Monsanto - Patent For a Pig (2006)

ALL 09/07/2006 (en) Documentary 42 Min
  • Release
    09/07/2006
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    HTTV Produktion
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  • Original title
    Monsanto - Patent For a Pig
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    en
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The American biotechnology firm, Monsanto, has applied for a patent for pig breeding in 160 countries. The patent is for specific parts of the genetic material of pigs which Monsanto's genetic researchers have decoded. If this patent is granted, pig breeding would be possible with the approval of the company. Farmers and breeders are naturally alarmed because these genes have long existed in the great majority of their pigs. Using DNA tests they can prove that there is no new invention in the patent applications but that, instead, granting this patent would be to allow a part of nature to fall into the hands of a single company.

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Monsanto - Patent For a Pig (2006) 42 Min

ALL 09/07/2006 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 09/07/2006
  • Production
    HTTV Produktion
  • Original title Monsanto - Patent For a Pig
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The American biotechnology firm, Monsanto, has applied for a patent for pig breeding in 160 countries. The patent is for specific parts of the genetic material of pigs which Monsanto's genetic researchers have decoded. If this patent is granted, pig breeding would be possible with the approval of the company. Farmers and breeders are naturally alarmed because these genes have long existed in the great majority of their pigs. Using DNA tests they can prove that there is no new invention in the patent applications but that, instead, granting this patent would be to allow a part of nature to fall into the hands of a single company.

  1. Christian Jentzsch

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  3. Barbara Schmitz

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