Sunday, June 8, 2008

Monsanto: Patent for the Pig

If you do not know anything about the company Monsanto, stay tuned to future blogs. This short 42 minute documentary can give you a bit of an idea of the tactics of the company. They are currently trying to patent a gene sequence of pigs. This would be the first patent on a biological life form. The scariest part of this is not that they are searching for the patent, but that they have not done anything to warrant it. All they have done is compare gene sequences of pigs and found which are likely to be the largest and most substantial. The patenting of this information will allow Monsanto to file lawsuits against against pig farmers that currently have pigs that have this gene sequence! This natural gene sequence, that Monsanto claims to have "discovered." The repercussions of this are endless. Please watch this video and send it to your friends.

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