【摘要】在轉基因辯論中，克林頓夫人一貫支持化學公司。他在愛荷華州的主要競選操盤手是是前孟山都公司的說客杰里·克勞馥，他也是愛荷華州政治領域以及和克林頓競選團隊的老手。克林頓夫人支持轉基因生物的歷史可以追溯到她早期在阿肯色州羅斯律師事務所擔任律師的時代，該律師事務所代表著孟山都等農業企業的領導層。……根據克林頓基金會的財務數據，孟山都向克林頓基金會的資助在501250美元到100萬美元之間。陶氏化學公司，頂級的GMO公司之一，資助額在100萬美元到500萬美元之間。】

　　【原文標題】希拉里·克林頓的孟山都的關系引起的綽號：“惡魔食品的新娘”

　　作者：S.A.米勒       冷眼向洋看世界 翻譯

　　華盛頓時報，2015年5月18日

　　http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/17/hillary-clinton-gmo-support-monsanto-ties-spark-ba/

　　“轉基因食品的新娘”失去了自由派活動分子的支持，他們轉而支持伯尼·桑德斯。

　　希拉里·羅德姆·克林頓與農業綜合企業巨頭孟山都的密切關系以及鼓吹基因作物的立場，令愛荷華州的環保人士稱其為“轉基因食品的新娘” —— 這對她為了在總統競選中贏得民主黨團支持而討好自由派活動分子的努力又增添一個敗筆，在該州自由派對民主黨團具有重要影響。

　　克林頓夫人支持的轉基因作物玉米和大豆，在愛荷華州的經濟中占據主導地位。克林頓夫人的這一立場遭遇強烈反對，這在三縣民主黨人的一次會議上表現出來，那次會議上評估了對前國務卿的支持。

　　大批女性曾強力支持希拉里，但轉基因問題出現以后，她們轉而支持佛蒙特州參議員伯納德·桑德斯，后者強力挑戰民主黨對希拉里的提名。

　　“我很驚奇，因為這些婦女曾經真心支持希拉里，但當她們發現了希拉里與孟山都的關系，她們就像躲避一個燙手的山芋那樣放棄了希拉里。”愛荷華州沃斯縣民主黨主席詹姆斯·貝格說：“這可是個大問題，”他說，“竟然還有人熱衷于全部使用轉基因食物。”

　　這個問題讓自由選民多了另一個理由懷疑克林頓夫人，之前他們已經不信任克林頓夫人了，那是因為她與他的丈夫前總統克林頓長期與華爾街保持親密關系并奉行中間主義理念。

　　克林頓夫人本周在愛荷華州的第二輪活動中將可能把轉基因辯論放到次要位置。周一和周二的兩站她將爭取草根民眾的支持并討論擴大該州小企業的想法。

　　根據最近昆尼皮亞克大學的調查，在愛荷華州的民調中，克林頓夫人擁有巨大的優勢，以60%領先桑德斯的15%。雖然尚沒有跡象威脅到克林頓夫人，桑德斯先生4月30日參加角逐后的支持率在民意調查中有小幅上升，他的自由主義的議程也符合自由黨活躍分子的主流。

　　“愛荷華州是一個農業大州，但我們必須明白，我們在這個國家生產的食物可能正在導致巨大的健康問題，而且很可能將沒有機會做出彌補”，貝格先生說，“你甚至無法把這種除草劑清洗掉，因為就在植物本身內部，而你將消化它，它將進入你的身體。這不是一件好事。”

　　轉基因生物包括用生物工程在實驗室制備的種子，它們具有一定的特征，比如抗除草劑，尤其是孟山都廣泛施用的農達除草劑。在美國絕大多數玉米和大豆都已經被轉基因。雖然它們大部分它進入動物飼料，但是在出現在流行的加工食品成分中，如高果糖玉米糖漿和豆油。

　　愛荷華州的玉米產量在全美國居首位，大豆產量也名列前茅。

　　農商企業的支持者聲稱轉基因作物抗蟲害、干旱和寒冷的天氣，增加產量和減少使用農藥。

　　但是，環境保護主義者認為，轉基因食品是不健康的，并導致過量使用農藥。

　　一項新的科學研究帶動進一步加劇了環保人士的的擔憂，這項研究發現，農達除草劑可能與一系列健康問題和疾病有關，包括帕金森病，不孕不育和癌癥。在科學期刊《熵》上個月發表的研究報告也證明，農達除草劑的主要成分草甘膦，其殘留已經在食品中發現。

