Just last month, the U.S. Congress passed and President Barack Obama approved what GMO foes call the "Monsanto Protection Act"--a measure to last initially six months stripping federal courts of the authority to halt the planting and sale of genetically modified crops if litigation is brought alleging health risks. Ms. Furey calls it "incredibly unconstitutional."
The reach of the biotechnology industry extends into the U.S. Supreme Court. The court had before it in February a case involving Monsanto and genetically engineered seeds, yet Justice Clarence Thomas, formerly a Monsanto attorney, refused to recuse himself. He refused to recuse himself, too, in 2010 in another case involving Monsanto and GMO seeds and joined in the decision favoring Monsanto's position. "It's outrageous," says Ms. Furey.
Overall, the biotechnology industry's drive for GMOs has been incredibly undemocratic and the process is quite likely unhealthy. Labeling is a minimum--so people can at least know what food is genetically modified and choose what's still GMO-free.
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