Five Interesting Things About GMOs
Genetically modified foods are crops that have been altered by scientists to either produce their own pesticides or to be resistant to herbicides and diseases, and despite NO long term independent studies, they have been approved by my FDA, allowed to go unlabeled by my Congress, and even given the green light to be patented by my Supreme Court--proving yet again that governmental protection is a joke. Let's look at some numbers.
1. GMOs are in 70% of packaged food in North America and compose about 90% of my sugar, canola, soybeans, corn, and cotton crops. Which means they are also in all of the animals that consume them.
2. Over 90% of consumers wish that they were labeled...but they're not (because biotech companies want them not to be labeled more than we want them to be labeled).
3. Despite GMOs stated purpose of reducing pests, pesticide use rose 404 million pounds from 1996 to 2011, and 1/3 of the pests GMOs were designed to target have already become resistant to them.
4. While GMOs produce huge yields the first few years, a 30 year study shows that GMO fields and organic fields ultimately produce the same amount of food.
5. There are severe restrictions or outright bans on GMOs in over 60 countries, including Australia, Japan, and most of Europe.
Whether these toxins are dangerous or not is still up for debate, but it does seem crazy that our food supply is now controlled by the same company, Monsanto, that created Agent Orange. Visit this site for seven ways to fight the power.
DiaryOfAmerica@gmail.com
1. GMOs are in 70% of packaged food in North America and compose about 90% of my sugar, canola, soybeans, corn, and cotton crops. Which means they are also in all of the animals that consume them.
2. Over 90% of consumers wish that they were labeled...but they're not (because biotech companies want them not to be labeled more than we want them to be labeled).
3. Despite GMOs stated purpose of reducing pests, pesticide use rose 404 million pounds from 1996 to 2011, and 1/3 of the pests GMOs were designed to target have already become resistant to them.
4. While GMOs produce huge yields the first few years, a 30 year study shows that GMO fields and organic fields ultimately produce the same amount of food.
5. There are severe restrictions or outright bans on GMOs in over 60 countries, including Australia, Japan, and most of Europe.
Whether these toxins are dangerous or not is still up for debate, but it does seem crazy that our food supply is now controlled by the same company, Monsanto, that created Agent Orange. Visit this site for seven ways to fight the power.
DiaryOfAmerica@gmail.com
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