Posted this at the DM online, but I’ve never seen one of my non-leftie comments see the light of day on that website.
Folks should keep in mind that, even if this study proves to be true, removing GM products poses a real clear and present danger.
Global grain/cereal production would be reduced by more than half. As a result, millions of people in the third world would die of hunger and hunger-related ailments. 10s or 100s of millions more would go to bed hungry and not get enough to eat.
We’d also have to start spraying our crops with more dangerous herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, etc, because GM crops were made to be resistant to weeds, pests, fungi, etc. Runoff of these chemicals into streams and drinking water would do far more damage to humans and animals where the food is grown.
You can wring your hands about what might happen if you eat GM foods. However, we KNOW for a fact what would happen in this world without them. Unfortunately, most people making the decisions about this stuff live in the West, where we can handle a 400% increase in food prices. The world’s poor can’t.
risen_feenix~ “ Folks should keep in mind that, even if this study proves to be true, removing GM products poses a real clear and present danger. “
At least in the European Union , Genetically Modified foods have to be labeled as such.
Not so in this country.
The key question is : “ How much to you trust Monsanto ?”
I recall that the German engineers who created margarine (then made from Coal tar ?) refused to eat the stuff .
Personally , given the exclusivity of the Monsanto brand on herbicide / insecticide resistant crops suggests to me that the god almighty profit exceeds the need for “safe food” .
Monsanto now owns the seed , the insecticide , and the herbicide in “no-till farming” . I question their priorities.
Better to use the Geneticaly Modified crops for ethanol production .
This is not the first study to indicate possible long-term effects of G M foods ; its just the first long-term test that went out over 2 years , and can be verified.
Increased cancer rates, still-births , under-weight births, and sterility of off-spring were noted even in the previous short term studies.
Personally , I want GM foods and additives to be labeled.
I value health and safety over profit !
risen_feenix~ “ You can wring your hands about what might happen if you eat GM foods. However, we KNOW for a fact what would happen in this world without them. Unfortunately, most people making the decisions about this stuff live in the West, where we can handle a 400% increase in food prices. The world’s poor can’t.
I don’t want to be the one who asks the worlds poor whether they want to die this year from malnutrition , or die in 5 years from cancer
Agenda 21 calls for control of food production and population control .
Monsanto owns the patent for the seed , the herbicide , and the insecticide . Monsanto has a vested financial interest in the sale and distribution of these products.
Given the results of this long-term test , it can best be accomplished through the use of G M Foods !