GM crops myth

[RodISHI]

Feeding the world with GM food is a myth push on the general population for a buck and control over the masses just like Obamacare, and The National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

Exposed: the great GM crops myth

Major new study shows that modified soya produces 10 per cent less food than its conventional equivalent

By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor
Genetic modification actually cuts the productivity of crops, an authoritative new study shows, undermining repeated claims that a switch to the controversial technology is needed to solve the growing world food crisis.

The study – carried out over the past three years at the University of Kansas in the US grain belt – has found that GM soya produces about 10 per cent less food than its conventional equivalent, contradicting assertions by advocates of the technology that it increases yields.

Note: Permission to reprint, repost or forward the following article in full is granted, but only if it is not edited or excerpted.
From the Editors of SurvivalBlog.com
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS)

The USDA and the Agrobiz giants have been crafting a national animal identification scheme that threatens the traditional freedom of self sufficiency, the privacy of Americans, and the livelihood of organic farmers, and family farms. The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is the creation of the Agrobiz giants Monsanto, Cargill Meat, National Pork Producers, and others to monopolize American food production using fear tactics to advance their agenda. The NAIS scheme was not created by any act of congress. Rather, it is merely a presumptuous bureaucratic dictate.

The NAIS plan requires two types of mandatory registration for everyone who owns even just one “livestock” animal. Every person who owns even just one horse, donkey, chicken, pigeon, goat, llama, sheep, pig, cow, alpaca, duck, farmed fish, etc. must register their name, home address, telephone number and Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of their home in a Federal database. Secondly, in order for any animal to leave its birth farm, the owner will be required to obtain a Federal ID number for it which will be kept in a national data base and have the animal biochipped. Animals will have to be registered if they leave the farm for any reason; to go on a trail ride, to go to a show or fair, to be bought or sold, to be bred by a stud on another farm, or to be taken to the local butcher, or anywhere else. The most likely type of ID will be a bio-microchip containing a low power radio transmitter so that the chips can be read from a distance. NAIS would allow “industry” to decide if retinal scans and DNA samples would also be required. Of course large scale Agrobiz has exempted itself from individual identification. (Agrobiz producers will be allowed to use one ID number for groups of hundreds or even thousands of animals that are raised and processed together.)
Americans will be required to report every time an animal enters or leaves their property, every time an animal loses a tag, every time a tag is replaced, the slaughter or death of an animal, or if an animal is missing. Such events must be reported in 24 hours or owners would suffer an as yet unspecified penalty. Small family farms and organic farmers will be driven out of business by the costs of premises registration fees, individual animal ID fees, event reporting fees, electronic tags or chips, electronic readers, home computers, Internet access, phone service, and reporting software. According to the USDA's plan all of these costs will be born by the animal owners.

NAIS might enhance Agrobiz’s export markets and allow tracing of animal movements to track disease outbreaks which is its stated goal. But it will not make the American consumer safer. The most common type of meat contamination in the United States is bacterial, such as E coli. and Listeria. It is not discovered until masses of people become ill. Since Agrobiz processes meat in huge packing plants with thousands of animals being slaughtered a day, NAIS is useless to determine if the contamination was from one animal, multiple animals, or unsanitary conditions at the packing plant itself. Contaminated meat from giant Agrobiz processor is sent to all 50 states endangering millions of consumers simultaneously. On the other hand family farms, organic farmers, and private citizens their animals in natural and healthy conditions because they are raising their animals for themselves and their neighbors’ tables. When they are driven out of the market, America’s food supply will become less safe not more so. The consolidation of America’s food supply by Agrobiz makes it more vulnerable to terrorists. As Americas meat industry becomes a giant monopoly where all meat is processed in a few giant packing plants then it becomes easier for terrorists to deliberately contaminate millions of pounds of meat in one attack.

I believe that many varieties of farm animals (not just rare breeds) will become extinct as individuals give up animal raising rather than submit to all the required fees and bureaucracy or agree to having their home pinpointed by satellite and their personal information put in a national database. The only animals that will survive will be those that Monsanto, Cargill and company deem the most profitable.

The USDA's NAIS Timeline:

• July, 2005: All States capable of premises registration.
• July, 2005: Animal Identification Number system operational.
• April, 2007: Premises registration and animal identification “alerts”.
• January, 2008: Premises registration and animal identification required.
• January, 2009: Reporting of defined animal movements required; entire program becomes mandatory.


