Sen Ruderman, where is the proof

[peteadams]

Since the connection is pretty nonexistent between corporate politics and science in general, then why the Syngenta situation should make it "so hard...to accept scientific studies" is very unclear.

However, attacks on science itself are pretty standard fodder for right wing politics. For example, google the unsuccessful assault on Michael Mann's climate change science by the state of Virginia or the legal smack down of the Dover (PA) school board that wanted "intelligent design" taught in schools. Either of those examples should, by your logic, stand you squarely behind the science regarding the safety of GMO's.