With the recent appointment, Monsanto owns the FDA...they don't need to lobby.
-----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:19 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: FDA Decides Against Banning BPA In Food & Beverage Containers There is a lot of lobbying done by agribusiness. Monsanto alone spent over six million in lobbying last year alone. Deere, Archer Daniels and numerous others spent over a million. The lobbying total for agribusiness is only about 50% of what Big Phama spent, but it's still enough to buy plenty of bureaucrats. http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=A07&year=2011 On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure that the FDA is compromised in regards to food as well, but > the big money is in big pharma. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349438 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
