Monsanto CEO on debate over GMO and food labeling

Genetically modified organisms have been part of our diet for years. The Grocery Manufacturers Association says up to 80 percent of processed food sold in the U.S. is genetically modified and mostly unlabeled. Monsanto, one of the world’s largest producers of genetically modified seeds, is committed to innovation in agriculture, but critics say it should be more transparent. Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant joins “CBS This Morning” to address the ongoing debate over GMOs and questions surrounding their herbicide, Roundup.

[ScottTaylorRealtor]

They say labeling will cost too much. So why do they spend millions and millions to stop labeling?, pfft!!!

[warrenaneasmith]

Pure rubbish. No good questions were asked. Why do you patent seeds (Life)? Why do you not let the farmers own their seeds? What are terminator seeds? Why were you forced to remove labels like: Environmentally friendly from your RoundUp product range? Why don't you just say YES to GMO labeling and then all the labels across the USA could be the same? You won't as you know no one would buy it.... and do you really think this guy eats GMO.... no way, GMO's are cheap and for the less priviliged the manual workers

[BennyOcean]

The U.S. should ban or highly regulate GMO's like the E.U. has. It should make Americans a little nervous that much of the food sold here would be illegal to sell in Europe and other parts of the world. Let's just eat *real* food. Screw Monsanto.

[AN-eo]

You can practically feel the evil emanating off this guy.

[cultofmalgus]

also "2% is feeding 98%"? Who put all those farms out of business? Tell me Monsanto! Oh no need, YOU DID!

[klcreative]

Monsanto, you are going down! You are drowning in your own sweat! From the looks of comments left, you should be well aware we are awake and aware. Game over.

[RomeoAlphaDelta]

Ah, the kind of face only a baseball bat would love.

[jamesweaver]

This dude can really dance around a question. I would love to see his company run into the ground. GROW YOUR OWN ORGANIC FOOD WHILE YOU STILL CAN PEOPLE!! Refuse the cancers that our government is funneling down our throats!

[pascharay]

label their foods with a skull and crossbones same as rat poison

[FernandoSilva-nnrf]

"Coffe and cake" interview.
Clearly an arranged interview. Smooth and confortable talk with no hard questions done. CBS makes this guy (and Monsanto) seem nice and concerned with human well being.
How can people trust the corporate media's manipulating (dis)information?

[Mikej]

he says they have been around for 20 years, coincidentally cancer rates are expected to increase 40% + over the next 15 years.

[BennyOcean]

"We're a seed company" that also happens to make poison like Agent Orange.

[stanrcox]

As long as agricultural companies, and all industries, are SELF REGULATED, there should be serious doubt about the safety of their products.

[PenelopeVW]

Wow....what a stupid ass question...."Are you going to try the GMO salmon when it comes out...?" What in the world did you think he would say? Who is that woman??

[veganm]

hahaha...he says he is looking forward to trying the frankensalmon? I bet he is going to run out and buy it for himself and his family regularly. And he keeps trying to brand themselves a 'seed company'. Nice try....You are a chemical company that sells DNA modified seeds.

[joeleefello]

His accent gets thicker the bigger the lie gets.

[Torrque]

Well, that was 7 minutes of nothing really being said. Public relations dribble.Also, a corporate giant like Monsanto, with the massive capital to have plenty of hidden branches of money making operations, is anything but "basically a seed bank".

[halbertking]

I love guitar. Imagine that I went shopping for a new guitar and the salesman hands me a guitar and I ask him "What brand is it ?" the salesman says "I can't tell you." If GMO is so great why wouldn't you label it so consumers could seek it out ?

[sunnylady]

Do a program where this guy only eats GMO and let's see if he eats it. Nough said.

[youthleadermagazine]

GMO benefits according to Monsanto: Monsanto claimed that glyphosate would never accumulate in human bodies and nature. Now 70% of people pee glyphosate, it is in breastmilk and rain water. THAT was easy to know, hence a blatant lie. Monsanto claimed that there would NEVER be any resistent superweeds and bugs. There are plenty, entire landscapes are lost, that's why they are feverishly developing Dicamba. They say it makes way better yields. Well, Europe's are higher without GMOs. They say it enhances nutrition. Golden Rice does NOT (after 15 years!!!), as the FDA states in June 2018. They say it reduces poison use. It does not, it's rising like crazy. They say it feeds the world. SO WHY do 20% of US Americans go hungry? Ah, because they are poor. YOU GOT IT. Same problem in Africa and Asia, not the amount of food. ... Why still believe them? WHICH ARGUMENT IS STILL VALID? ... drought resistent plants. Thanks for saying that - not a single GMO variety yet! After 30 years. But plenty of non-GMO ones. Hahahahahahah. Ah, and finally, let's have a look outside the LAB and PR articles ... IN THE FIELD... the Argentinian soy cultivation region's reality: 4x higher birth defects and 3x higher cancer than the national averrage, since the introduction of GMO ag. WHAT could be the reason? Is Sofia Gattica who brought that up a shill, getting rich on protesting against epidemic birth defects? Is she a Chine agent? An elf? And meanwhile 1 in 3 Canadian kids suffers from a chronic disease. But people want to think it comes from God or watching Spongebob, not from the chelator glyphosate which sucks up minerals and nutrients and kills gut bacteria which RUN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. So well studied GMO lobbyists :) : was this too complex information for someone who studied GMOs for years? :-D