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originally posted by: sapien82
a reply to: 727Sky
monsanto or bayer
The reason it remained unscathed is rooted in its vast financial resources, Papantonio believes.
"Politics is tough to overcome when you have a multi-billion-dollar corporation that gives so much money to politics…That's why we are just now learning a lot of this."
Another tactic the agricultural giant used to whitewash its image is to sponsor studies that would prop up its claim that Roundup does not pose any substantial risk to human health, the lawyer added. He pointed out how the tobacco industry used a similar approach to shield itself from repercussions.
"That is phonied-up science, that's why it's still on the market."
A recent study by the non-profit Environmental Working Group found that 31 kinds of breakfast cereals popular in the US contain dangerously high levels of glyphosate. The health scare prompted a day care company in Chicago to go as far as to ban Cheerios oatmeal.
Papantonio believes that if the companies feel they have been misled by Monsanto about the safety of the oats, the best way would be to sue the company.
"If I were advising the people that are actually making these cereals, they really had better protect themselves – first, by not buying the products that are contaminated with glyphosate, – but they already have a problem. The best way to protect themselves is to initiate lawsuits against Monsanto."