The problem so far with all genetically modified crops is "People are allergic to them" and many die without realizing what they are dying from. This is happening wherever Genetically modified crops are sold. For example, 70% of packaged processed food in U.S. Supermarkets contains some or all Genetically modified crops. So, if you have an extreme allergic reaction and die from it, you won't know what killed you because in 49 states there is no law requiring you to know that it is in that product.
Latvia, Greece win opt-out from Monsanto GM crop
By
Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Monsanto said it would abide by
Latvia's and Greece's requests under a new EU opt-out law to be excluded
from its application to grow a genetically modified (GM) crop across
the European Union, but accused them of ignoring science. Under a law
signed in March…
Reuters
Latvia, Greece win opt-out from Monsanto GM crop
By Barbara Lewis
August 27, 2015 12:31 PM
By Barbara Lewis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Monsanto said it
would abide by Latvia's and Greece's requests under a new EU opt-out
law to be excluded from its application to grow a genetically modified
(GM) crop across the European Union, but accused them of ignoring
science.
Under a law signed in March individual countries can seek exclusion from any approval request for GM cultivation across the EU. While the European Commission is responsible for approvals, requests to be excluded also have to be submitted to the company making the application.
GM crops are widely-grown in the Americas and Asia, but Monsanto's pest-resistant MON810 is the only variety grown in Europe, where opposition is fierce.
France and Germany have said they are opposed to GM cultivation, and while Britain is in favor, the Scottish government is against.
The EU law has riled the GM industry and the United States, which wants Europe to open its doors fully to U.S. GM crops as part of a planned EU-U.S. free trade deal.
In a statement on Thursday, the European Commission confirmed that so far only Latvia and Greece had asked for opt-outs from Monsanto's request to continue to grow MON810.
Under a law signed in March individual countries can seek exclusion from any approval request for GM cultivation across the EU. While the European Commission is responsible for approvals, requests to be excluded also have to be submitted to the company making the application.
GM crops are widely-grown in the Americas and Asia, but Monsanto's pest-resistant MON810 is the only variety grown in Europe, where opposition is fierce.
France and Germany have said they are opposed to GM cultivation, and while Britain is in favor, the Scottish government is against.
The EU law has riled the GM industry and the United States, which wants Europe to open its doors fully to U.S. GM crops as part of a planned EU-U.S. free trade deal.
In a statement on Thursday, the European Commission confirmed that so far only Latvia and Greece had asked for opt-outs from Monsanto's request to continue to grow MON810.
In its formal response to Latvia, seen by Reuters,
Monsanto says Latvia's request "contradicts and undermines the
scientific consensus on the safety of MON810".
GM in
Europe is a small fraction of Monsanto's activity and Monsanto said in
an emailed statement that these opt-outs would have no impact on its
business.
"Nevertheless, we regret that some countries are deviating from a
science-based approach to innovation in agriculture and have elected to
prohibit the cultivation of a successful GM product on arbitrary
political grounds," the statement said.
Monsanto said it had no immediate plans to request approvals for any new GM seeds in Europe.
Among the criticisms raised by anti-GM campaigners is that
GM cultivation threatens biodiversity, although the industry refutes
this.
On Thursday, environmental campaigners urged other nations to follow the example of Latvia and Greece.
Friends of the Earth Europe also circulated letters
showing the European Commission is examining rules for imports of
products with trace levels of GM and had requested the expert opinion of
the European Food Safety Authority.
In a statement on Thursday, the Commission said its
zero-tolerance policy against non-authorized GM products remains in
place and it was simply seeking advice on "a scientific question"
unrelated to trade negotiations with the United States.
The EFSA said it would issue a scientific opinion on the question by the end of 2017.
(Editing by Philip Blenkinsop and David Evans)
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http://news.yahoo.com/latvia-greece-win-opt-monsanto-gm-crop-163105486--finance.html
Genetically modified crops are not designed for you to be able to digest or process them. They are designed to not die while growing and to last and to look pretty for you to eat. However, if people could grow food made out of plastic or cardboard it might be more useful to you than genetically modified food unfortunately.
It is economically useful for companies to grow things that they don't have to tell you it isn't really food that will keep you alive. However, one day hopefully, people can choose not to buy genetically modified food. Otherwise, the human race will go extinct eventually from genetically modified foods just like bees are dying from insecticides that are neurotoxins that make bees forget where their hive is.
And both these things will contribute to human extinction eventually.
Note: I'm not saying that the human race has to go extinct, just that these are two of the things that could help take us there. Bees because without them no plant can grow except maybe sprouts or something like that. And GMOs cause the 2nd generation to become sterile and incapable of having children. People aren't meant to eat the present genetically modified foods so even if it doesn't kill them it will eventually render them sterile if they eat enough of it.
Note: I'm not saying that the human race has to go extinct, just that these are two of the things that could help take us there. Bees because without them no plant can grow except maybe sprouts or something like that. And GMOs cause the 2nd generation to become sterile and incapable of having children. People aren't meant to eat the present genetically modified foods so even if it doesn't kill them it will eventually render them sterile if they eat enough of it.
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