Thursday, July 29, 2004

Terminator seeds

Terminator Seed Technology
Genetically modified foods are not required to be labeled in the US. 
In the EU, thankfully, they are.
Despite intense US pressure, I hope it stays that way.
I want to know what I eat and make my own choices.

Problem with gmo's, is that they cannot be contained.
This month, a Dutch report stated that even bio meat cannot be guaranteed gmo-free any more as all the animal food sources have already been contaminated worldwide.
So if you release untested stuff and find oops it causes all kinds of havoc... like that "killer gene" they were planning to use to protect their patent on the seeds
terminator seeds, monsanto calls them
too lategenie out of the bottle.

This is one of my peeves.
That no matter how carefully I choose my food, it contains genetically altered material in one form or another.
All virtually unregulated.
Uncontrolled, uncontrollable
and virtually un-reported in the mainstream media

So, now the companies test their seeds
Like those terminator seeds (which they promised they would NOT commercialise any more!)
in places that have no say
like Puerto Rico
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/19220/

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