I urge you to take immediate action in fighting the implementation of NAIS. Widespread objection by Americans can still stop the implementation of NAIS or at least create exemptions for religious objectors, home breeders, and/or small scale farmers and ranchers.

Please e-mail this posting to everyone that you know. Contact breed associations, organic and sustainable farming groups, neighbors, and family and ask them to oppose NAIS. Ask them to organize letter writing campaigns to the USDA. Write to your Federal and state legislators. Oppose any state level implementation of NAIS. (Some states such as Wisconsin are already implementing NAIS registration and biochipping.)

In particular, the USDA’s planned issuance of a NAIS rule for public comment in July 2006 will be a crucial juncture. Regular updates on the status of NAIS will be posted at SurvivalBlog.com. When the public comment period is open, submit an individual comment letter, strongly expressing your disapproval. Get involved, or our another piece of our precious liberty will slip away.

We used to go into Gary's store in Eagleville, MO fairly often. He died suddenly just a few months ago. Monsanto thug threatening him does not surprise me at all. Monsanto's rep, “Monsanto is big. You can’t win. We will get you. You will pay.” Monsanto owns cargill, the CEO of Cargill was at WF as CEO until a few years ago, he was still on the borad last I had read. In our case WF just used the sheriff/have gun will travel here to do there dirty work.

Investigation
Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear
by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele
May 2008

Monsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.

Video worth watching.
The Funny Farm: MONSANTO IS WAY MORE EVIL THAN I EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED

 

[Dr Gregg]

What a dishonest, spin of a thread. So one GM crop isn't as sufficient and that means all of its a crock? and the second, link, what does that have to do with GM crops?

This is the type of shit that is preventing nutrient deprived african nations and other starving nations from receiving GM crops that can overcome micronutrient malnutrition that effects millions.

"Golden Rice" was developed 10 years ago which is packed with Beta Carotene, precursor of vitamin A I believe, but has not taken off thanks to this disinformation and ignorant fears from people, a lot in Europe who are against GM.

There is also a GM modified crop whichi is the main crop in Africa, because it can grow anywhere and doesn't require a lot of water. It's the major source of food in many African nations, but it lacks nutrients. The GM modified one has an protein added into it that leads to the production of more nutrients, 40X more, which would help end the micronutrient malnutrition labeled the "silent killer" due to the slow starvation that occurs.

GM crops could be bought by grain makers, cereal makers, etc so companies can make money, and given to these starving nations. We can have cereals and bread packed with more nutrients that the natural version can.

Also there are GM crops that provide natural pesticide resistance

There are some questionable Monsanto things that go on, like if their GM crops spills onto a neighboring farm and they charge them with patent infringement. But then again, they spent lots of money developing the products, and they should make money off of it as any business should. If farmers steal their product and try to get it for free, they should be charged with infringement. I wonder how many of those cases were farmers who actually stole it, instead of their claims that it just blew onto their farms.

 

[uscitizen]

GM is really about controlling the Seed supply. And the resulting profits.

why I use heirloom seeds in my garden.

 

[Dr Gregg]

No, its about a business. If you want the benefits of GM crops, you have to pay for it, becuase the company spent money on it.

You don't have to have GM crops if you don't want to.

why should companies give their product away for free? How to make a profit if the selling of the seeds is a one time deal?

And scientist want to make foods more hearty, easier to grow. Not everybody is a corporate giant like monsanto, and GM crops can have wonderful benefits. Everything isn't some giant conpiracy

 

[Toro]

GM crops are helping to feed the world.

 

[Dr Gregg]

GM crops are helping to feed the world.

They haven't even realized the potential, thanks to European meddling and their ignorant fears of GM. Read a Scientist article about how European countries are influencing african nations to resist GM crops, plus the fact their isn't strong science in those countries, so they are already no informed and can be easiliy swayed.

Golden rice was ready to go 10 years ago, and nothing ever happend with it thanks to the irrational and ignorant fears of GM

 

[RodISHI]

What a dishonest, spin of a thread. So one GM crop isn't as sufficient and that means all of its a crock? and the second, link, what does that have to do with GM crops?

This is the type of shit that is preventing nutrient deprived african nations and other starving nations from receiving GM crops that can overcome micronutrient malnutrition that effects millions.

"Golden Rice" was developed 10 years ago which is packed with Beta Carotene, precursor of vitamin A I believe, but has not taken off thanks to this disinformation and ignorant fears from people, a lot in Europe who are against GM.

There is also a GM modified crop whichi is the main crop in Africa, because it can grow anywhere and doesn't require a lot of water. It's the major source of food in many African nations, but it lacks nutrients. The GM modified one has an protein added into it that leads to the production of more nutrients, 40X more, which would help end the micronutrient malnutrition labeled the "silent killer" due to the slow starvation that occurs.

GM crops could be bought by grain makers, cereal makers, etc so companies can make money, and given to these starving nations. We can have cereals and bread packed with more nutrients that the natural version can.

Also there are GM crops that provide natural pesticide resistance

There are some questionable Monsanto things that go on, like if their GM crops spills onto a neighboring farm and they charge them with patent infringement. But then again, they spent lots of money developing the products, and they should make money off of it as any business should. If farmers steal their product and try to get it for free, they should be charged with infringement. I wonder how many of those cases were farmers who actually stole it, instead of their claims that it just blew onto their farms.

You evidently are behind on the times with the disinformation you like to spread.

"A main sponsors of Golden Rice, the Rockefeller Foundation, has told Greenpeace that the GE industry has "gone too far" in its promotion of the product. While upholding its principal support for the project, Rockefeller Foundation President Gordon Conway said to Greenpeace in a letter: "… the public relations uses of Golden Rice have gone too far. The industry's advertisements and the media in general seem to forget that it is a research product that needs considerable further development before it will be available to farmers and consumers."

Wow even an original main sponsor of golden rice is back tracking. Wonder why is that, do you know?

Did you know that based on the information for these particular GM seeds from the industry that if they are calculated into real figures of dietary needs that it would take 3.7 kilograms /8.1 pounds of dry weight rice to actually sustain the dietary needs of vitamin A for a pregnant woman? That much dry rice is about nine kilograms/nineteen pounds of cooked rice a day! In order for a pregnant woman to get the daily needed of vitamin A from Golden Rice she would have to eat nine kilograms/eight pounds of that rice a day.



Does one really have to be a scientist to know that plant pollen spreads naturally?

Can you tell me what is really happening to the bee colonies and what now is killing the butterflies ?

If you can answer the bee and butterfly question in truth and honesty then add in that why the bats are dying off rapidly too. Or just keep on showing you are stuck in propaganda mode for unethical profiteers and just can't break the habit.

GM crops are helping to feed the world.

That myth is already busted.

"Let's stop pretending we face food shortages. There is hunger but, not food shortages. GM food is for the rich world. The money from GE is in developed countries." Sergey Vasnetsov, Chemist Industry analyst for Lehman Brothers.

Golden Genes and World Hunger: Let Them Eat Transgenic Rice?

 

[Dr Gregg]

What a dishonest, spin of a thread. So one GM crop isn't as sufficient and that means all of its a crock? and the second, link, what does that have to do with GM crops?

This is the type of shit that is preventing nutrient deprived african nations and other starving nations from receiving GM crops that can overcome micronutrient malnutrition that effects millions.

"Golden Rice" was developed 10 years ago which is packed with Beta Carotene, precursor of vitamin A I believe, but has not taken off thanks to this disinformation and ignorant fears from people, a lot in Europe who are against GM.

There is also a GM modified crop whichi is the main crop in Africa, because it can grow anywhere and doesn't require a lot of water. It's the major source of food in many African nations, but it lacks nutrients. The GM modified one has an protein added into it that leads to the production of more nutrients, 40X more, which would help end the micronutrient malnutrition labeled the "silent killer" due to the slow starvation that occurs.

GM crops could be bought by grain makers, cereal makers, etc so companies can make money, and given to these starving nations. We can have cereals and bread packed with more nutrients that the natural version can.

Also there are GM crops that provide natural pesticide resistance

There are some questionable Monsanto things that go on, like if their GM crops spills onto a neighboring farm and they charge them with patent infringement. But then again, they spent lots of money developing the products, and they should make money off of it as any business should. If farmers steal their product and try to get it for free, they should be charged with infringement. I wonder how many of those cases were farmers who actually stole it, instead of their claims that it just blew onto their farms.

You evidently are behind on the times with the disinformation you like to spread.

"A main sponsors of Golden Rice, the Rockefeller Foundation, has told Greenpeace that the GE industry has "gone too far" in its promotion of the product. While upholding its principal support for the project, Rockefeller Foundation President Gordon Conway said to Greenpeace in a letter: "… the public relations uses of Golden Rice have gone too far. The industry's advertisements and the media in general seem to forget that it is a research product that needs considerable further development before it will be available to farmers and consumers."

Wow even an original main sponsor of golden rice is back tracking. Wonder why is that, do you know?

Did you know that based on the information for these particular GM seeds from the industry that if they are calculated into real figures of dietary needs that it would take 3.7 kilograms /8.1 pounds of dry weight rice to actually sustain the dietary needs of vitamin A for a pregnant woman? That much dry rice is about nine kilograms/nineteen pounds of cooked rice a day! In order for a pregnant woman to get the daily needed of vitamin A from Golden Rice she would have to eat nine kilograms/eight pounds of that rice a day.



Does one really have to be a scientist to know that plant pollen spreads naturally?

Can you tell me what is really happening to the bee colonies and what now is killing the butterflies ?

If you can answer the bee and butterfly question in truth and honesty then add in that why the bats are dying off rapidly too. Or just keep on showing you are stuck in propaganda mode for unethical profiteers and just can't break the habit.

GM crops are helping to feed the world.

That myth is already busted.

"Let's stop pretending we face food shortages. There is hunger but, not food shortages. GM food is for the rich world. The money from GE is in developed countries." Sergey Vasnetsov, Chemist Industry analyst for Lehman Brothers.

Golden Genes and World Hunger: Let Them Eat Transgenic Rice?

wow, you quote some guy, cutting out the rest, and totally misconstrue it. "it needs more development" how is that backtracking? its a fact

Sorry, 1 billion people starving in the world, there is no myth to that. 'the money made form the "rich world", as I already mentioned, would allow them to give it to the poor world for free. Why did you ignore that?

Yes, There can be spreading and I mentioned if its non intentional they should be able to sue, but I"m willing to bet many of the claims are done intentionally. And its very easy for them to make sterile plants that don't produce seeds. I'm really surprised they haven't already done that, so I can see that issue going way in the future. But that likely costs a lot more than having regenerated seeds.

You can't even google it without seeing a bunch of biased, anti GM bullshit websites, no wonder so many are ignorant

This website seems to cover GM crops pretty good, bringing up the issues and concerns
Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful?

 

[RodISHI]

wow, you quote some guy, cutting out the rest, and totally misconstrue it. "it needs more development" how is that backtracking? its a fact

Sorry, 1 billion people starving in the world, there is no myth to that. 'the money made form the "rich world", as I already mentioned, would allow them to give it to the poor world for free. Why did you ignore that?

Yes, There can be spreading and I mentioned if its non intentional they should be able to sue, but I"m willing to bet many of the claims are done intentionally. And its very easy for them to make sterile plants that don't produce seeds. I'm really surprised they haven't already done that, so I can see that issue going way in the future. But that likely costs a lot more than having regenerated seeds.

You can't even google it without seeing a bunch of biased, anti GM bullshit websites, no wonder so many are ignorant

This website seems to cover GM crops pretty good, bringing up the issues and concerns
Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful?

Your rhetoric is bogus. If the rich gave a damn about people they would not be peddling tainted food to the middle class and the poor to make a profit and turn right around and try to tax the people for what they are doing as they destroy nature.

Since you will not answer that question about the butterflies let me help you out. Then again you may claim that studies at the Cornell University the late 90's are "just biased, anti GM bullshit".

Entomology Faculty & Staff -- Dr. John Losey

Like all grasses, corn is wind-pollinated, and the pollen can be blown more than 60 yards from the edge of cornfields. "Pollen is that yellow dusting your car gets on spring and summer days; pollen is everywhere," explains Losey. "That's why we are concerned about this problem."

Other researchers on the study were Linda S. Rayor, Cornell instructor in entomology, and Maureen E. Carter, Cornell research aide.

Toxic pollen from widely planted, genetically modified corn can kill monarch butterflies, Cornell study shows
HOLD FOR EMBARGO: WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1999

"Monarchs are considered to be a flagship species for conservation. This is a warning bell," says Rayor. "Monarchs themselves are not an endangered species right now, but as their habitat is disrupted or destroyed, their migratory phenomena is becoming endangered."
Cornell News: Engineered corn kills Monarch butterflies

BBC News | SCI/TECH | Scientists discuss GM threat to butterflies


It may be okay with you that GM foods are killing the environment but it is not okay with millions of others.

