Millions of GMO Insects Set for Release in Florida Keys
Cross-bred with the herpes simplex virus and E. coli bacteria
As war wages over the genetic modification of the food supply, mega biotech companies have already begun launching campaigns to release millions of GMO insects in the Florida Keys region that have been cross-bred with the herpes simplex virus and E. coli bacteria.
With petitions against the release already amassing 130,000 signatures, British researchers are currently seeking government approval to initiate the unprecedented release. It was back in December of 2014 that we first revealed to you that these mosquitoes were already being shipped inside the United States, showing the confidence of the biotech lobbyists and researchers that they are in fact going to be granted the stamp of approval by the Food and Drug Administration to release the GMO insects.
As the Associated Press reports today on the issue, we are entering into a whole new territory of genetically modified creations:
“Enter Oxitec, a British biotech firm that patented a method of breeding Aedes aegypti with fragments of genes from the herpes simplex virus and E. coli bacteria as well as coral and cabbage. This synthetic DNA is commonly used in laboratory science and is thought to pose no significant risks to other animals, but it kills mosquito larvae.
Oxitec’s lab workers manually remove modified females, aiming to release only males, which don’t bite for blood like females do. The modified males then mate with wild females whose offspring die, reducing the population.
Oxitec has built a breeding lab in Marathon and hopes to release its mosquitoes in a Key West neighborhood this spring.”
With the seemingly-imminent roll out of GMO pigs alongside the release of genetically modified insects within the United States, it is now obvious that the new war over the supply exists not only over staple crops and seeds — but the oncoming wave of genetically augmented animal and insect life.
Would you be concerned with being stung by a genetically modified mosquito? Voice your opinion in the comments below.
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Looks to me that birds will loose their food if all musquito’s are killed off.
Who’s to say that there won’t be any biting females they are releasing? This is so messed up. The government tries to convince the American population that this is all for our protection. The frighteningly disturbing part is that the majority of our population believes that. I for one do not believe our government has any of our best interests in mind. One can only hope that people will wake up before it’s too late.
“Would you be concerned with being stung by a genetically modified mosquito?”
Anybody answering yes to that question fails to understand so many things. Nobody in history has ever been stung by any mosquito, ever. They don’t possess stingers. And nobody will be bitten by any of these mosquitos either, because they are all male and only the females bite. And people wondering how you can pick out only the males among such a large number don’t even know what male and female mosquitos look like: Their body morphology is radically different. You don’t have to check between their legs because you can tell the difference from twenty feet away. And they aren’t “crossbred” with virus and bacteria. If you think they are, then I challenge you to make a mosquito hump a virus. It’s a nonsensical mischaracterization. They have snippet of non-dangerous, very thoroughly safety-tested DNA inserted into their genes in a very controlled manner. It is not even remotely possible to catch e.coli or herpes from these mosquitoes, even if you sat down and ate a cereal bowl full of them. And you claim the release is unprecedented, which means you are either intentionally lying or else failed to do even a modicum of research for your BS article which would have told you that it is not only quite precedented but also has a history of being wildly successful at reducing mosquito populations. But since facts don’t match up to your preconceived fear-mongering needs, it’s much easier to just make stuff up.
“Would you be concerned with being stung by a genetically modified mosquito? Voice your opinion in the comments below.”
Mosquitoes don’t sting, males don’t bite as noted in the article so the question is moot.
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The Vegetarian Pine Eating Mosquito Effect
©1979,Jim Nollman
A man and a woman
Conduct experiments
On the feeding habits of mosquitoes.
Ten years pass
Until a breakthrough is made.
They isolate
Three mosquitoes that are uniquely vegetarian,
And release them
In nearby mountains
To breed and multiply.
Ten years pass.
The man and the woman discover
That the mosquitoes that breed in one small creek
Are vegetarian
And receive all their nourishment
By sucking the sap
From one species of high mountain pine tree.
The pine trees are thriving,
And have,
in fact, developed a more succulent needle.
Fundamental
changes have also occurred
To the mosquitoes antennae,
Which are
twice their former size
and emit a
liquid of a most pleasing fragrance
whenever the mosquitoes rest
near one specific waterfall on the creek.
The man and the woman
begin a series of experiments
on the moving water elicited liquid
emitted from the antennae
of the vegetarian pine eating mosquitoes
Ten years
pass
Until a
breakthrough is made.
