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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Monsanto cash helped fund bill to stifle whistleblowers in Iowa

One has to wonder just how many of the Iowa legislators Monsanto has "acquired" to get this bill even presented for consideration, let alone passage of such a bill.

Speaking of Monsanto, it turns out they are playing a role in Iowa's proposed anti-whistleblower bill -- a bill focused primarily on agriculture. Should the bill pass, it will become illegal to produce undercover videos at various types of agricultural facilities (as well as to get a job at a facility with the express intent of producing a video). Sarah Damian of the Government Accountability Project, a "whistleblower advocacy organization," observes over at the Food Integrity Campaign's blog that Monsanto has been throwing lobbying dollars behind Iowa's effort to draw a steel curtain around food production. And not without reason.

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