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GMO Answers is a marketing campaign funded by pesticide companies

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GMO Answers is billed as a forum where consumers can get straight answers from independent experts about genetically engineered foods (GMOs) and pesticides. Some journalists have taken it seriously as an unbiased source. But the evidence shows that GMO Answer is an industry funded marketing tool to spin GMOs in a positive light. Documents described GMO Answers is a marketing campaign funded by pesticide companies

Bayer’s shady PR firms: FleishmanHillard, Ketchum, FTI Consulting

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Originally posted May 2019; updated November 2020 Public relations firms Bayer AG and Monsanto relied on to deflect cancer concerns about glyphosate — including FTI consulting, Ketchum PR and FleishmanHillard — have long histories of using deceptive tactics to promote pesticide, tobacco and oil industry interests. Updates FTI Consulting’s shady tactics for the oil industry: Based on Bayer’s shady PR firms: FleishmanHillard, Ketchum, FTI Consulting