{"id":35456,"date":"2013-03-30T22:55:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T02:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=35456"},"modified":"2015-02-01T16:51:10","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T21:51:10","slug":"monsanto-protection-act-signed-by-obama-gmo-bill-written-by-monsanto-itself-signed-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/monsanto-protection-act-signed-by-obama-gmo-bill-written-by-monsanto-itself-signed-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Monsanto Protection Act Signed By Obama, GMO Bill Written By Monsanto Itself Signed Into Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Monsanto Protection Act, essentially both written by and benefitting Monsanto Corporation, has been signed into law by United States President Barack Obama. The infamous Monsanto Corporation will benefit greatly and directly from the bill, as it essentially gives companies that deal with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically engineered (GE) seeds immunity to the federal courts, among other things. The bill states that even if future research shows that GMOs or GE seeds cause significant health problems<\/a>, cancer, etc, anything, that the federal courts no longer have any power to stop their spread, use, or sales.<\/p>\n

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There are of course arguments to be made that not enough research has been done yet to accurately determine the effects that GMOs have on human and animal health (though the research already done should make you stop and think). This bill sidesteps that completely though, and simply states that even if there are problems, that the federal courts can no longer do anything about it. And this bill is now law, thanks to President Obama and the U.S. Congress.<\/p>\n

Some other interesting things to keep in mind:<\/p>\n

– The bill was apparently written by freshman Sen. Roy Blunt in collusion with Monsanto, with them helping to craft the exact language of the document.<\/p>\n

– “The Center for Responsive Politics notes that Sen. Blunt received $64,250 from Monsanto<\/a> to go towards his campaign committee between 2008 and 2012. The Money Monocle website adds that Blunt has been the largest Republican Party recipient of Monsanto funding as of late.”<\/p>\n

– Many members of Congress were apparently unaware that the “Monsanto Protection Act” was a part of the spending bill that they were voting on.<\/p>\n

– Obama had no problem signing it into law (not really a surprise, he’s been rather soft on GMO policy).<\/p>\n

– The bill will only remain in effect for a limited time, but it’s a bad sign. With the ease that this bill passed, it’ll be interesting to see what future bills look like.<\/p>\n