主题：【原创】方舟子与转基因的安全 -- 花大熊

我不反对小范围的非主食上面转基因，找个南瓜什么的，而且标签，信者吃，不信者不吃， 让市场选择。

美国至今，在所有美国人的主食上没有转基因，蒙山都从2002年开始就花费大量宣传人力物力试图让美国小麦转基因，结果一次次被消费者以及农民们联合打败。现在转基因的主力是玉米大豆，但是美国绝大部分的玉米都是饲粮，或者是玉米糖的原料，大豆则是调味料主要成分，遍布所有零食，不作为主食消费。所以在主食上，大量摄取转基因，美国是没有先例的，也不象方舟子所说美国人已经做了很多年的小白鼠。通过零食、或者肉类间接摄入转基因，跟直接摄入大量转基因的主食，不同概念。

但是对于中国来说，有谁不吃米饭？就算要转基因，是否先拿小的品种试试15年，然后再逐渐增大品种覆盖？就算按照方舟子说，美国人已经吃了转基因十几年，为什么美国人的主食至今没有转基因？不是品种不存在，这个品种9年前已经面世，但是在申请通过的时候，因为消费者农民非常强烈的抗议，不得不撤出申请（不是政府不批准）。美国消费者可是一早吃了很多转基因，在主食这个问题上还是寸步不让，难道中国人接触转基因时间短得多，就该迈大步赶超？

# Josh King, former director of production for White house events, is now the director of global communication in Monsanto's Washington, D.C. Office.

# Clayton K. Yeutter, former Secretary of the USDA, former U.S. Trade representative who led U.S. negotiations in the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement and helped launch the Uruguay round of the GATT negotiations, is now a member of the board of directors of Mycogen, whose majority owner is Dow. (Mycogen is also the corporation that holds the patent on a technology to genetically alter plants to produce and deliver "edible vaccines.")

# Marcia Hale, in early May, 1997, from asst. to the President of the United States for intergovernmental affairs to senior official with Monsanto Co. to coordinate public affairs and corporate strategy in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

# L. Val Giddings, in mid-May, 1997, from biotechnology regulator at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA/APHIS) to vice president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization

# Terry Medley, former admisistrator of the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serve, former chair and vice-chair of the USDA Biotechnology Council, and former member of the FDA Food Advisory Committee, is now presiding as the director of regulatory and external affairs of Dupont's agriculture enterprise.

# Micky Kantor, former Secretary of the US Dept. of Commerce and former US Trade Representative, is now a member of the board of directors of Monsanto.

# Jack Watson, ex chief of staff to the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, now a staff lawyer with Monsanto in Washington, D.C.

# Linda J. Fisher, a former Assiatnat Administrator of the EPA is now Vice-President of Public Affairs for Monsanto.

# William D. Ruckelshaus, the former chief administrator of the US EPA is now (and for the past 12 years) a member of the board of directors of Monsanto.

# Donald Rumsfeld, ex- Sec. of Defense - ex Pres of Searle Pharmaceuticals, owned by Monsanto

# Lidia Watrud, a former microbial biotechnology researcher at Monsanto, is now with the US EPA.

# Margaret Miller, a former laboratory supervisor for Monsanto, is now Deputy Director of Human Food Safety and Consultative Services in the US FDA.

#John L. Henshaw, Asst. Sec. of Labor for OSHA - A 20-year veteran of Monsanto

# Ann Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture - Bd. of Dir. Calgene Pharmaceuticals, owned by Monsanto

# Michael A. Friedman, M.D, ex acting commissioner of the FDA Dept. of Health & Human Services, now senior V.P. for clinical affairs at G. D. Searle & Co., a pharmaceutical division of Monsanto.

# Michael R. Taylor, a former top executive (VP Public Policy), attorney and lobbyist with Monsanto and has had prior positions with law firms，was appointed Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the FDA in 2010.