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Monsanto predicted crop system would damage US farms

3 pointsby ivarvabout 5 years ago

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salawatabout 5 years ago
Once again, it is demonstrated that the best ethical insurance policy short of outright whistleblowing is ediscovery.<p>I find it worthy a a chuckle that a Tobacco industry defense attorney was aghast at the fact they committed things to writing. More and more I&#x27;m starting to become of the opinion that it is everyone&#x27;s moral duty to either call out anyone doing business reliant on not commuting things to a document, or if the calling out doesn&#x27;t work to be the one who does the documenting.<p>Malevolent (or tactical&#x2F;strategic as the executives would pitch it) refusal to test is an instant red flag in my book; combine it with the attitude of &quot;let&#x27;s create a problem to sell the solution to&quot; seems to be a standard operating procedure for the chemical industry.<p>Fresh out of college, I figured that the reputation and stereotypes surrounding the industry were at least somewhat a product of Hollywood&#x2F;academic exaggeration; and I was willing to have my mind changed with regards to how the industries actually go about their work. Monsanto once again singlehandedly proves that that reputation is well deserved.