Friday, December 08, 2006

Agent Orange Investigating Scientist Received Money from Monsanto

According to a news report by the BBC, Professor Sir Richard Doll, who studied the effects of Agent Orange during the 1980's, wrote that there was no evidence that cancer was caused by Agent Orange. However, according to the article, he had been received $1500 per day as a consultancy fee from Monsanto Corporation, the manufacturer of Agent Orange. Monsanto is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MON. The stock is down this morning.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6220440.stm

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