The researchers
discover
That the secretion of the liquid
Is not elicited by the water
But rather by the sound of water falling over rocks.
Lowering the
frequency of the sound
Transforms the
liquid to a sticky wax.
Then
another breakthrough.
They discover that one specific frequency grants a euphoric quality
To the fragrance of this wax.
It causes
hallucinations and out of body experiences.
When the researchers
observe themselves observing the fragrance
They decide to study the phenomenon.
Ten years pass
Until a breakthrough is made.
The man and the woman discover
That when they blend this wax with lemon verbena,
And burn the mix,
Every living organism
Within ten feet of the smoke
Simply vanishes.
This discovery is made
When the woman disappears as the man watches.
His journal entry notes that she vanished with a smile
on her lips.
A year later,
The man disappears,
Also with a smile on his lips,
As he demonstrates the effect
Publicly
in various underground markets
around the world.
People begin to vanish
First by household, later by towns and even cities
And always with a beatific grin on their face.
Ten years pass.
Every human being on earth
Their cats dogs tropical fish
and house plants
have completely vanished
Off the face of the Earth.
By now,
every mosquito on earth is vegetarian
Receiving sustenance
By sucking the juice
from pine trees.
The pine trees are thriving
In places they never grew before.
And have all developed
A more succulent needle.
I would not want a GMO mosquito to bite me. I don’t want ANY mosquito to bite me. lol I am more concerned, as someone else stated, with the trickle effect of reducing the mosquito population which would reduce the food supply for so many other animals. And what effect would the GMO mosquitos have on the animals that eat them? Although they say it is “safe”, we all know how that has gone in the past. Bat populations have already have been reduced by other natural factors. Why not conserve the habitats and animals that naturally eat mosquitos as a means of reducing the population? I don’t understand why current society is so focused on unnatural solutions to planet issues, illnesses, etc. I assume the corporations behind much of this are only focused on bottom line and not overall planet health. it is disconcerting that so much money is spent on these projects rather than on truly improving the planet. And whoever commented that there are studies for the pros of GMOs, most of the ones I have seen were funded by Monsanto and other companies that have a vested interest in a positive outcome. Independent studies have typically shown less positive results. if there are websites of independent studies, not funded by pro-GMO campaigns, I would appreciate the direction. Anyway, I say no to GMO mosquito release anywhere in the world. Leave nature alone.
Didn’t you read the portion of the article that says, “…males, which don’t bite for blood like females do” Why are you fear mongering?
Leave nature alone. It will return shortly and bite you in the ass.
Here’s a short essay that reflects the source of the problem…
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The battle against the scientist in me:
The more progress science has brought humanity, the more we’ve let science have an opinion about human needs and define our existence. I question whether this is ok and whether this tendency will lead us in the best path towards the future. There’s so much good that has come out from science, but without doubt, scientists are the people that most damage have done to our environment. And I’m not talking about the scientists that are actively working at factories, pharmaceuticals, petrochemical or other industries and so on, I’m talking about all the other scientist currently obtaining their training or doing research at some research facility. It’s difficult to conceive the absurd amounts off supplies, and materials (glassware, plastics, chemicals, etc.) that are thrown away without the slightest concern or attempts at recycling or even simply cleaning what is otherwise reusable. It makes no sense to let these people do anything they want and spend whatever amounts of social capital on their quest for knowledge, most of it, in the name of knowledge itself and with for work that has minimal impact on the major issues that face humanity.
Even in the long term, much of all the science that is been produced does not lead anywhere, but becomes a mere caprice of the chosen elites that control vast amounts of social capital. We must ask ourselves, where are we going with all this? How much else do we really need? Are we really investing on things that could save humanity from an event such as a future catastrophe? I myself I’m guilty of this, I’ve seen it first hand, I’m a scientist, a Molecular Biologist.
Nowadays it has become even worse, because we now have scientist that feel they are the ones and only entitled to define human existence. Ironically, it’s scientist that tend to be the least humane of all, even among their peers. I can’t tell you enough how fast a scientist would disregard a human being for their mere lack of knowledge. How a scientist behaves on his working environment, many times coming in and out of work without greeting or saying a simple goodby to his colleagues after endless working hours in the same space. Yes, they are human beings, but they are the quickest to judge fellow beings and disregard people’s intuition at first sight. Intuition is an inherent quality of humans whether they (me included) like it or not.
