Monsanto Shifts All Liability For Damages Caused By Its GM Crops to Farmers, Now & For Perpetuity #p2

Soybean field in Kentucky, photo: Brian Bennett/Creative Commons

I'll say it bluntly and blanketedly: I can't stand Monsanto, even separate from my disdain for GM crops--they are a perfect example of the worst excesses of opaque corporate shenanigans that, alongside outright political dictatorship and oppression, are direct threats to true democracy.

Here's the source of that brief rant: As TruthOut highlighted earlier in the week, the Monsanto Technology Stewardship Agreement (the name itself is Orwellian in it's use of language to obscure and not illuminate) indemnifies Monsanto against "any and all losses, injury or damages resulting from the use or handling of seed (including claims based in contract, negligence, product liability, strict liability, tort, or otherwise)...in no event shall Monsanto or any seller be liable for any incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages."

Which would be bad enough, but even if you terminate your contract with Monsanto, "Grower's responsibilities and the other terms herein shall survive."

If a Monsanto GM Crop Causes Damage, Monsanto Off the Hook

rest http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/monsanto-shifts-liability-damages-to-farmers.php