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Rebeckah Adcock, former herbicide industry lobbyist turned USDA appointee, helped Dow Chemical gain approval from China to import its genetically modified, herbicide-resistant seeds. See the documents we uncovered: americanoversight.org/document/usda-…
See the full story from @ProPublica here - citing records obtained by American Oversight and @SierraClub propublica.org/article/these-…
@propublica @SierraClub After a push from the U.S. government in 2017, China approved importing genetically-modified seeds. And before that, a former lobbyist and USDA official Rebeckah Adcock arranged a meeting between a Dow lobbyist and Sec Sonny Perdue to discuss the issue: documentcloud.org/documents/6306…
@propublica @SierraClub Rebeckah Adcock is far from the only former lobbyist now working in the administration. We’ve been investigating Trump appointees and obtained resumes from across the administration — many have worked in the industries they are now regulating: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
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