On the other hand, there’s a herd of scientists that only seem to be able to agree with what mainstream science dictates. Zombies! Any hypothesis that threatens their favorite theories are quickly discarded and not even tested so that their “ignorant” enemies wouldn’t find new arguments against them. Only the hypotheses that would very likely support their widely accepted theories are put to the test, viciously building their fortresses on biased motivations. One solution is to force science to be more subject to the public opinion. But much more needs to be done to fix this problem.
It’s not that science is bad or that scientists have always had a hidden agenda, the problem is the lack of interaction between the scientific and non-scientific community. There are also many good scientists out there that know how to integrate their work and views with the broad perspective and complexities of human life. Scientist who really put an effort to be remain unbiased and provide us with the results of their honest quest for truth, whichever the outcome. I do not wish for progress to be held back, nor to create barriers in the beautiful quest to understand how the universe works and how can we improve ourselves. It is the function of the whole of society to define what means to be human. It’s not solely the duty of the priest, the guru, the shaman, your friends, your family, a ruler or much less the scientist while working on some secluded laboratory. Defining the human condition, human needs and the matters that affect our future is a collective endeavor because it’s about us all.
Moreover, it is not my job as a scientist to define your existence, that my friend, is well beyond the field of any science. Defining your existence is up to you, the only person living out your life.
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Any of you ever experience dengue or malaria?
what the hell are these people thinking
Apparently, they think they are God. They are fools and may take dome down with them
This is BS! NO GMO’s in anything! They are trying to kill us!
People,no matter how smart are not God.There are some things we are not supposed to mess with.Mother nature always wins.And quite simply – no pollinators,no people.What happens if you damage the food chain and then you cant fix it.
If it’s got anything to do with the gov’t,you can bet there’s no benefit to Us…I’d venture this is a diversionary coverup for something else…Ask yourselves,why are they telling us…It’s already been done,my guess…
Oh Heck yeah I would be “concerned” if bit by a GE mosquito with herpes virus and e-coli, I do NOT want to be a Biotech LAB RAT… WTF? Tell those Brits to test those mosquito’s over there, don’t send them to us, WTH is our stupid government thinking? Put congress in one room and let those mosquitos out, test them out on those idiots!!
Now I know why Cameron is pushing for GMO foods to be grown in the UK (unlike Wales and Scotland). Just like the Sukuk Bond ,he doesn’t care about about the effects to society – he just cares about the money – check out http://www.oxitec.com/ Abingdon Oxfordshire
GMOs should be banned without exception. Certainly the idea that genetically modified Mosquitos will absolutely act as the backers claim is doubtful. We do need nature to stay natural. Any thing that eats the GM Mosquitos will be affected. We can’t know how, but we do know that eating genetically modified foods is changing people.
What the ****? I don’t believe it, but I do.
WE ARE REPLCING THE NATURAL WAY, OF ORDER , TILTING THE BALANCE, BECOMING OUT OF HARMANY,, MOQUITOSARE ANATURAL WAY OF LIFE . WITH OUT THEM LIFE BECOMES STAGNET , NOTHING MOVES.THEY KEEP THE ANIMALS IN MOVEMENT.WITH OUT MOVEMENT YOU HAVE STAGNENT , STAGNENT BRINGS ,DISEASE , BRINGS BACTERIA, BRINGS A CHAIN REACTION OF LIFE .IF THE ANIMALS DONT GET BOTHERD BY THE BUGS THEY BECOME STALE , NO MOVEMENT, LAZY , WILL CREATE DEATH IN THE FOOD CHAIN, WILL CREATE NO HARMANY OF BALANCE . AND THE DOMINOS EFFECT OF INBALANCEMENT WILL BEGIN. END RESULT =DISTRUCTION IN THEHARMANY AND BALANCE OF LIFE ON EARTH,,,,,,,,,,,,WE WHERE NOT MENT TO TELL THE CELL OF LIFE WHAT TO DO [ IT ALREADY NEW WHAT TO DO ] AND THATS THE NATURAL WAY WE WHERE,, MENT TO FOLLOW,,,,,,,,,,
Stop the caps no one will read it !
