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April 8, 2009
Corporate Monopoly of Science
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Corporations are aiming for an absolute stranglehold on scientific research and the flow of scientific information; that's why patents on GM crops should be abolished. In advance of two meetings on GM crops the EPA was holding earlier this year, twenty six scientists submitted a statement protesting "technology/stewardship agreements" which inhibit them from doing research for the public good.
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Corporations are aiming for an absolute stranglehold on scientific research and the flow of scientific information; that's why patents on GM crops should be abolished. In advance of two meetings on GM crops the EPA was holding earlier this year, twenty six scientists submitted a statement protesting "technology/stewardship agreements" which inhibit them from doing research for the public good.