With reference to a recent "
New York Times article" about GMO's, it's my (not so) humble opinion that any "scientist" who would refer to the majority of North Americans as ‘
Alarmists’ for wanting to know what's in the food we're feeding our families, not to mention the
loss of pollinators that we now know are
dying mass deaths due to
toxic chemical pesticides, can only be
paid hacks, in the pocket of their corporate sponsor.
The public concern about GMO's is a valid one due the
effects of toxicity and health issues that these products are now known to be causing. Information is starting to bubble up from behind Monsanto's iron clad curtain despite their best efforts for concealment. And, when gmo's are pushed through government bodies without any real testing, (see graph above), except by the company's own
biased scientists, then
the fox is guarding the henhouse.Consider this....
90% of us are calling for gmo food to be labelled! The European Union currently requires
all GMO foods to be labeled, whereas the US &
Canada do not require this transparency. If gmo’s are so safe, then why does
Monsanto spend literally billions of dollars lobbying both the American & Canadian governments to keep gmo labels off of products and store shelves?
If GMO's really are the answer to worl hunger throughout the world, as Monsanto claimss, and since gmo's have been around since 1996, then they have had 18 years to prove it, yet as I type, hunger around the world is skyrocketing.
The fact is,
ethical and responsible scientists work without hidden agendas, to find out & provide facts to protect the public's health, instead of trying to muzzle and hide facts from us by using
marginalization techniques, childish name calling and their own unethical version of
"truthiness".
Take
Árpád Pusztai for example, a
biochemist &
nutritionist who spent 36 years at the
Rowett Research Institute in Scotland. He is a world expert on
plant lectins and has written 270 papers as well as 3 books on the subject, however, in 1998 when Mr. Pusztai publicly announced his research showed
feeding GMO potatoes to rats had negative effects on their stomach lining and immune system, Mr. Pusztai was
suspended and his contract with the institute was not renewed. One would think that by discovering and sharing this vital information that could negatively affect the public's health, Mr. Pusztai would have been honoured with the Nobel Peace prize but instead, he was marginalized and ridiculed. The controversy became known as
the Pusztai affair.Monsanto, Bayer, Dow Agroscience, Dupont, Cargill, BASF and Sygenta alike have
something to hide and will only continue to benefit by keeping us consumers in the dark. That's why these some of these aforementioned companies in particular, bankroll their own scientists, and control what they say and what opinions are spoonfeed to us.
Big Ag & Pharma & Oil want to keep the labels off the food especially now because approximately 70% of processed food on grocery store shelves contains gmo's. That's a market share that no entity would want to give up at any cost.
As for the
USDA, the
EPA and the
Ministry of Agriculture in Canada, who are supposed to be accountable to the greater good of society and the public’s
health & well-being, have not only turned a blind eye to the
criminal activities of these corporations, but have actually jumped
in bed & are aligned with these corporations. Unfortunately when this happens you're no longer dealing with a democratic system. The USDA received
ONE MILLION signatures demanding gmo food to be labelled, and still it won't back down, so when
corporations stack government bodies with their own
former employees and creating national policies which suit only themselves,
cover up facts for the sole purpose of profit, especially when the public’s health is at risk, then what we have on our hands is a blatant
Moral Bankruptcy, leading us all down the slippery slope to
Fascism.Sadly, I suspect that’s as deep of a problem as combating genetically modified food, and so yes indeed,
we should be alarmed. There's an "
Elephant In the Room" and it's time we started to acknowledge it as such.More reasons to continue
saving our seeds, really. So, thanks for taking the time to read my post. Isn't it high time we take back our food supply? Just sayin'.
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knowledge is power. : )
Don't you just love Fuschias? I have been growing them in containers for a few years now, especially in the shady locations on my front porch. They just bloom and bloom and bloom, all season long! When they hang down, I can't help but think they look like little dangling chandeliers! The Hummingbirds love them too, so there's another reason to grow these remarkable flowers. A very easy care annual for sure... (Well, depending on where you live, as it might be a perennial there! In that case, lucky you!)
This perennial flowering shrub, the very hardy, Dwarf Korean Lilac, is likely the reason I was inspired to paint so many floral portraits many years ago!
