The Sept. 27 article “GMO wheat found in Montana, USDA says,” about the recent finding of a second patch of GMO wheat in the USA, includes a very disingenuous statement by Robb Fraley, Monsanto executive vice president and chief technology officer. He said GMO wheat (probably) got into a field in Oregon because some of the company’s detractors may have intentionally planted the seeds and that this is the most likely scenario, partly because the (GMO) modified wheat was not distributed evenly throughout the field and was found in “patches.”
I suggest instead that migratory birds landed in a GMO planted (test) wheat field, ate the seeds, flew away, then “did their business” in the Montana (and Oregon) fields, where it then grew into new GMO wheat plants. I guess Fraley figures birds poop in straight lines, so the “patches” of GMO wheat had to have been put there by humans. Sigh.
Putting the blame on “Monsanto human detractors” rather than the more likely agents, birds, doesn’t say much about Monsanto’s logic or honesty — take your pick. This type of response by Monsanto only furthers to lower trust, if we ever had any, that Monsanto’s GMO seeds and other products are safe for mankind, animal kind and the planet.
Barb Rider
Camas
