10 companies spending million$ to fight GMO labeling

[RiverLover]

Monsanto alone spent about $9 Mil this election fighting GMO labeling...in 2 states

"Monsanto, the biotech firm that holds patents for many of the most popular genetically modified crop varieties, has contributed a total of $8,836,650 against GMO labeling initiatives in Oregon and Colorado for this election cycle."

Other big spenders include Pepsi, Coca Cola, Kraft, LandoLakes, General Mills, & Kelloggs.

http://www.takepart.com/photos/companies-against-gmo-labeling/the-kings-of-corn?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2014-10-27

[mikeysnot]

1. If you have nothing to hide

what are they worried about? Isn't that what Fox News was telling everyone in 2006 when the NSA spying and the Bush admin thumbing their nose to FISA warrants broke in the news?

[nationalize the fed]

2. Countries with Mandatory Labeling of GE Foods

Next time someone says "We can't afford it" bring up Ecuador

Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
China
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritius
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vietnam

Some countries have no need for a labeling law because they do not allow any GE food, such as Zambia, Benin and Serbia, which all have total bans on GE imports and cultivation.

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/976/ge-food-labeling/international-labeling-laws

[RiverLover]

4. Wow! US is really behind here. Thanks for list

[KurtNYC]

3. Another battle is Vermont where the "Snack Industry Association" has filed to stop implementation of

a law passed by voters. Vermont will be tough for them because it is up to the GMO people to prove that consumers have no right to truth on labeling.

[RiverLover]

5. I love Vermont (Go Bernie!!)

[madokie]

6. If GMO was the same as selective breeding

I wouldn't care less if they had to label or not but when they start splicing genes from another species altogether then I have a problem with that. If what the companies were doing was actually for the good for mankind/world in general, that would be one thing but they're not. What they're doing is good for their bottom line, as evidenced by the amounts of money they're spending fighting this, then that is wrong

GMO and selective breeding are totally different animals altogether.

[RiverLover]

7. The Truth about Genetically Modified Food

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-truth-about-genetically-modified-food/

[MisterP]

8. it's only because they're afraid that labeling will destroy science completely!

CFCs got banned, the Supecollider gets canceled, HIV hits, and Camptotheca starts getting used against cancer: coincidence? I THINK NOT!