Combat Monsanto

Boycott Monsanto, We have to let them know that their products are now what we want or need............

great post!

What is all this noise about, really. There is scarcely a food product that we eat that has not been modified in some form throughout history with the science we've had at the time. Most of the GM food has been made to curb the use of herbicides or pesticides as I have read. which is being done because of by pressure from this same group of chicken littles. Time will tell if this GM science is viable, you can pay for and eat as you wish but why do you insist on making food more expensive and food production more dangerous if a better way is found? This is a very complex issue and anti-corporate sentiment has no place in it.

Natural foods are better than GM foods at least you won't have to be concern about chemicals you can't pronounce or spell, plus you'll be saving the planet unlike what are parents have done...............

to soberwood--

It's true that humans have been cultivating and selectively breeding plants and animals for thousands of years, but what these Biotechnology scientists have been doing in the past 25 years or so is something that cannot be achieved with selective breeding. They are doing things like combing mice and plant genes, inserting human genes into pigs, and splicing the genes of certain viruses with plants. Do a little research, you will be shocked at what is put into these GMOs these days, I know that the thought of eating a pig with human genes has already caused quite a stir with lots of people.

These crops are being mutated so that they will be resistant to the toxic pesticides and herbicides that are sprayed on them -- but some are being engineered (in a lab) to actually soak up the pesticides and herbicides. So yes, the ones that soak up the toxic chemicals, require less of the chemicals to be used on them. BUT-- this means that when you eat these crops, you are eating the pesticides and herbicides too.
There are some plants that are engineered to contain certain substances that act as pesticides, but these substances are also toxic, and are not normally found in the plant. this is where the splicing of plant genes with bacteria comes in. So this kind of plant would technically not need to be sprayed with pesticides, but the question is, is it safe for humans or animals to eat a plant that has a built in poison? even if it doesn't kill you the first time you eat it, what about long-term exposure to this plant?

We are talking about things that have never existed in the food chain, or the human diet for that matter, suddenly appearing in food all over the world. No one knows the long term effects, but the short term effects have certainly not been very promising.

Organic food is more expensive b/c it is not subsidized by the government the way that GMOs are. Monsanto and the other chemical companies who are developing GMOS are some of the richest corporations in the world. They are behind the Pharmaceutical industry as well. They have everything to profit but pushing GMOs on everyone. Their money and power buys them a lot of influence in Washington

As always Jan, thank you. Keep it up!