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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPOLAND BECOMES 14TH EUROPEAN NATION TO OFFICIALLY BAN GMOS
Continuing a trend of GMO bans sweeping across Europe, the nation of Poland has officially announced its decision to join 13 other nations so far in excluding Monsantos controversial crops from its nations farmland.
The announcement came via Informacyjna Agencja Radiowa (IAR) a press agency working with Polskie Radio in Poland, according to this article published by Radio Poland.
Poland will now opt out of growing GMOs, with a specific focus on Monsantos genetically modified maize, which many countries fear will contaminate its natural crops if allowed to grow within their borders.
Opposition to genetically engineered foods has been strong in Europe for decades and has resulted in mass protests including widespread participation in previous incarnations of the March Against Monsanto movement.
http://checkoutthehealthyworld.com/breaking-news-poland-becomes-14th-european-nation-officially-ban-gmos/
840high
(17,196 posts)there will be a very vocal and loud handful here who will disagree.
840high
(17,196 posts)PatSeg
(47,213 posts)to banter with them now and then, but they've become so pervasive.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)PatSeg
(47,213 posts)and the planet!
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)PatSeg
(47,213 posts)and the environment, not corporate profits.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)The scientific consensus on GMOs is that they are just as safe as their nonGMO counterparts.
womanofthehills
(8,650 posts)and the lawsuits are coming big time.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)if you're the type of person who finds scientific evidence compelling.
When Roundup is sprayed on human cells in a petri dish, the results are not good, and wouldn't be for other herbicides, but that is not how we interact with Roundup. The live-animal tests were very positive, and Roundup may even be one of the safer herbicides.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21798302
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22202229
womanofthehills
(8,650 posts)World Health Organization - glyphosate a possible carcinogen
plus:
In the present study, thirty dairy cows from each of eight Danish dairy farms were investigated for excretion of glyphosate in urine. Blood serum parameters indicative of cytotoxicity as alkaline phosphatase (AP), glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), creatinine kinase CK), nephrotoxicity, (urea,
creatine), cholesterol and the trace elements as manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), selenium (Se), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) were investigated. All cows excreted glyphosate in their urine but in varying concentrations. Increased levels of GLDH, GOT and CK in cows from all farms demonstrate a possible effect of glyphosate on liver and muscle cells. High urea levels in some farms could be due to nephrotoxicity of glyphosate. Also the unexpected very low levels of Mn and Co were observed in all animals which could be explained due to a STRONG MINERAL CHELATING effect of glyphosate. In contrast the mean levels of Cu, Zn and Se were within the normal reference range. In conclusion, this study gives the first documentation to which extent Danish dairy cattle are exposed to Glyphosate and its impact on blood parameters.
Much of our meat and dairy produce is made from animals raised on GM feeds. Alarming new claims suggest that the GM diet is affecting animal health - prompting fears over human safety. Andrew Wasley reports ...
At first glance the frozen bundles could be mistaken for conventional joints of meat. But as Ib Pedersen, a Danish pig farmer, lifts them carefully out of the freezer it becomes apparent they are in fact whole piglets - some horribly deformed, with growths or other abnormalities, others stunted.
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2176082/deformities_sickness_livestock_deaths_the_real_cost_of_glyphosate_gm_animal_feed.html
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Did I miss it?
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)poor methodology, and a conclusion that doesn't match the evidence.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)I don't understand why so many have bought into the anti-gmo lies. I wonder if people know the difference between a scientific paper and a blog. Big organic has done a wonderful job with their propaganda. They're laughing all the way to the bank.
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)honestly, the way Seralini did that study was just plain unethical.
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)PatSeg
(47,213 posts)Though I am concerned about GMOs, it is glyphosate that is my primary concern right now. It will most surely go the way of DDT.
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)DDT had some problems, though some were overblown, but the biggest issue with it is that it persists in the environment for years, something glyphosate doesn't. Glyphosate is safer than most herbicides on the market.
PatSeg
(47,213 posts)and I think the concerns that I have along with many others here, have been made quite clear on numerous occasions.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)And as for not really wanting to know, pot, meet kettle.
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)health hazard, or are you just going to repost the same tired crap that has been debunked in the past.
