http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12342-volunteers-and-resistant-weeds-hitting-us-farming - Volunteers and resistant weeds hitting US farming
http://blog.cosmicegg.net/2008/05/review-controlling-our-food.html - Controlling Our Food
The link above comes from Cosmic Egg, and below is a link to the video Controlling Our Food:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6262083407501596844
http://www.rense.com/general79/seedsa.htm - Reviewing F. William Engdahl's "Seeds of Destruction" - Pt 3
http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=14570 - GMO Scandal: The Long Term Effects of Genetically Modified Food on Humans
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMDangerousFutile.php - GM is Dangerous and Futile
http://www.ijsaf.org/contents/16-1/lotter1/index.html - The Genetic Engineering of Food and the Failure of Science – Part 1: The Development of a Flawed Enterprise
http://www.ijsaf.org/archive/16/1/lotter1.pdf
Abstract: A major conflict has developed in science and society between promoters and opponents of transgenic foods. Food, feed, and fiber products derived from transgenic agricultural crops are presented here as a different case from bacterial, industrial, and pharmaceutical crop transgenics and should be parsed from the larger transgenics industry for comprehensive re-evaluation and market roll-back. Reviewed is the development of the crop transgenics industry; the early influence of the biotechnology industry over the US federal regulatory agencies in the context of the development of minimal regulation; the basic technology of plant transgenics; the main transgenic crops, traits, and producing countries; consumer resistance to transgenic foods; industry problems with shrinking investments; the worldwide promotion of transgenic crops; and ecological issues of transgenic crops. Flaws in the one gene–one protein model, the foundation of transgenics, are reviewed in the context of the recent and ongoing restructuring of the science of genetics. Research on the mutational consequences of plant transgenics and its phenotypic ramifications such as allergens and novel proteins is discussed. Major research findings and ‘red flag’ incidents in the history of transgenic foods and feeds are reviewed that reflect the flaws in the genetic foundations of transgenics.
I am a scientist. I understand that many past scientific achievements have improved the lives of human beings worldwide, but one thing that should not be tampered with is our food supply. This is dangerous in the extreme - the fact that scientists have created "terminator genes" that turn off the reproductive power of seeds is horrifying, and should be to you as well. Let's liken this possible catastrophe to the disaster currently taking place in the Gulf; witness BP's absolute lack of ability to stave off the leaking of millions of gallons of oil. Before they were allowed to drill underneath a mile of water, shouldn't they have had a plan, if and/or when things went awry?
They DIDN'T...and now, denizens of those gulf states are paying with their livelihoods.
You may have read about the farms that were taken from the farmers whose livelihoods depended on them, all because of cross-pollination of GM seeds with their crops. In no way should those companies ever been able to take away some farmers' crops; but that is exactly what has happened. Percy Schmeiser is a great example of the evil side of GM.
There is a great video called The World According To Monsanto - it looks like the full video has been removed from Google Video, but you can find it elsewhere. Here is a 30-minute excerpt.
WideEyeCinema has the full video.
I think we've a long way to go before GM foods are actually safe for consumption; and at this point, GM foods are strictly a profit-making venture, regardless of what the companies' mission statements may read. Until those two points are addressed, I see no reason why GM foods should NOT be labeled as such, and We The People can make an informed decision about what it is that we are ingesting.
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