Life was created to sustain a natural balance of life, If that natural harmany of balance is disturbed or broken, Then balance, Harmany ,natural ability, is unsustainable to balance its self.into the unknown of balance . Take perfectly round marble place it on a perfectly flat table , that marble will sustain a perfectly harmanized balance with that table for ever , UNTIL THE TABLE IS TILTED IN ANY DIRECTION,THAT MARBLE IS NOW IN UNHARMANIZED BALANCE WITH THAT TABLE,THAT. THE MARBLE COULD NEVER BE IN PERFECT BALANCE AGAIN UNNNNNNTIL THAT TABLE IS PUT BACK TO BEING FLAT AGAIN THEN HARMANY , BALANCE THEN THE NATURAL SUSTAINABILTY OF THAT MARBLE WILL BE RESTORED TO ITS NATURAL HARMANY OF BALANCE. [ THE OQUAITION OF LIFE ]IF DISTURBED ALL BALANCE IS OUT OF ORDER, DISTURB THE NATURAL ORDER OF LIFE THEN LIFE IS OUT OF BALANCE ALL UN HARMANIZED BALANCE WILL OCCURRRRRRR IN THE HUMAN BODY AND EARTH ITS SELF IS A NATURAL BALANCE DISTURB IT AND ENTER THE UNKNOWN OF TIPPING THE BALANCE OF LIFE . =NOOOOO BALANCE , NO HARMANY,
I was in Costa Rica a few years ago during the dry season (February, mosquitoes never hatch without water). I heard a helicopter hovering about 1000 ft above my house around 10 a.m. I walked out to check it out and found it strange (black copter). The next morning when I walked out onto my patio there were 1000’s of ‘um, zancudo’s, digamos. The following rainy season Costa Rica had the highest incidence of Dengue fever in all Latin American, surpassing all the surrounding countries combined, 10 fold. It’s getting sicker and sicker, w.t.f. is going on and when do we start pushing back. We all talk, it’s about time we do more!
Well…it’s an Oxitec creation-WHAT could possibly go WRONG?
Stupid and harmful idea. Mosquitoes form the base of a food chain and we need them!
[ Sighs ] That is surely not good news for those living in Florida.
Why do we constantly as humans try and fix thungs that arent broken. GMOs are not natural. It’s not right.. its not normal.
These gmo scientists are the same type scientists from our universities that help al gore with his global warming charts and calcs correct?
The GMO industry’s psychopathic motto:
It’s not broken, so we’re going to break it, put it back together our way and charge you for it. Any questions?
If anybody has any sort of doubt there’s no risk for the DNA to spread, just google:
“mexico monster corn”
This is not a matter of good or bad, this is a matter of common sense. When we took the wolves out of Yellowstone Park the ecosystem suffered….badly. We were then forced to manage the system with people. When we finally got the message and put the wolves back into Yellowstone, miracle of miracles the ecosystem bounced back and we found that we did not have to interfere with it at all. It went back to being in balance. I think that this will be another one of those cases where we will eventually have to put the mosquitoes back in the environment, where they belong.
This will work out great, just like it did with modified corn. What a joke.
how about a gmo project on no-seeums …. nothing eats them
if we would not have open borders we would not have these south american diseases to deal with spread by misquitos
All part of their plan. Its started. Eyes wide open. Get your house in order
First of all, mosquitoes bite, not sting. This implies that the author is not qualified to judge anything having to do with biology.
It’s unnatural! Does anyone get that??
They wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t safe!
That’s either pure sarcasm or pure ignorance.
You guys should be ashamed of yourselves for misrepresenting science and truth. Stop the fear mongering.
As if the biotech industry has a monopoly on science and truth!! NO, stop the propagation of hazardous mutated food plants and the fear will automatically diminish.
You seem to have a lot of doubts.