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)not its profitability to shareholders, which is, bascally, a built-in incentive for corrupting the process.
I'm skeptical that capitalism is essential to the developement and implementation of technology.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)the social construct of food corporations "exist," and those corporations will often profit.
PatSeg
(47,213 posts)taking over our health care, prison system, education, and scientific development. If profit is involved in scientific exploration, it is likely the outcomes could be determined by what is most profitable, not most beneficial.
840high
(17,196 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)But keep your eye on the bogeyman.
PatSeg
(47,213 posts)instead of "feeding" corporate profits.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I'm sure Warsaw predicated its decision on your premise, and used no other measures or data points...
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Archae
(46,293 posts)The extremely high content of bullshit at that website.
Examples:
HOMEMADE MIXTURE THAT WILL CLEAN YOUR COLON OF TOXIC WASTE
A SIMPLE PLANT KILLS UP TO 98% OF CANCER CELLS AND STOPS DIABETES
Take This Before You Go To Bed And Remove Stomach Fat
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This Homemade Recipe Destroys Gout Bye Bye Gout!
PatSeg
(47,213 posts)Those sources use organic spokespeople, and use pictures in their stories of a guy using a needle and syringe to inject something into an ear of wheat.
This is inflammatory bullshit, straight out of "organic" fairyland.
Even if it IS true, (the story that is,) it's still based on nutsoid anti-science bullshit.
That's what the "organic" scammers are counting on, suckers who reject science so they can continue to sell their overpriced bullshit.
I said it before, and I'll happily say it again, "organic" is a scam.
PatSeg
(47,213 posts)It appears to be a true story, like in "news".
It is NOT based on nutsoid anti-science bullshit.
Most certainly is not a scam.
Does not reject science and is not intended to sell overpriced bullshit.
I am glad that you are "happy" though, can't imagine why.
"Organic spokespeople"???? Seriously????
Il_Coniglietto
(373 posts)Or you're a science denying Republican. Genetically engineered crops? The scientific consensus is wrong!!!!!!!
Funny how non-experts pick and choose what evidence they respect based on their personal feelings. Maybe the Earth is flat and we are at the center of the universe? And germ theory and the theory of relativity? Just "theories," of course!
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public
Altered Genes, Twisted Truth will stand as a landmark. It should be required reading in every university biology course.--Joseph Cummins, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Western University, London, Ontario (link)
Think you're not eating GMO's?
Growing Doubt: a Scientists Experience of GMOs
August 31, 2015, Jonathan R. Latham, PhD
By training, I am a plant biologist. In the early 1990s I was busy making genetically modified plants (often called GMOs for Genetically Modified Organisms) as part of the research that led to my PhD. Into these plants we were putting DNA from various foreign organisms, such as viruses and bacteria.
I was not, at the outset, concerned about the possible effects of GM plants on human health or the environment. One reason for this lack of concern was that I was still a very young scientist, feeling my way in the complex world of biology and of scientific research. Another reason was that we hardly imagined that GMOs like ours would be grown or eaten. So far as I was concerned, all GMOs were for research purposes only....read more
https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/growing-doubt-a-scientists-experience-of-gmos/
PatSeg
(47,213 posts)I checked it out at Amazon and for the most part it got excellent reviews. There are a handful of troll comments, however, that are rather amusing.
"A lawyer is writing a book on GMOs. And next I will go to a lawyer when I have cancer. Utter garbage and conspiracy theories and profoundly anti-science. And this anti Science garbage is a best seller pretty much shows the critical thinking level of humans on a polarizing topic. This book is good to be my toilet paper."
https://www.amazon.com/Altered-Genes-Twisted-Truth-Systematically/product-reviews/0985616903/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_paging_btm_6?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=recent&pageNumber=6
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)by the big bad agricultural industry?
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)Here's one, by a doctor:
http://www.yourdoctorsorders.com/2015/03/altered-genes-drukers-new-book-is-filled-with-logical-fallacies/
I would encourage reading the book, but like all books that make factual claims, look towards it skeptically.
Bonx
(2,051 posts)Seriously, they are the best !
It says so right here at http://checkoutthenewoldnewsstroytodayfromlastyearatsomedubbioussource/