　　在轉基因辯論中，克林頓夫人一貫支持化學公司。

　　他在愛荷華州的主要競選操盤手是是前孟山都公司的說客杰里·克勞馥，他也是愛荷華州政治領域以及和克林頓競選團隊的老手。

　　克林頓夫人支持轉基因生物的歷史可以追溯到她早期在阿肯色州羅斯律師事務所擔任律師的時代，該律師事務所代表著孟山都等農業企業的領導層。

　　就在去年，克林頓夫人在圣迭戈的一次生物技術行業會議上發表了有償講話，她支持轉基因生物，并建議高管和投資者給轉基因產品打造一個光鮮的形象。

　　“基因修飾”聽起來很邪惡，“抗旱”聽起來則像是你想要的，她說，“要多加小心，這樣就可以不會馬上暴露危險。”

　　大農業公司也大量資助克林頓基金會，克林頓夫人掌管美國國務院的時候，該家族慈善基金會位于被指控“收費服務”的漩渦中心。

　　根據克林頓基金會的財務數據，孟山都向克林頓基金會的資助在501250美元到100萬美元之間。陶氏化學公司，頂級的GMO公司之一，資助額在100萬美元到500萬美元之間。

　　勞拉·胡布卡說，希拉里對孟山都和轉基因食品的支持，是導致2008年她在艾奧瓦州預選中尷尬地排在第三名的因素之一。勞拉·胡布卡是霍華德、米切爾、沃斯三縣民主黨俱樂部副主席，該三縣位于艾奧瓦州北部與明尼蘇達接壤的邊界區域。

　　“我們在環境方面十分積極，”胡布卡女士說。 “如果她走出來公開反對孟山都和它對我們農民玉米生產的所作所為，那將太好了。只要我們的玉米產量現在說話。孟山都做的許多事情讓我們不高興。”

　　胡布卡女士說，克林頓夫人完全可以做出彌補，也就是在轉基因問題上走出來。

　　“好像她是在幾個問題上都出格了，比如移民問題，[和]最近的警察問題，”胡布卡女士說， “我們希望看到她轉過來反對孟山都。這將是很棒。”

　　愛荷華州立大學政治科學系主任馬克·謝利說，希拉里很有可能化解環保人士的反對，因為農業是大多數愛荷華州居民的錢袋子問題。

　　“愛荷華州的經濟與農業如此密切結合，與農業直接密切相關的行業，如農具制造，種子公司和食品加工，總之農業企業的利益往往被視為其對該州政治氣候的晴雨表。”

　　“不過，重要的是也要注意，民主黨黨團成員往往傾向于用話題中的明顯利益吸引群眾，這在該黨的表現就是，黨團成員比黨本身更為激進。”謝利先生說。

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　　英文原文：

　　Hillary Clinton’s Monsanto ties give rise to nickname: “Bride of Frankenfood”

　　on 18 May 2015.

　　“Bride of Frankenfood” losing crucial liberal activist support to Bernie Sanders over GMO issue

　　EXCERPT: “I was surprised, because these women were really pushing for Hillary until they found out about the Monsanto connection, and then they dropped her like a hot potato,” said James Berge, Democratic Party chairman for Worth County, Iowa. “It’s quite a big issue,” he said. “There’s people who are just wild about all the use of GMOs.”

　　Hillary’s agribusiness ties give rise to nickname in Iowa: “Bride of Frankenfood”

　　By S.A. Miller

　　The Washington Times, May 18, 2015

　　http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/17/hillary-clinton-gmo-support-monsanto-ties-spark-ba/

　　* “Bride of Frankenfood” losing crucial liberal activist support to Bernie Sanders

　　Hillary Rodham Clinton’s ties to agribusiness giant Monsanto, and her advocacy for the industry’s genetically modified crops, have environmentalists in Iowa calling her “Bride of Frankenfood” — putting yet another wrinkle in her presidential campaign’s courtship of liberal activists who are crucial to winning the state’s Democratic caucuses.

　　The backlash against Mrs. Clinton for her support of genetically modified organisms (GMO), which dominate the corn and soybean crops at the heart of Iowa’s economy, manifested itself at a recent meeting of the Tri-County Democrats, where members gauged support for the former secretary of state.

　　A large faction of women voiced strong support for Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy until the GMO issue came up, prompting them to switch allegiances to Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont, a liberal stalwart challenging her for the Democratic nomination.

　　“I was surprised, because these women were really pushing for Hillary until they found out about the Monsanto connection, and then they dropped her like a hot potato,” said James Berge, Democratic Party chairman for Worth County, Iowa.

