GM(crops) 'failing to keep promises'

[nosmokes]

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GM 'failing to keep promises'

Genetically-modified crops are not delivering on the promised benefits of increased yields or reduced pesticides, Friends of the Earth has claimed ahead of a report from the industry on the growth of GM.

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) is expected to detail the rise in GM crops and the contribution they are making to tackling world hunger and poverty.

But a Friends of the Earth report released ahead of the biotech industry's annual announcement said damaging pesticides are on the increase as a result of widespread farming of the plants.

And rather than tackling poverty in developing countries, much of the GM crops grown - the vast majority of which are in the US and South America - are used for animal feed or for biofuels, the environmental group's report said.

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[Mike03]

1. Thanks for posting this article

I am sure it won't be widely diseminated by the mainstream media.

We need to consider carefully whether we want to eat animals that have been fed GMO crops, any more than we would want to eat them ourselves. Eating is sort of like having sex: you sleep with every person your partner has ever slept with. When you eat a cow or whatever, you eat every animal that that animal has ever eaten.