Credo Mobile fights Monsanto's Agenda

CREDO Mobile FIGHTS MONSANTO'S AGENDA. AT&T FUNDS MONSANTO'S CONGRESSIONAL ALLIES.

Monsanto Co. is in the business of messing with nature. Monsanto produces roughly 90% of genetically modified seeds around the globe, producing GMO soybean, canola, sugar beets, alfalfa and more, mainly so they can tolerate Monsanto's own toxic herbicide, Roundup.¹

Trouble is, nobody knows yet what GMO foods will do to our health or our environment.

Monsanto has lobbied heavily—and successfully—against labeling GMO foods.²What's more, Monsanto is squeezing competitors, ratcheting up seed prices³and has even paid a fine for bribing a government official.⁴

Monsanto has powerful friends in Congress. Like House Agriculture Chair Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) and ranking member Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), who both strongly supported the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto's GMO alfalfa earlier this year.⁵And Rep. Steve Fincher (R-TN), who introduced legislation this year to speed up the process of deregulating GMO crops.⁶

Guess which phone company has funded those Congressional allies of Monsanto's? AT&T.⁷

Now, Monsanto is about to bring their GMO sweet corn to a grocery store near you. While their other GM crops are mostly fed to animals, this corn will make it straight to Americans' dinner tables. Studies have found that the GMO corn led to organ failure in mammals⁸and have linked it to a new pathogen causing crop failure and a sharp increase in livestock infertility.⁹

At CREDO, we've fought hard against Monsanto.We've actively supported organic foods and farming, and fund progressive nonprofits like Organic Consumers Association, Organic Farming Research Foundation and Food Democracy Now.

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Sources:
1.Rebecca Boyle. "How To Genetically Modify a Seed, Step By Step." Popular Science, Jan. 24, 2011.
2. Ronnie Cummins. "Monsanto Nation: Taking Down Goliath." Organic Consumers Association, July 27, 2011
3. Christopher Leonard. "Monsanto stomps down budding seed competitors." USA Today, Dec. 14, 2009.
4. "Monsanto fined $1.5m for bribery." BBC News, Jan. 7, 2005.
5. House Committee on Agriculture, "Ag Committee Presses USDA to Base Biotech Product Decisions on Sound Science." January 20, 2011.
6. H.R.2031 -- EATS Act, introduced by Representative Stephen Fincher, May 26, 2011.
7. Contributions to Rep. Frank Lucas, Rep. Collin Peterson and Rep. Steve Fincher from Federal Election Commission fec.gov.
8. Katherine Goldstein/Gazelle Emami. "Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals." Huffington Post, Jan. 12, 2010.
9. Carey Gillam. "Scientist warns on safety of Monsanto's Roundup." Reuters, Feb 24, 2011.

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