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Commenting on the Diez-Gonzalez study, Alex Avery called eating organic food 'a crap shoot' and warned that potential cases of diarrhea, typhoid fever and Reiter's Syndrome await its consumers. 'This statement is total a fabrication and a gross distortion of the Diez-Gonzalez study,' charged Kastel. 'Alex Avery will say anything in his petty little war against organic food and farming'" [http://www.newfarm.org/depts/op_ed/0704/cornucovshudson_print.shtml]. For more see [[Trashing organic foods]].
As far as the safety of ''it's own'' produce is concerned however, [http://www.proxyinformation.com/monissue.html Proxy InformationProxyinformation.com] statessays, ''"Monsanto repeatedly states that GE products are reviewed by regulatory agencies. Understanding these agencies role is central to understanding the issue of liability. The biggest misperception about GE crops is that the FDA has tested these plants and declared them safe. What the FDA has done is approved GE crop commercialization based on Monsanto's ''assurance'' that the products are safe.... The FDA does no inspection or monitoring for GE food after it is commercialized and is not legally or financially liable for these products."''
Yet another area of alarm is the discovery that agri-business giants like Monsanto are quietly aquiring organic and health food businesses through "unfriendly takeovers" [http://www.organicconsumers.org/Corp/mergers.cfm] [http://www.holisticmed.com/ge/organic.html].