MONSANTO EXECUTIVE NAMED AS EPA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR

[Stanley A. Gorodenski]

I have just learned others were offended (personal email) by my message,
i.e., it was not relevant to leps.  My deepest apologies to anyone who
took offense to it.  It was just a spur of the moment response on my
part since I was in the audience that witnessed the ASU demonstration. 
This was a stimulating experience I had never experienced that I wanted
to share with others.  It seemed appropriate as a response to Mike
Quinn's post.  Again, please accept my deepest apologies for posting
something that is not relevant to leps.  

Stan

"Stanley A. Gorodenski" wrote:
> 
> This is very interesting.  Arizona State University earlier this year
> hosted 'Statistics Week'.  A woman from Monsanto gave a talk on aspects
> of consulting.  During her talk a number of students got up and started
> shouting.  They were anti-Monsanto student activists.  This got quieted
> down but then about 10 minutes later another group got up.  This
> terminated her talk.  These students were completely targeting the wrong
> individual, but I suspect that didn't matter to them.  She merely served
> as a means to fulfil their objective, which was to demonstrate against
> Monsanto.  Outside they were on their soapbox wearing gas masks and
> other things like that.
> 
> These activists will for sure be very upset to learn the below.
> 
> Stan
> 
> Mike Quinn wrote:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David W. Inouye [mailto:di5 at umail.umd.edu]
> > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 11:17 AM
> > To: ESANEWS at UMDD.UMD.EDU
> > Subject: Science and Environmental Policy Update - May 4, 2001
> >
> > Science and Environmental Policy Update - May 4, 2001
> > A Bi-Weekly Publication of the Ecological Society of America
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > MONSANTO EXECUTIVE NAMED AS EPA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR
> >
> > Linda Fisher has been nominated for the second-ranking position at the
> > Environmental Protection Agency.  Fisher most recently served as the chief
> > of Monsanto's DC lobbying office, but also served at EPA for ten years
> > before making the switch to private industry.  The EPA regulates plants
> > which have been altered to produce their own pesticides, and some have
> > voiced concerns about a possible conflict of interest regarding Fisher's
> > nomination.  Monsanto is a leading developer of biotech foods.  If
> > approved, Fisher would be the top managerial and policy assistant to
> > Christie Todd Whitman, the EPA's Administrator.
> >
> > Sources: Associated Press, Environmental News Network , Lyco's
> > Environmental News Service, Ottawa Citizen, and Reuters News Service.
> >
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