Wednesday 15 August 2007
Australians question Monsanto Lies
Windstorm blows GM herbicide canola seed for miles around contaminating the natural environment and other crops.
Wind blown herbicide resistant canola seed sprouts in wheat fields miles away.
To control insects that attack cotton and corn crops, Monsanto inserts bacterial genes that genetically transform those plants into powerful insecticide factories that kill target insects and the non-target, endangered Monarch butterflies. These crops now appear to be one of the factors behind the unpredicted collapse of bee populations in North America.
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Monday, August 13, 2007
Gardeners against GE (GAGE)
Monsanto is the company that invented Roundup™. Roundup™ is a broad spectrum weed killer that kills anything green. Monsanto inserts a Roundup™ resistance gene into its genetically manipulated seed, so that farmers can spray the entire crop, killing all green plant life except the GM crop. Therefore, GM crops are repeatedly drenched in Roundup™. By inserting the gene enabling Roundup™ resistance in its Genetic Engineering laboratories, Monsanto effectively uses our food supply (soybeans, canola, cotton and corn) to sell more of its chemicals.
Wind blown herbicide resistant canola seed sprouts in wheat fields miles away.
To control insects that attack cotton and corn crops, Monsanto inserts bacterial genes that genetically transform those plants into powerful insecticide factories that kill target insects and the non-target, endangered Monarch butterflies. These crops now appear to be one of the factors behind the unpredicted collapse of bee populations in North America.
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The science of genetic engineering is still in its early infancy, and there is much that we simply do not know.
It is unconscionable that government regulatory bodies allow genetically engineered seeds to be so widely disseminated by Monsanto and other plant biotechs.
There are enough studies that cast doubt on the health safety of GMO's, but even without them, 'absence of proof' is not 'proof of absence' - especially with new technology that heavily impacts the world food supply.
It is up to the people, the real power in any society, to be informed and to demand a healthy, nutritious food supply.
It is unconscionable that government regulatory bodies allow genetically engineered seeds to be so widely disseminated by Monsanto and other plant biotechs.
There are enough studies that cast doubt on the health safety of GMO's, but even without them, 'absence of proof' is not 'proof of absence' - especially with new technology that heavily impacts the world food supply.
It is up to the people, the real power in any society, to be informed and to demand a healthy, nutritious food supply.
# posted by 
: 16 August 2007 2:15 PM
: 16 August 2007 2:15 PM
Canola contamination is impossible to prevent or control. That;s why there is now virtually no GM free canola in Canada. That photo is truly spectacular -- where did it come from? Is there a higher definition version somewhere?
Best wishes
Brian
Best wishes
Brian
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