　　“It’s quite a big issue,” he said. “There’s people who are just wild about all the use of GMOs.”

　　The issue gives liberal voters another reason to be skeptical of Mrs. Clinton, whom they already distrust because of her cozy relationship with Wall Street and the centrist philosophy that she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, long embraced.

　　Mrs. Clinton likely will keep the GMO debate on a back burner when she makes her second swing through Iowa this week. She has scheduled stops Monday and Tuesday to rally grass-roots support and discuss ideas to expand small businesses in the state.

　　She enjoys a massive advantage in the polls in Iowa, leading Mr. Sanders 60 percent to 15 percent in a recent Quinnipiac University survey. While not an overt threat to her, Mr. Sanders has inched up in the polls since he entered the race April 30, and his liberal agenda is popular with the party activists.

　　“Iowa is a big agricultural state, but we’ve got to realize some of the food that we are producing in this country is going to cause great health effects down the road, and then it’s probably going to be too late to try to fix it,” said Mr. Berge. “You can’t even wash this pesticide off, because it is in the plants themselves, and you are digesting it, and it goes into your body. It’s not a good thing.”

　　GMOs include seeds engineered in a laboratory to have certain traits, such as resistance to such herbicides as Monsanto’s widely used Roundup. Most of the corn and soybeans in the U.S. are genetically modified. Much of it goes into animal feed, but it also is in popular processed food ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and soybean oil.

　　Iowa leads the country in the production of corn and ranks among the top producers of soybeans.

　　Agribusiness interests claim that GMO crops are more resistant to pests, drought and cold weather, increasing yields and limiting the use of pesticides.

　　But environmentalists argue that genetically modified food is unhealthy and promotes excessive use of pesticides.

　　A new scientific study bolstered environmentalists’ concerns by finding the herbicide Roundup could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson’s, infertility, and cancers. The study published last month in the scientific journal Entropy also reported evidence that residue of glyphosate, a chief ingredient in the weed killer, has been found in food.

　　In the GMO debate, Mrs. Clinton has consistently sided with the chemical companies

　　Her top campaign operative in Iowa is former Monsanto lobbyist Jerry Crawford, who’s also a veteran of Iowa politics and Clinton campaigns.

　　Her history of backing GMOs dates back to her early days in Arkansas as a lawyer with the Rose Law Firm, which represented Monsanto and other agribusiness leaders.

　　Just last year, Mrs. Clinton gave a paid speech at a biotech industry conference in San Diego, where she championed GMOs and advised the executives and investors to give their products an image makeover.

　　“‘Genetically modified’ sounds Frankensteinish. ‘Drought-resistant’ sounds like something you’d want,” she said. “Be more careful so you don’t raise that red flag immediately.”

　　Big ag also has been a big donor to the Clinton Foundation, the family charity at the center of pay-to-play accusations involving foreign donors while Mrs. Clinton ran the State Department.

　　Monsanto gave the foundation between $501,250 and $1 million. Dow Chemical Company, which is among the top GMO players, gave between $1 million and $5 million, according to financial disclosures by the Clinton Foundation.

　　Mrs. Clinton’s support for Monsanto and genetically modified food was one of the factors that contributed to her embarrassing third-place finish in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, said Laura Hubka, vice chair of the Tri-County Democrats, a club in Howard, Mitchell and Worth counties along the state’s norther border with Minnesota.

　　“We are very environmentally active,” said Ms. Hubka. “It would be great to hear her come out and speak against Monsanto and what it has done to our farmers as far as our corn production now. There’s a lot of things Monsanto has done that [have] made us unhappy.”

　　Ms. Hubka said that Mrs. Clinton could make amends by getting out in front of the GMO issue.

　　“It seems like she is out in front of several issues [like] the immigration issue, [and] she’s been out in front of working on police issues that have come up recently,” said Ms. Hubka. “We are hoping to see her make a turn also against Monsanto. That would be fantastic for us.”

　　Mark Shelley, chairman of the political science department at Iowa State University, said that Mrs. Clinton likely would be able to weather opposition from environmentalists at the caucuses because farming is a pocketbook issue for most Iowans.

　　“So much of Iowa’s economy is connected to agriculture directly, and to closely related industries such as farm implement manufacturing, seed companies and food processing, that agribusiness interests are often seen as having outsize influence on the state’s political climate,” he said.

　　“It is important to note, though, that Democratic caucuses tend to attract people with more active interests in issues, which in that party translates to caucus attenders who are generally more progressive-leaning than the party as a whole,” Mr. Shelley said.

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