Monsanto and Hillary Clinton: The Presidential Candidate’s Support for Chemicals and GMOs
What’s the true connection between Monsanto and Hillary Clinton? As Hillary Clinton geared up to enter the 2016 presidential race as announced by her beyond viral Twitter post, we were reminded of her 2014 public appearance – in which she announced public support of Monsanto’s GMO seeds and chemicals. Chemicals like Roundup which was recently confirmed by the WHO to be causing cancer.
In the 65-minute keynote appearance at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) convention in San Diego, Clinton conversed with Jim Greenwood, BIO president, on a wide range of topics including GMOs. She said:
“I stand in favor of using seeds and products that have a proven track record …There is a big gap between what the facts are, and what the perceptions are.”
Clinton also remarked that the “benefits” of GMOs should be better explained in order to counteract the massive grassroots tide against the lab-created crops, saying that “Frankensteinish” depictions should be met with a stronger, more positive spin from GMO companies.
Monsanto and Hillary Clinton Talking Behind Closed Doors
And the reality is that Monsanto now only has ‘spin’ left to use. Hundreds of scientists have warned the world about the effects of biotech’s creations, but perhaps Clinton hasn’t heard of those studies.
Though I’m sure she heard of the World Health Organization’s most recent assessment on glyphosate, a chemical heavily used on genetically modified foods. The WHO labeled this chemical as ‘probably carcinogenic,’ which has caused a huge wave of upset with Monsanto. The news also gives increased urgency to reconsider the use of GMO crops which have been made specifically to tolerate copious amounts of pesticides.
Many companies, including Monsanto, have already been stepping up the PR efforts, launching sites like GMO Answers in an attempt to change the narrative. They had tried to bamboozle Europe with PR deception campaigns, but largely failed, and now have turned their sights on other countries like the U.S.
Most recently, it was revealed that biotechnology giant Monsanto may actually have an entire department within the corporation with the simple task of ‘discrediting’ and ‘debunking’ scientists who speak out against GMOs.
Do we really want someone in office that will be helping to fast-track the release of GMO foods? Since the majority of Americans don’t know much about GMOs, the race to inform the public of the true nature of GMOs has just sped up.
She will not be getting my vote in 2016!
RIGHT, LEFT, right, left, …. Seriously Americans, have you not learned from the Bush Bama regime of 2000 to 2016? (or atleast the election of 2000) that voting will always be an illusion of choice till US citizens in both sides of the political spectrum agree that things like unlimited presidential corporate donations or the electoral college will always disenfranchise the american public. Like corrupted police, politicians don’t answer to the people but the corporations that funded their career.
you go an vote, like it makes a difference….
Umm, yes, you absolutely do have to spin facts, if one side is doing it. I disagree strongly with many Monsanto policies and practices, and GMO seeds are often very poorly designed, as are the laws governing them, but that’s not a condemnation of the science, but the implementation of it. It’s a truism that change and reform is easiest to effect from within, because it’s true. Blind hate and Opposition doesn’t get anywhere.
Each presidency gets worse and worse. If this dummy makes it to the White House, expect her to top both Bush and Obama.
Exactly. She will be worse than Obama.
Don’t forget Bill…he gave us the Shafta with NAFTA and signed the partial repeal of the Glass Steagall Act which had been in place since 1933, and which prohibited any
one institution from acting as any combination of an investment bank, a
commercial bank, and an insurance company. This put in place the housing bubble that followed. It would have passed without his signing, but it was important to show that he was against the repeal. There are other issues, but these, to me are primary.
Hello Anthony, I am in the UK, are you able to tell us whom in US politics actually understands GMO issues and the dangers. Many thanks.
“Do we really want someone in office that will be helping to fast-track the release of GMO foods? ” I think there already is, anyways….
