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To: tiki

GMO seeds have been genetically modified to produce their own pesticide, survive the spraying of Roundup and self terminate. They are also incredibly expensive compared to traditional seeds. As a result, farmers in India were forced into total dependence on Monsanto by having to purchase new seeds annually. Because of Monsanto’s ruthless drive to use India as a testing ground, 125,000 farmers took their own lives after being driven into a hopeless cycle of debt and losing their lands and homes.GMOs, which were never adequately tested for safety, have failed catastrophically. At least 70% of our food contains genetically engineered food brought by Monsanto. GMO is endangering our health and environment at an alarming rate. Cross contamination is irreversible and good organic crops are being jeopardized.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Monsanto


74 posted on 06/04/2013 7:02:18 AM PDT by sunny48
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To: sunny48

I have to go to work but I bookmarked your link and will read it but there are 2 misconceptions in your post. The RoundUp readiness is not a genetic modification, it is bred to be RoundUp ready. And the GMO seeds do NOT self destruct! It is just illegal to save the seed and replant them.


93 posted on 06/04/2013 7:25:49 AM PDT by tiki
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