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Originally posted by Sir Kenyth:
The plants are toxic to the bugs too? Wouldn't they have checked for that in the initial testing?
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Riiiight.
Only if the agencies they are in bed with required them to.
If you poke around on the site, you will find that herbicide resistant "Roundup-ready" weeds have already developed as a result of using "Roundup-ready" crops -- cross-pollination happens. Now, not only are the weeds more herbicide resistant, Roundup must be replaced by a new chemical -- I bet Monsanto's planned for this, and already has one in the works for ya, how helpful they are.
Or read about the Canadian man who did not use GM crops but who nevertheless got sued by Monsanto when GM crops turned up in his field. Interestingly, they caused him biological pollution and then tried to make him pay for it.
Or, howabout GM fish farms on the east coast and what that lates hurricane did to release GM fish into the population. Let's hope they're harmless, because now they are out there and breeding. But, not likely. When Africans started aquaculturing the Nile Perch in Lake Victoria, how could they have known it would result in the extinction of 14 GENUSES (not species) that live nowhere else on Earth. Some of whom undoubtedly had untapped medical resources in their genetic code.
Or howabout the fact that herbicide-resistant weeds can be coated with a lot more chemicals and live. Now, rather than have the untrained Mexican worker (A loophole in a FIFRA requirement that users must be trained with the chemical -- employees are exempted) who can't read the label carry a can and spray chemicals on the base of all the plants, you can just drive a truck along the field spraying out of a fire hose. Wheeeeee!
Or howabout recent studies linking use of rBGH to cancer. More importantly, and more factually a certainty, increased antibiotic dosages must be given to cows treated with rBGH. I'm no scientist, and I forget the biological links, but I read this makes our fat little fatty kids even fatter. Ompa-looompa on the gum, little girl.
Or, howabout the Starlink corn thing, forcing Taco Bell and all other corn product companies to switch to only white corn for several months. Oh, and this little gem awoke latent nut allergies in some people. How crazy is that? Imagine one day you eat a food that causes a peanut allergy to activate. Now, any of you with this allergy know it's a pain in the arse because peanuts contaminate so many products. Read those labels well!
Sorry, did someone mention examples? I've got more.