Don’t worry the J. Golf US President Monsantobama has done all the Lobby Research. He soon will be J. Golfing with E. Coli Tiger, & asking if tiger has gotten ride of the Her Pees from the fire plug he was screwing with in the car wreck. Mr. President the Dead Pool is here catch your swarm it will come just like the METHANE at your Chicken Little Gullet. Realize it u r only a dead man walking just like i am!! Ha Ha Ha! Can u 1st look at your kids Sir. ask them if they wish E Coli. flying at them? & Her Pees lighting on there shoulders! It’s as Simplex as that JACKASS!
i’d be more concerned with the impact this would have on local ecology and how a decrease in the mosquito population would affect species which rely on skeeter for a food source. this is going to end up amounting to instead of nature keeping things in balance, balance is going to have to depend on the vigilent watch of man and our technology and i dont think we are ready to take on that responsibility at this time. as for concerns with herpes or ecoli, both are relatively easy to treat compared to what is involved with trying to fix a broken food chain.
I’m in agreement with what you’ve written Katjia. Messing with the food chain can’t be a good thing! If we were just thinking how much of a relief it’d be to not be bitten, that’d be using tunnel vision.
This sounds BIG to me. If something can’t be altered, like this, I say DO MORE TESTS before possibly making a HUGE mistake that can’t be undone…
Someone made a good point about the decision to introduce rabbits into Australia ..and what about foxes? I’ve forgotten where the cane toads came from, but anyway, I can’t see any wisdom in this decision, despite the fact that I really hate mozzie bites and spiders, I’d rather endure an occasional mozzie bite than to see their predators end up becoming extinct. This cannot be as straightforward as the powers-that-be are saying. They’re dreaming!
omg! the potential hazards of releasing modified genes into nature are limitless!
this must be stopped!
The author needs to edit the article — there are inaccuracies, such as ‘cross breeding’ and ‘stung’. Gene splicing is not cross breeding, and female mosquitoes bite, they do not sting. There are plenty of problems with GMO’s and scientific inaccuracies on the part of the author is not helping to convince people about the inherent dangers of releasing a modified organism into the environment at large. The danger here is that once something is released into the general environment, it is no longer controlled. That is, it is subject to a huge amount of variables that are not present in the laboratory setting. Just one question -what will it do to the food chain?- represents a ton of variables. There’s no way this was studied adequately!
This is horrible please stop
not one News Site posted the link to the petition against GMO Insects , Not One. that should tell you where they are with the people . that didnt stop me from Searching here you go people sign and let those Monsters know to end their madness. https://www.change.org/p/say-no-to-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-release-in-the-florida-keys
I hate how they said they’re cross-bred with herpes simplex virus and E. coli. This is ignorant and fear-mongering. Science journalists should know better. A couple very short sequences of DNA from the herpes simplex virus are useful tools used in academic, corporate, and government labs in EVERY biology field from marine biology to neuropsychology. There is no involvement of dangerous viral material.
I find it extremely irresponsible to state things this way. What is more, there is little discussion on how only male GM mosquitoes will be released (only the females bite). Instead only a question about fear of the unknown.
To say nothing of how the entire point of the project is left out. http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/25/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-spark-fear-florida/22327241/
Settle down people. We did this YEARS ago with Bee’s to breed bee’s
that could produce more honey and that ROCKED! I just can’t quite
remember what they started calling those bees…..killer something.
Male mosquitoes feed on flowers and plants I believe, nectar and honeydew, isn’t it dangerous that they might transmit something harmful to plant life? It all just seems like a terrible chain of events may happen, all beginning with the insanity of what some people call “scientific achievements”. In God We Trust. We all will have to.
This is insanity
these mosquitoes have not been “cross bred with herpes simplex” and e-coli. They have had “partial” genes (whatever the hell that means) SPLICED onto their DNA. There is a gross difference between cross breeding and gene-splicing. Cross breeding creates a new breed. Gene-splicing creates a new SPECIES. Please note that I have capitalized a couple of words here. These are movie /tv titles. Watch them to get the full impact. Bottom line – SPLICING– NOT GOOD !!! New SPECIES – NOT GOOD !!
hehehe you are quite mistaken. I’m glad you pointed out the glaring mistake to say that these mosquitoes have been “cross-bred” with either organism. However, I have a B.S. in bio and to cross breed two organisms alters far more of the genome than inserting/splicing a couple genes. To cross breed two organisms is to have their sex cells combine and form an embryo. Imagine two different ENTIRE GENOMES combining to produce one organism.
A couple more points:
–Partial genes just means they haven’t put the whole gene in – the resulting protein will be a little different than the original (though it could still be the same).
–Biologists define species based on whom breeds with whom – not really on genetics.
