GMO is a massive issue that is not being spoken about enough and should be top of the agenda for everyone out there who cares about the environment or the world in general. This is THE most important environmental crisis we face and unless we start talking about it nothing will change and we risk our health in ways we can’t even imagine.
If you want to read something more long-form please clickhere to read another blog post. However, I have tried to cite as many facts as possible but I would like to mention that this issue is being covered up, even talking about it is restricted. Most of the research into its affects is stopped and barely any resources or research exists because big pharma and big ag shut the discussion down.
1. 1).I don’t believe in patenting living things. This
includes seeds, flowers, fruit and veg and animals that they are creating in
labs.
2).It destroys farming communities plunging farmers
into debt through encouraging them to buy the sterile seeds and chemicals like glyphosate that destroy the soil.
3).It makes people infertile, causes cancers and food intolerance and is not safe for human consumption. Big claim, but it has now been found in multiple studies like Professor Serilini from France who studied the impact of GMOs and Roundup on Rats and found that it caused huge mammary tumors, kidney and liver problems and sexual hormone disruption.
4).Even if you don't agree that this evidence is enough to say that is is unsafe, why do all independent trials have to be shut down and stopped?
5).There is strong evidence that it gives people food intolerance and gut problems when they eat GMO food. in 1995 Dr Arpad Puzstai tested the impact of GMO potatoes on rats and found:
6).Monsanto have a vested interest in making people sick as between them and Bayer, they also make many of the worlds medicines. It pays to have people sick and dependent on the drugs and supplements from poor quality food.
7).They regularly threaten and control governments and international organisations like they did with the EU in 2017 when they stopped the EU banning glyphosate use due to safety concerns. They are also currently lobbying the EU to approve gene editing.
8).GMO animals and plants could end up replacing natural animals if we let them loose into eco systems due to gene transfer. This calls a number of things into question, like the legalities of gene transfer into wild plants and animals and if they will then be the property of large corporations who patent these specific genes.
9).Aside from the concerns I have over the welfare of plants, animals and farmers, GMO technology creates a seed monopoly damaging the already broken world food systems.
10).Lastly, the use of GMOs has actually created more issues with pests and weeds as we are now seeing super bugs and weeds that are pesticide and GMO toxin resistant. This is just going to compound issues further down the line for farmers and causes more problems in the long run.
If anything 2020 has proved how dangerous it is to let scientists conduct whatever research they want, unchecked and not held accountable for the health issues they cause. It is estimated we now have 50-60 harvests left and I am guessing Bill Gates and the research that he is funding at Bayer will be proposed as the future solutions once we have lost our soils. But I don't believe that tech oligarchs and scientists should be the ones making decisions that have large ramifications for not only on the human populations but animal populations as well.
For me this is a moral question and a challenge to God above all else. People should not have as much power and influence as Monsanto/Bayer have. The power to influence policy and damage peoples health should not be allowed and they should be held to account. Often is not the question of if we could, but if we should?
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