GMO's

[k0llectable5]

1. Genetically modified foods (or GM foods) arefoods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering. There a two main types of genetically modified crops. 

Bt, or bacillus thuringiensis, is a type of soil-dwelling bacteria that produces a protein toxic to many insects. Bt crops are engineered to produce the Bt toxin within the plant itself, acting as a built-in insecticide. Bt toxin kills crop pests by dissolving the insect’s gut lining.
Roundup Ready crops are engineered to be resistant to Roundup, a Monsanto brand of herbicide. The active ingredient in Roundup herbicide is glyphosate, a commonly used weed-killer.

I know very little about this topic. I'm Interested to hear what ya'll know or think about GMO foods.

[ladydeburg]

I'm for GM food production, especially the crops that are modified to resist disease and pests. That means that less pesticides and super is needed to grow a healthy crop, better for the planet and bertter to feed the millions of starving people in Africa if they are given access to it free.

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@ladydeburg wrote:

I'm for GM food production, especially the crops that are modified to resist disease and pests. That means that less pesticides and super is needed to grow a healthy crop, better for the planet and bertter to feed the millions of starving people in Africa if they are given access to it free.

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Monsanto does not give anything for free; actually they try to patent several natural compounds that people have been using for ever, and then try to stop them using it without paying them royalties.  Neem oil from India for instance.

Also GM crops are mainly modified to withstand herbicides, that means more toxic chemicals being sprayed, not less.  Some of the crops that were successfully modified to be toxic to the main pests soon wiped out that pest, which left more of the plants for other pests and their population exploded, and is causing even more problems.  And some pests are becoming resistant to Bacillus thuringiensis

http://e360.yale.edu/digest/growing_number_of_pests_developing_resistance_to_gm_crops/3866/

[jimmy*part4]

GMOs are a huge threat and it'll be too late when it becomes obvious to thickest of heads (not aimed to whos reply button I used, but law makers, farmers, etc).

When it's proved to be a disaster, "clean" crop seeds won't be available. Nature doesn't recognize the borders between a GMO crop field and an organic one. It's already happening. Worse than cancer because it's going to take years before it's obvious.

I got a warning clicking this link, but don't seem to have any problems...just to let you know before clicking.

 Unwelcome, genetically-engineered crops showing up in an otherwise organic field are reason to cancel that farmer’s organic certification and, in effect, destroy his business. Cross-pollination with GMO plants may compromise the purity of an organic farmer’s product and ruin his seed stock. How is it fair that a corporation with over $10.5 billion dollars in annual U.S. revenues can accuse small farmers of patent infringement when the farmer has done nothing and indeed wants nothing to do with GMO contamination of his fields?

http://www.planetnatural.com/hazardous-harvest-gmo/

Surely there are better ways. Monsanto is an evil organization!

Bees...I watched a program about Chinese farmers that were forse to hand pollinate their crops by hand. Something bees used to without complaining or unreasonable demands. Man killed them anyway.

[k0llectable5]

c&p from Jimmys link;

Unwelcome, genetically-engineered crops showing up in an otherwise organic field are reason to cancel that farmer’s organic certification and, in effect, destroy his business. Cross-pollination with GMO plants may compromise the purity of an organic farmer’s product and ruin his seed stock. How is it fair that a corporation with over $10.5 billion dollars in annual U.S. revenues can accuse small farmers of patent infringement when the farmer has done nothing and indeed wants nothing to do with GMO contamination of his fields? Should patent law protect the corporations that introduce biological products into the environment, even when that corporation has little apparent control over the product’s distribution by natural forces?

Can big business get any worse than this?

[jimmy*part4]

Hello Secondhand! 🙂

I quoted the same lines, but forgot to put them italics.

Your name is secondhand, so I guess it's okay.Hehehe

[k0llectable5]

Hey Jimmy 🙂  so you did, sorry bout that.  Such a good quote deserves repeating 😉

Yep it's fine, I get referred to as sec, sw, shw, second any one or a combination of is good 🙂 

[4channel]

The below content has been C&P'd from  the COVID Is A SCAM thread as this discussion about the genetic modification of our food should be on a GM thread and this is the thread I found.

The thread from that discussion is shown below.

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/COVID-Is-A-SCAM/td-p/2323797/page/12

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@4channelcopied and pasted:

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@go-tazz wrote:

A 2008 article that was posted about Canadian problems with it and Australia only has 20% GM modified as stated in recent articles so yours is another article that has nothing to do with PRESENT day circumstances.

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@4channel wrote:

The article was about GM canola contamination. It's proven that GM canola will contaminate non-GM canola. In the article there's concern by Australian farmers. The article is ABC linked.

Even if today it was 20%, that's like Russian Roulette with your health. But it's going to be much much more. See below.

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GM Canola in South Australia or not?

•Sep 14, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjuXwTRCyPQ

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Ban on genetically modified crops to be lifted as SA Government bypasses Parliament

By Casey Briggs and Isabella Pittaway

Posted ThuThursday 19 DecDecember 2019 at 4:02pm

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-19/south-australias-ban-on-gm-crops-to-be-lifted/11814196

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GE canola contaminating our fields and foods

•Oct 4, 2009

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

5.45K subscribers

http://www.greenpeace.org.au || Greenpeace set up a mobile Biohazard Research Centre at a GE canola field near Geelong, southern Victoria. What did we find? Commercial beehives contaminated with genetically engineered (GE) canola pollen.

Read more http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vft2rVRm_qk

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Farmer sues neighbour over GM contamination

•Feb 18, 2011

ABC News (Australia)

1.17M subscribers

Farmer Steve Marsh was stripped of his organic accreditation after genetically modified canola from a neighbouring farm allegedly contaminated his crop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmZfzWytsg0

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 I'm no fan of Vladimir but at least he's done a bit to ensure their food doesn't get tampered with. Why aren't our leaders showing the same concern?

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After Banning GMO, Russia On Track To Become The World’s Biggest Exporter of Organic Non-GMO Food

31,489 views

•Nov 23, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRK94YLarDM

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@4channel wrote:

I can never fathom anyone wanting to be a defender of GM crops (just speaking in general here). People are suffering illnesses and medical conditions, allergies, reactions etc. that never or hardly existed in the past. To protect ourselves against influenza and covid 19, we to boost our health and well being.

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[4channel]

The below content has also  been C&P'd from  the COVID Is A SCAM thread as this discussion about the genetic modification of our food should be on a GM thread and this is the thread I found.

The thread from that discussion is shown below.

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/COVID-Is-A-SCAM/td-p/2323797/page/12

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@go-tazz wrote:

No one is defending they are just not scaremongering and trying to use outdated information to do so.

There is no prove that any of that is due to GM Canola.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/genes-canola-and-the-health-concerns-20071128-ge6eko.html

Then why even use Canola oil as there are better alternatives?

https://www.healthyandnaturalworld.com/canola-oil/

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https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/03/no-evidence-gmo-herbicide-tolerant-canola-poses-hazard...

As shown in the current articles the scientific evidence isn't there to say GM is more dangerous then canola itself

Glyphosate is also used before crops are sown and it's main danger is that it causes damage to the person using it and not in the planted crop.

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[4channel]

Well go-tazz, most major news outlets are friendly to the needs of mega corporations. As I've said before, they're not a service, they are a profit driven business. Looking after their sponsors seems to me the main purpose.

Well, GM canola, soy, corn has been linked to many medical problems, even death! Don't count on a major news outlet to give you the low down!

[imastawka]

One thread on your never ending conspiracy views is not enough, you have to darg up one that is 5 YEARS OLD?

And then C & P from the other thread?     Pointless.