–Genes are spliced left and right in natural genetic occurrences. Hundreds of your mother’s genes were spliced over to your father’s chromosomes (and visa versa) when you were formed. You’re not a new species lol.
It’s not nice to mess with Mother Nature… mosquitoes are a vital part of the food chain.
Give us a link to that petition!!! I don’t want it either!!!!
They thought bringing rabbits to Australia was no big deal either… no, no, no, no, no. I’m not even anti-GMO, but mosquitoes are FOOD for a heck of a lot of other animals. What about birds? Bats? Fish?
It’s a fair question, but the mosquito in question (Aedes aegypti) is not native to the US. There are 80 species of mosquito in Florida, this method targets just one (which is a major vector of some nasty diseases).
Is this our governments way to create population control? WTH is wrong with our govt. Maybe we should move all the politicians to the Keys and let them live with the insects…NO GMOs!!!! Stop messing with our food supplies and now generating GM insects.
Agree totally
Stung?
What is it that was said in the movie “Jurassic Park”? “There is no unauthorized breeding…” Oh puleeze, you know if something can go wrong that it will go wrong. Stop this nightmare!
“All I’m saying is that nature will…ummm…find a way”. This was exactly where my mind went, too.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Oh, yeah. …. ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming.
News flash: Jurassic Park was a MOVIE. So was Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Swarm and The Andromeda Strain.
Yes, and Genetic Modification was once Science Fiction. Thanks for the New Flash, but take your head out of the dark and understand the severity of the problem.
The fact is, we don’t know how dangerous this DNA tinkering is. It hasn’t been thoroughly tested. But like greedy spoiled brats, these corporations don’t care about the future. If it ruins planet Earth, so what!?
Crichton was a medical doctor with a deep understanding of genetics. Much of what he wrote into the movie was based on solid science. The concerns don’t go away just because it was a movie. Wake up!
Do your research. These mosquitoes are NOT crossbred with e. Coli and herpes! The author is fear-mongering you and you fell for it. They have 2 genes, an artificially-created self-destruct trigger (basically it’s just an addiction to tetracycline, which they cannot get in the wild), and an inert bioluminescence marker so they can be identified. That’s it.
This
I really don’t understand how we can sit back and allow for the entire planets ecosystem to be changed by these bugs when we haven’t even had long term studies done on the effects of GMO food on humans and the planet yet. We need to stop this.
There have actually been a ton of studies done on the effects of genetically modified foods. As a former anti-GMO advocate I understand the concern, but there have been far more studies done on the effects of GE crops than many of the “natural” things being sprayed on organic foods. Check out the group GMO Skepti-Forum on Facebook. They will lead you to hundreds and hundreds of actual scientific studies that debunk almost all concerns about GE tech and it’s effect.
your an idiot there’s nothing “natural” being sprayed on organic crops but water. Its illegal to use pesticide sprays on organic crops. Know what your talking about before you act like an expert.
I’m a farmer- not organic- but a huge proponent of organic and working to go organic. In truth, some of the things allowed to be sprayed on organic crops aren’t very good for us. I’m reading about better ways to do things than this and I hope they work and I succeed. I think the problem lies in that our government allowing these certain things to be used and labeled organic….and you know how good our government can be at doing the best for its people.
I wouldn’t waste my money on organic label. Go naturally grown. To be naturally grown label zero pesticide use or herbicide use.
I think the latest buzzword is “biodynamic”, meaning to take the entire system into consideration in growing, to work with nature and to view pests and weeds as part of the system or indicators of health. However, I hate buzzwords because they always get “bastardized”- just like “organic” has.
Labels that say “all natural” or “natural ingredients” aren’t necessarily organic or non-GMO. Organic labeling has stricter standards. But as we all agree, that may not mean much with the current gov’t organizations.
Puleeeeze. I call bullshit on the organic labels. They use pesticides and herbicides on them all the time. I see it every single day. The government approves.
Now naturally grown, your not going to use that label and use any pesticides or herbicides. the naturally grown folks regulate themselves. It is comprised of mostly locally grown food no corps that depend on government to smooth over the infractions.
Oganic is a absolute scam in order to drive the price up on the same food you would get if it wasn’t organic.