It may be okay with you that companies like this go around and threatened and cheat citizens but it is not with me or millions of others who value freedom.

Now let us step up and look at this ten years after that initial Cornell report.


People around the globe are asking, "Where have all the butterflies gone?" Excuses from cell phone to climate change have been used as reason why the sudden decrease in the population of the butterflies by GM company bloggers. Spreading misinformation to lull the public into accepting this scam of stealing life. Scientist who studied these ill effects and report the GMO devastation that has spread like cancer around the globe have been threatened, fired and institutions have been stripped of grant money that normally keep these independent studies going.

Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Food Crops -- Recent Experiences | Union of Concerned Scientists



Say No To GMOs! - July 2009

Saving the Seeds of the Next Green Revolution by Fred Pearce: Yale Environment 360
Why I Still Oppose<Br> Genetically Modified Crops by Verlyn Klinkenborg: Yale Environment 360
David Cronin: Monsanto shouldn't grow GM corn in Europe | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Genetically modified (GM) foods: F.I.G.H.T for your health!

Warnings by Government Scientists Ignored and Denied

Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had warned about all these problems back in the early 1990s. According to secret documents made public from a lawsuit, the scientific consensus at the agency was that GM foods were inherently dangerous, and might create hard-to-detect allergies, poisons, new “super” diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged their superiors to require rigorous long-term tests. But the White House had ordered the agency to promote biotechnology and the FDA responded by recruiting Michael Taylor, Monsanto’s former attorney, to head up the formation of GMO policy. That policy, which is in effect today, denies knowledge of the scientists’ concerns and declares that no safety studies on GMOs are required. It is up to Monsanto and the other biotech companies-who have a long history of lying about the toxicity of their earlier products-to determine if their own foods are safe.

After overseeing GMO policy at the FDA, Mr. Taylor worked on GMO issues at the USDA, and then later became Monsanto’s vice president. In the summer of 2009, he went through the revolving door again. Taylor was appointed by the Obama administration as the de facto US food safety czar at the FDA.

Environmental Toxins

 

[Dr Gregg]

I even stated it in my earlier response, did you even bother reading it?

By charging grain and other food companies in this country, who can afford it, packing foods with even more vitamins and minerals, than a company can still make money and give their product to the impoverished nations.

You deny that a billion people in the world are suffering from malnutrition, many literally starving to death?

 

[Dr Gregg]

And its not surprising that companies want to hire someone who worked at the FDA and has a intricate knowledge of their requirements. THat's a great person to have working for your company to make sure you are following FDA regulations and you know what the FDA is looking for.

"killing the environment, yet no proof is being shown that that is happening.

And wow, you show articles from internet websites with clear agenda's and not requiring any level of scientific scrutiny or fact checking. The type of disinformation I spoke of earlier

I wonder how many farmers are trying to "cheat" these companies by stealing their product, then claim it just happened to come onto their property. If its true, its bullshit that they could sue the farmer for infringement.

 

[RodISHI]

I even stated it in my earlier response, did you even bother reading it?

By charging grain and other food companies in this country, who can afford it, packing foods with even more vitamins and minerals, than a company can still make money and give their product to the impoverished nations.

You deny that a billion people in the world are suffering from malnutrition, many literally starving to death?

Companies like Monsanto don't give away anything. They will tell you themselves they are in business to make a profit. Unless you have some sort of master plan for making them all non-profit entities your blowing more hot air.

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Full video available here.... Watch Patent for a Pig Online Free Documentary

Are you old enough to recall all of the family farms that were lost to corporates in the 70's and 80's?

 

[Dr Gregg]

Yes, cause a youtube clip says so, along with bogus, biased websites, must be true.

Perfect example of people being ignorant by eating up misinformation

 

[RodISHI]

Go eat some Tyson chicken and washed it down with some good old fashion recombinant bovine somatotropin milk.

 

[waltky]

Better rice through genetic engineering...

Flood-resistant rice 'also has drought-proof trait'
4 March 2011 - Rice is the staple food for about half of the world's population

A gene that increases a rice plant's resistance to floods also boosts its ability to recover from droughts, a study has shown. Researchers found that the gene, Sub1A, allowed plants to survive by growing fresh shoots after a period of drought. Rice is the primary food for three billion people, and more than 25% the world's harvest is grown in areas that experience extreme weather conditions. Details have been published in the journal The Plant Cell.

