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User ID: 984377 United States 08/18/2010 12:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | WTF!! GMO Sugar Beets- Monsanto Wins Again Last Friday a federal judge imposed a nationwide ban on GMO sugar beets and it was overturned the next business day. Sugar beets comprise 50% of the sugar used in US food, and 95% of the sugar beets grown in the US are GMO. It is the jurisdiction of the US Department of Agriculture to determine whether plants are environmentally safe; this case is about whether the plants can cross pollinate (by wind, insects, etc) and contaminate other plants. This could have cost Monsanto billions of dollars. Less than 2 weeks ago, wild growing canola in North Dakota was discovered to be 86% GMO. Because GMO crops are crossed with herbicide resistant plants (usually weeds), they grow like weeds and contaminate natural plants. Alarmingly, two of the canola samples collected by scientists showed that multiple genes from different species of GMO canola plants cross pollinated without cultivation, and probably for several generations. The implication of this is that GMO seeds can readily contaminate natural seeds and become out of control. [ link to blacklistednews.com] Last Edited by Franktastic on 08/18/2010 12:13 PM"Withholding payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government" Mahatma Gandhi |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1072129 Canada 08/18/2010 12:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: WTF!! GMO Sugar Beets- Monsanto Wins Again Yup...the best justice money can buy. Fucking appalling is what that is. Justice has become a whore and is turning tricks behind the courthouse. |
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User ID: 1069909 Canada 08/18/2010 12:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: WTF!! GMO Sugar Beets- Monsanto Wins Again Yup...the best justice money can buy. Fucking appalling is what that is. Justice has become a whore and is turning tricks behind the courthouse.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1072129LOL ... good analogy ! |
AWhereness
User ID: 908143 United States 08/18/2010 01:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: WTF!! GMO Sugar Beets- Monsanto Wins Again This is just one example why all farmers need to have their crops tested before labeling them non-gmo. We just can't be sure anymore. Too bad the ruling was overturned. When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain |