Monsanto and other Pesticide Companies Spend $5.5 Million More to GMO Labeling Proposition 37

17 Sep, 2012

Monsanto just gave an addi­tional $2.89 mil­lion to defeat Proposition 37, which would require label­ing of genet­i­cally engi­neered foods in California. Monsanto’s total con­tri­bu­tion against Proposition 37 now stands at $7.1 mil­lion, accord­ing to cam­paign finance dis­clo­sure records filed with the California Secretary of State.

Other major pes­ti­cide com­pa­nies also just made major addi­tional con­tri­bu­tions to defeat Proposition 37, includ­ing DuPont ($874,800), Dow AgroSciences ($815,200), Bayer CropScience ($381,600), BASF Plant Science ($357,700) and Syngenta ($178,700).

“Monsanto wants to buy this elec­tion so they can keep hid­ing what’s really in our food,” said Gary Ruskin, cam­paign man­ager of the Yes on Proposition 37 cam­paign. “They are on the los­ing side of his­tory. Californians want the right to know what’s in our food, and we will win it.”

The “Big 6” pes­ti­cide firms (Monsanto, DuPont, Bayer, Dow, BASF and Syngenta) have con­tributed $19 mil­lion of the $32 mil­lion that the No on 37 cam­paign has raised.

If you, like us, want the right to know what is in your food, even if you are not in California, sup­port the Yes on Proposition 37 campaign!

Source: Yes on 37 release

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