GMO Myths and Truths
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- Published on Monday, 23 December 2013 05:24
Genetically modified (GM) crops are promoted on the basis of a range of far-reaching claims from the GM crop industry and its supporters. They say that GM crops:
- Are an extension of natural breeding and do not pose different risks from naturally bred crops
- Are safe to eat and can be more nutritious than naturally bred crops
- Are strictly regulated for safetyIncrease crop yieldsReduce pesticide use
- Benefit farmers and make their lives easier
- Bring economic benefitsBenefit the environment
- Can help solve problems caused by climate change
- Reduce energy useWill help feed the world.
However, a large and growing body of scientific and other authoritative evidence shows that these claims are not true. On the contrary, evidence presented in this report indicates that GM crops:
- Are laboratory-made, using technology that is totally different from natural breeding methods, and pose different risks from non-GM crops
- Can be toxic, allergenic or less nutritious than their natural counterparts
- Are not adequately regulated to ensure safety
- Do not increase yield potential
- Do not reduce pesticide use but increase it
- Create serious problems for farmers, including herbicide-tolerant “superweeds”, compromised soil quality, and increased disease susceptibility in crops
- Have mixed economic effects
- Harm soil quality, disrupt ecosystems, and reduce biodiversity
- Do not offer effective solutions to climate change
- Are as energy-hungry as any other chemically-farmed crops
- Cannot solve the problem of world hunger but distract from its real causes – poverty, lack of access to food and, increasingly, lack of access to land to grow it on.
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Localization of fields with GMO
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 December 2013 21:15
Warszawa, October 31, 2013
From:
Minister of Agricuture
and Rural Development
HORzg-077-193/2013
To:
Ms Anna Szmelcer, President, „GMO-Free Poland” Association
Ul.Jagiellońska 21, 44-100 Gliwice
Dear Ms President,
Referring to „GMO-Free Poland” Association’s letter concerning your notification of the localization of fields with GMO crops, based on the reports from the media on the subject, we hereby inform you what follows.
The fact of alleged contamination of corn crops with GM corn varieties was reported to the media in the interviews by the Chief Inspector of Plant and Seeed Protection, while summing up the results of inspection as concerns the ban on the use of such seeds in 2013 growing season. However, he made it clear that each suspected case needs to be confirmed by more detailed laboratory tests, in order to avoid relying only on screening test made with the samples taken from a given field.
EU Court Deals Major Defeat to GMO from BASF
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- Published on Monday, 16 December 2013 09:31
14 December, 2013
By F. William Engdahl
The second highest court of the EU has dealt a major defeat to the pro-GMO lobby in Europe. On December 13, the General Court of the European Union which consists of 28 judges, one from each Member State, issued a ruling that the EU Commission had failed to follow the EU's rules when approving the Amflora potato, a patented Genetically Manipulated potato of the German chemical giant and Monsanto partner, BASF. The Amflora is modified to produce extra starch for use in the paper industry. The decision, which can only be appealed on grounds of a mistaken point of law, now opens the entire EU approval process for GMO to review, something most unwanted by the embattled GMO industry.
Mexico finally bans GMO corn
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 December 2013 08:50
According to a local press release, Acción Colectiva [Collective Action] aims to achieve absolute federal declaration of the suspension of the introduction of transgenic maize in all its various forms, including experimental and pilot commercial plantings, in Mexico, “which is the birthplace of corn in the world.”
Just when you think there’s no winning against the biotech industry,news out of Mexico City shows that all is not lost. After years of deliberation,a Mexico judge has placed an indefinite ban on genetically-engineered corn. Effective immediately, companies like Monsanto and DuPont/Pioneer will no longer be allowed to plant or sell their corn within the country’s borders.
href="http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/2013/10/20/mexico-finally-bans-gmo-corn/Italian ministers ban MON810 maize
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- Published on Friday, 06 December 2013 09:17
Italian ministers of Agriculture, Public Health and Environment have finally signed a joint decree banning the cultivation of the genetically modified maize MON810. This is the result of a broad rejection to GM crops among public opinion and institutions all around the country. Italy is the eighth European country to approve a MON810 ban.
http://www.stopthecrop.org/news/italian-ministers-sign-decree-ban-mon810-maize http://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/6560Seralini validated by new EFSA guidelines
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 September 2013 11:21
Seralini validated by new EFSA guidelines on long-term GMO experiments
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued guidelines for two-year whole food feeding studies to assess the risk of long-term toxicity from GM foods.
source:http://gmoseralini.org/seralini-validated-by-new-efsa-guidelines-on-long-term-gmo-experiments/
