Monsanto, the American-Based Multinational Agricultural Biotechnology Corporation, Has Scoured the Earth

question 85

Multiple Choice

Monsanto, the American-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, has scoured the earth in a quest to patent plants that have been used for centuries by Indigenous people as medication and turn them into commercially viable medicines.What does Monsanto call this practice?

• A)DNA theft
• B)intellectual property protection
• C)biopiracy
• D)gene fraud

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