Outrageous. To prevent a government shutdown, the House needs to pass a continuing resolution within the next ten days. But slipped into this critical bill is an extension of the Monsanto Protection Act. The act, which biotechnology companies helped draft, allows them to ignore regulations and sell genetically engineered foods even after a court orders them to stop, or when there isn’t yet evidence the foods are healthy or environmentally safe. This is even bigger than our food, though. Adding the “rider” is a blatant effort by some in Congress to skirt judicial review, leaving Americans without recourse to air their concerns on something that could dramatically impact human health and the environment. We have to speak out now, before the vote on the continuing resolution to fund the government. Monsanto doesn’t belong in that bill.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:13:32 +0000