoriumon transgenic corn (1998), 244; andoriginal green revolution, 308–9military use of chemical weapons, 37–45, 68milk: human consumption, 99–102; labeling,108–12; surpluses, 113. See also bovinegrowth hormone (rBGH)The Milkweed, 95Miller, Henry, 143Miller, Margaret, 105–6, 107, 109–10, 127,164Millstone, Erik, 102–4, 170–71Mississippi State University, 18–19Mitchell, John, 36Moffett, Toby, 163, 198monarch butterflies, 229–31Monbiot, George, 249, 250Le Monde, 23, 98, 99, 182–83, 199, 213, 253,277, 322–23Monopolies and Restrictive Trade PracticesCommission (MRTPC) (India), 302Monsanto, Olga Mendez, 11–12Monsanto Australia, 62Monsanto Canada, 214–16Monsanto Chemical Works (St. Louis), 11–12Monsanto Europe, 19Monsanto France, 4, 70, 74–76Montgomery, Jill, 48, 68Mooney, Pat, 196–97Moore, James, 57–58Morin, Christian, 230Movimiento Campesino Paraguayo (MCP), 283Mowling, Ray, 127Murdoch, Rupert, 119Murray, Bill, 155Mycogen, 328La Nación (Argentina), 258NAFTA, 245National Academy of Sciences, 61, 219, 252National Agricultural Statistics Service(NASS), 219–20, 223National Cancer Institute, 79National Corn Growers Association (NCGA),304National Farmers Union, 115National Front for Sovereignty and Life(Paraguay), 283National Institute for Occupation Safety andHealth (NIOSH), 50, 56National Institute of Agricultural Technology(INTA) (Argentina), 258, 260, 288National Institute of Statistics and Census(INDEC) (Argentina), 261–62National Institutes of Health (NIH), 44–45,101, 134National Research Council (NRC), 50National Seed Company (Malawi), 195National Seed Institute (INASE) (Argentina),258National Vietnam Veterans Coalition (NVVC),56–57, 59National Whistleblower Center, 54Nature (journal), 50, 104, 139, 169, 229–30,235, 244, 245–52Nau, Jean-Yves, 98, 99Navdayana (Nine Grains) association, 308neem tree, 295, 311Nestlé, 184, 321“New Leaf” potatoes, 232–33New Scientist, 19, 60, 248New Statesman, 184New York Stock Exchange, 12, 134New York Times, 31, 72, 97, 122, 141–43, 231,232, 291, 305, 328New Yorker, 189–90New Zealand, 128Nicolino, Fabrice, 76nitrilotriacetic acid, 96Nitro, West Virginia and 1949 dioxin accident,36–37, 46, 51NOAEL (no observable adverse effect level), 78Norrlands University Hospital at Umea University(Sweden), 62North American Millers’ Association, 235Northeastern Pharmaceutical and ChemicalCompany (NEPACCO), 35Le Nouvel Observateur, 23, 24Novartis, 229–30, 246, 247–48, 258, 287Nurse, Paul, 80Nutman, Philip S., 36NutraSweet, 189Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 39Oakhurst Dairy Inc., 111O’Brien, Amy, 319Observatoire Régional de Santé de Bretagne, 74Ocampo Benítez, Antonio, 275