If Hilary does win that will mean that those who listen to the alternative media are just a fraction and really are voices in the wind. One of the Hilary Clinton Foundation’s biggest sponsors is the Ukraine Oligarch Victor Pinchuk. The IMF just lent a few billion to the Ukraine with the inclusion that the Ukraine must accept GMO. Why can’t people wake up?
Guy, people can’t wake up because they’re too busy trying to make a living so they can pay their taxes so we keep the rich rich! Then regards GMOs . . . we need to learn to grow own food, well, unless they take that freedom away from us, also.
We grow some of our own food, but can’t do it year-round. We’re worried even about this, though, because 1) Scott’s has marketed a new GMO lawn grass, which will contaminate good grass; 2) 75% of water and air samples from the Delta agricultural region contained Monsanto’s pathogenic Roundup; and 3) the ubiquitous chemtrails contain Alzheimer’s-linked substances. – Still, our own is, to the best of our ability, grown organically from organic seeds and is Much tastier that store-bought junk.
Another big contributor is Canadian oil mogul Frank Giustra (Pacific Rubiales, doing biz in Colombia). He was largely responsible for her 180 degree flip-flop on human rights violations in Colombia. She also favored approving the lethal Keystone XL tar sands pipeline despite that conflict of interest.
Dint you read how GMO’s made their way into the Ukrainian dinning table?
Oh please; Hillary is a professional politician and a member of the Oligarchy and a multigenerational social parasite. Voting for her in any office would be a mockery of intelligence.
But then I remember saying the very same thing about G.W. Bush (whom I met in 1982 in Houston—-and he was as dumb then as he still is now)——and he was “elected twice”.
Which all goes to show that we need other viable parties, or at least a viable third party.
“However much we cheer the Sanders insurgency, the stakes are too high to entrust our shared rebellion to a corporate party that’s thrown us all under the bus for decades.” -Jill Stein
Robert Scheer interviews Stein, including comparisons with Sanders …“I don’t think the Democrats will allow it [Sanders]. They’ve demonstrated they have a kill switch”
Remember, Bernie paid the price of committing to endorse Hillary if he’s not the nominee.
If it becomes Shillary vs some cretin, then vote for Jill Stein. Make a public committment so the DNC knows a large mass will not vote for HRC if she is the nominee. I will vote for Stein, will you? What other choice will there be if Bernie is not nominated?
this person is the height of abbreviated pause………….and nothing more….ludicrous than that…………..despicable that all America can offer is has bens for so many decades…
Hillary was keynote speaker at the 2014 BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization) convention…GMO…group. She said that everyone who did not believe GMOs were safe, was “ignorant”. She also bragged about scattering seeds all over Africa by avoiding the words Genetic Engineering and, instead, calling them “disease resistant.” Bragging about using “spin” means that she is deceitful and enjoys manipulation. Her response to Benghazi was inept and terrible.
Right. She opined that GMOs were fine & dandy and that the industry’s only problem was with PR and vocabulary, i.e., insufficiently effective propaganda. Dishonest and disgusting.
Right on! Hillary is a hypocritical manipulative deceitful puppet for the special interest, domineering corporations as Monsanto and the elitists 1%ers who continue to get tax breaks from our GOP/gov. I hope Americans will see through her facade and vote for the populist pres candidate just like Bernie Sanders!!!!! He tells it like it is!
Thank goodness that others also realize that Clinton is NOT a leftist, liberal, or progressive. She;s a corporatist-fascist. I truly truly wish Kshama Sawant would run for president.
americans need to become radical and not vote for the [perceived] lesser evil anymore.
One more reason to vote for anyone else.
“I stand in favor of using seeds and products that have a proven
track record …There is a big gap between what the facts are, and what
the perceptions are.”
Hillary is right. These products DO have a proven track record. Notice that she specifically DOES NOT say a “track record of safety”. She just says they have a ‘proven track record”, which based on her agenda, would be a track record of damage to children and honeybees all around the world.
Bernie Sanders all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!
Piece of crap totally biased article. Hilary has my vote 100%