"Flood tolerance does not reduce drought tolerance in these plants, and appears to even benefit them when they encounter drought," observed lead author Julia Bailey-Serres from the University of California Riverside's department of botany and plant sciences. The gene's role in providing rice plants with a higher tolerance of being submerged in water was first identified in 2006, just 12 months after the vital food crop's complete genome was unscrambled.

Professor Bailey-Serres and her team wanted to follow up the discovery of the "flood-proof" trait provided by the presence of the Sub1A gene did not reduce plants' ability cope with other environmental stresses - such as drought. They reported that the gene served as a point where the pathways of the plant's response to both submergence and drought, resulting in the crop's ability to survive and recover from either kind of extreme weather event.

"Our findings suggest that the plant recovers well from drought and growing new shoots," Professor Bailey-Serres said. "This is something that is also seen with flooding." Plant breeders have already utilised the gene's flood tolerance traits and transferred it into high-yielding varieties. The researchers said the next stage of the research would involve scientists at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) plant specimens containing the Sub1A gene in field trials to see if they display a similar trait in natural conditions.

BBC News - Flood-resistant rice &#039;also has drought-proof trait&#039;

 

[mudwhistle]

GM is really about controlling the Seed supply. And the resulting profits.

why I use heirloom seeds in my garden.

I just use seeds from Walmart.

 

[RodISHI]

Truth cannot be hidden but who all suffers the damage of what these unscrupulous dicks do in the meantime?
I am glad the light is being shined on this issue.

Perhaps the World's Most Overlooked Poison

Concerns about Monsanto's herbicide, Roundup, are at an all-time high. But according to a new report by Earth Open Source, one of the biggest concerns may be something that you're totally in the dark about, namely birth defects.

Research published last year shows that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, causes birth defects in frogs and chicken embryos at far lower levels than used in agricultural and garden applications.

The malformations primarily affected the:
•Skull
•Face
•Midline and developing brain
•Spinal cord

Other independent scientific research has also found that glyphosate causes:
Endocrine disruption
DNA damage
Developmental toxicity
Neurotoxicity
Reproductive toxicity
Cancer .......................... Read the rest at Genetically-Modified (GM) Crops May Cause Birth Defects

 

[techieny]

GM is really about controlling the Seed supply. And the resulting profits.

why I use heirloom seeds in my garden.

They made be illegal sooner than not.

 

[techieny]

Truth cannot be hidden but who all suffers the damage of what these unscrupulous dicks do in the meantime?
I am glad the light is being shined on this issue.

Perhaps the World's Most Overlooked Poison

Concerns about Monsanto's herbicide, Roundup, are at an all-time high. But according to a new report by Earth Open Source, one of the biggest concerns may be something that you're totally in the dark about, namely birth defects.

Research published last year shows that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, causes birth defects in frogs and chicken embryos at far lower levels than used in agricultural and garden applications.

The malformations primarily affected the:
•Skull
•Face
•Midline and developing brain
•Spinal cord

Other independent scientific research has also found that glyphosate causes:
Endocrine disruption
DNA damage
Developmental toxicity
Neurotoxicity
Reproductive toxicity
Cancer .......................... Read the rest at Genetically-Modified (GM) Crops May Cause Birth Defects

Biggest dicks....MONSANTO!!!

 

[flacaltenn]

Truth cannot be hidden but who all suffers the damage of what these unscrupulous dicks do in the meantime?
I am glad the light is being shined on this issue.

Perhaps the World's Most Overlooked Poison

Concerns about Monsanto's herbicide, Roundup, are at an all-time high. But according to a new report by Earth Open Source, one of the biggest concerns may be something that you're totally in the dark about, namely birth defects.

Research published last year shows that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, causes birth defects in frogs and chicken embryos at far lower levels than used in agricultural and garden applications.

The malformations primarily affected the:
•Skull
•Face
•Midline and developing brain
•Spinal cord

Other independent scientific research has also found that glyphosate causes:
Endocrine disruption
DNA damage
Developmental toxicity
Neurotoxicity
Reproductive toxicity
Cancer .......................... Read the rest at Genetically-Modified (GM) Crops May Cause Birth Defects

Are you confused or what? And the relationship of herbicides to GM products is ............ what exactly? Do you know the diff?

Anyway -- why don't you tell us HOW MUCH Round-Up you need to consume to get any of these effects? Are you the reason I can't buy a product anymore to rid my house of bugs?

And where is RDean when you need him? To remind us how unscientific and unenlightened and scared of technology Republicans are?