As we have previously reported, the Grocer Manufacturers Association, big agriculture and chemical companies want Americans to stay in the dark about GMOs in the food they eat – and are spending close to $1 million a day on ‘No on Prop 37’ ads across California.

The proposition, California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, would require disclosure of GMO ingredients on foods.

Advocates for GMO labeling are being out-spent 10 to 1. Although there are few ads for the presidential race in California, we hear people are deluged by ads that seek to misinform them about GMO labeling.

The man in charge of the opposition’s message is Henry Miller, who for years, successfully delayed action on constraining sales of cigarrettes by debunking the link between tobacco products and cancer.

Some more about him, and the causes he has served:

Strong proponent of DDT and other pesticides
After the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, he argued that exposure to radiation could provide health benefits
He believes pharmaceutical companies should be responsible for testing new drugs (why involve the Food and Drug Administration?)

And Miller is having an impact. While early polls […]