The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If you're a farmer and you're growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm.

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The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these...

The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these...

What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be...

What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be...

Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through.

Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through.

So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our...

So my attorneys brought litigation in the U.S. federal courts. The judge ruled in our...

The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of...

The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of...

The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled genetically engineered,...

The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled genetically engineered,...

The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent...

The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent...

One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make...

One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make...

We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and...

We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and...

In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in...

In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in...

If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can spray your herbicides and...

If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can spray your herbicides and...

The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal...

The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal...

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified...

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified...

I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in...

I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in...

The insurance companies aren't covering that. Should Monsanto be liable for these losses? Should the...

The insurance companies aren't covering that. Should Monsanto be liable for these losses? Should the...

They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on...

They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on...

We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in...

We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in...

What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies...

What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies...

Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them...

Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them...

What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA...

What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA...