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Europe is not immune from Monsanto’s political and bureaucratic influence. Part 3 of this series explores the pressure exerted by U.S. GM companies in Europe. It also looks at claims made by these biotech companies that GM soy would require lower doses of herbicides and contrasts this claim with the Argentinean experience. Argentina’s soy farmers, who were among the first to adopt GM technology 10 years ago, are now faced with having to use increasingly large quantities of chemical herbicides to control herbicide resistant super weeds.

What is Monsanto’s relationship with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration? How about Monsanto’s relationship with Washington’s power brokers? In Part 2 of this series, the links between former Monsanto Executives, senior U.S. Bureaucrats and Politicians is considered. Watch out for the interview with Andrew Kimbrell from the Center for Food Safety. Andrew raises some very serious concerns regarding the independence of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.