It sounds a little conspiratorial to say that the contamination was done on purpose. It might all be caused by the birds and the wind. But it would be easy for someone to do it on purpose to hurt a competitor.
Eventually, almost all crops with a GMO variation will be contaminated. They will be very resistant to disease, but when the right disease comes along, it will be a repeat of the Potato Famine and it will lead to the sort of food riots going on in Egypt right now.
Looking at the numbers listed, which I am assuming to be actual/factual as they are based from actual court cases brought....
"To date, Monsanto has filed 90 lawsuits against American farmers.
The lawsuits involve 147 farmers and 39 small businesses or farm companies, and have been directed at farmers residing in half of the states in the U.S. "
The largest recorded judgment made thus far in favor of Monsanto as a result of a farmer lawsuit is $3,052,800.00.
Total recorded judgments granted to Monsanto for lawsuits amount to $15,253,602.82.
Farmers have paid a mean of $412,259.54 for cases with recorded judgments.
Startling though these numbers are, they do not begin to tell the whole story.
Many farmers have to pay additional court and attorney fees and are sometimes even forced to pay the costs Monsanto incurs while investigating them.
Final monetary awards are not available for a majority of the 90 lawsuits CFS researched due to the confidential nature of many of the settlements.
Yes, the contamination of most all crops by the GE does worry me and I would like to find books? papers? to further read and learn about all of it.
I want to understand all this better but what limited information I've read--it *does* worry me. I don't want to be worried.