My colleague Lydia Penturf has a good argument about GMO’s.
In her blog entry GMO labeling in Texas she raises the question of labeling for GMO
foods in Texas. Lydia mentions that GMO stands for Genetically Modified
Organisms is bacterium, yeast, insect, plant and mammal whose genetic material has
been altered. A good answer and question, but not the right question to ask,
but it is close to an answer that is right. The question is who made GMO’s,
could these organisms destroy our environment, and how is the organism altered.
Most civilians or scientists who are paid to agree with studies will say things
like the proper research has been done to prove GMO’s are safe, we have been
doing this the whole time through the years with corn and other crops. This is
just propaganda that is feed to people from the company profiting from these
products.
The
company named Monsanto is who makes GMO’s. Now who is this company named Monsanto.
It is a company founded by Hugh Grant in 1901. It has a quite a track record
with DDT’s, PCB’s, and Agent Orange. That is just a few examples of the
substances that this company has unleashed on the planet. Just by doing a
little research (link provided) anyone can see that these substances have done
major damage not just to the environment but to plants, animals and humans. All
these substances have been banned here in the United States. The environment is
balanced and substances unleashed upon it can hurt it very bad, for example
plastic bags. Could these modified foods replace all of the normal organisms in
the environment to wreak havoc upon the world like DDT’s, PCB’s and Agent
Orange has. The organisms with some GMO’s are modified with bacterial DNA
called CpG Motif. It’s a question just how can this affect the body. I
certainly don’t feel like being a lab rat to find out.
The
studies done with GMO’s that have been approved are really bad studies done and
raise quite a bit of questions about how they were done. Here is a link to
studies done against and for GMO’s.(link to studies) No, we have been doing
this the entire time through-out history, we have not been taking microscopes
and injecting different bacteria such as CpG Motif into the organism or
bacteria to prevent a chemical called round-up from killing the plant, but it
kills all the bugs and organisms around it. It that really safe, research
certainly says no, but this isn’t approved by everyone in the world. Just like
DDT’s hasn’t been banned around the world, but it is in America. Not enough food
in the world because people are starving certainly is a lie because food has been
turned into an industry. Food is sitting
on selves at grocery stores until it becomes spoils, but is thrown away because
someone expects money for it. Some of this food could give vitamin A to some
children suffering from blindness in another country instead of fake rice made
in a lab that could possibly hurt the kids in long run like cancer in the eyes instead of blindness.
In my
opinion, maybe we shouldn’t trust a company that has such a track record and
one that lobbies heavily and does classified work through-out the government.
The funniest thing is, the company offers jobs to individuals who help get
their products passed to sell. For example, multiple people who work for Monsanto
are former workers from the FDA that passed products for them. I don’t think
GMO’s should be labeled, I believe they should be banned just like all their
other products that destroyed our environment. Just how many skeletons does
this company have hidden that has been classified. Will we continue to let big businesses destroy the
environment until we all die or will we wake up?
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