IF organic labels were honest, how do you explain the folks that sell and use organic label on honey. It is impossible for honey to be organic UNLESS You own a 5 mile radias of your hives that has never had nor has any pesticide or herbicide or gmo crop groiwing on it.
Bees don’t care that your label says its organic, they harvest any nectar organic or not
NO its not, You obviously have not read the rules. one of which states any organic producer can ask permission to use a non organic pesticide and its usually approved. The second thing you have not read is the approved list of inesecticides which includ permethrin which is a toxic concoction that is sprayed up to 10x the amount than what a normal use of sevin dust would do.
They use pesticides all the time on organic.
I think you are missing the point. One has to look at the whole process and how various practices affect food and the environment. You are getting caught up in definitional rhetoric.
The USDA National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) definition as of April 1995 is:
“Organic agriculture is an ecological production management system that
promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil
biological activity.
It is based on minimal use of off-farm inputs and
on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological
harmony.”
ask permission from who? and if they spray chemicals can they still call it “organic?” Here’s the definition of “organic food.” http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Organic+food
You cannot use chemical insecticides and herbicides on Organic crops and call them organic.
SURE You can. LOL Permethrin is used all the time. Its approved for use on organic. CHECK YOUR ORGANIC list. LOL. Organic farm down the road uses safersoap. THey got govt approval to use a non organic pesticide. so tell me another one. You really have fallen for the BULLSHIT that the organic lobby has pushed out.
SImply put, if you use any “organic” pesticide or herbicide, its not good enough. I don’t use any at all, and i label naturally grown and thats 1000% better than organic.
False…there are many chemicals used on “organic crops .” Farmers have to pay the government to use that label… you may want to do a little research 😉
You cannot use Chemical Insecticides and Chemical Herbicides like Roundup aka Glyphosate on your crops and call them Organic! Moni, you need to do some research…lol!
Moni, here you go, the definition of “organic food.” http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Organic+food
You are totally trippin there, Anon. Perhaps you had better know what “YOUR” talking about before you act like an expert. There are many pesticides and fertilizers allowed on USDA Organic crops.
That is not true. There are farming practices that are approved which must be complied with. Anyone can read all about it here. Natural controls such as lady bugs, insect traps, etc. are used, not pesticides.
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/torg.html
Chris you are a complete troll. Paid much for posting against nature and for GMO?!?!?
Imbecile or troll?
THANK YOU! I’ve been preaching that the organo fad is nothing but a scam to suck your dollar into the gooberment coffers. They spray pesticides and herbicides on organic all the time. Its just government approved pesticides which BTW ALL YOU ORGANIC LOVERS, its TOXIC AS HELL and they spray 10x the amount on the food.
IF you wnat healthy food you need to eat naturally grown which means zero pesticides or herbicides.
I like the idea of letting the mosquitos control their population. something needs to be done. Next thing i wish they would do is ticks. I’ve had lyme diseaes once from them
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Organic+food
I want to eat “natural” foods not genetically engineered or modified in a laboratory to withstand lots of insecticides or herbicides that are cancerous and disease causing! I do not wish to take “risks” with my loved ones lives and the planets natural resources. Now these mad scientists want to unleash GE mosquitos in Florida? Isn’t there a law against doing something like this? WTH?
Former anti-gmo ? You mean govt. worker don’t you ? Monsatin lacky ! Enjoy hell because that is where you and your coworkers are headed.
God is the greatest biologist. hard to compete with perfect harmony.
That is proof of that your country are runned by fools letting idiots and clowns polute and destroy not only in USA, your kind of FDA and other departments and even agencies should be banned jailed and fed with GMO only… WTF is WRONG with American Gov and states???
Sorry, I have to agree with you. And I LIVE here!
It’s become a business and focus has turned to what is most profitable instead of whats best for people and the land.
My guess: DEMENTIA. Dementia is as epidemic as the other runaway diseases from polluted food, air, water, vaccines. Why wouldn’t it be – the brain is housed in the same body that is vulnerable to diabetes, autism, obesity, etc, all literally epidemic. THAT is WTF is wrong!.
“The country is toast” -David Kessler, former FDA Head.
Hell No! NO GMO’s !!!!!!!!!!!!
Care to point to any actual scientific studies that show any issues with GE crops? Please, don’t quote the one where the rats got tumors. The rats used are well known as easily getting tumors in studies. You need more solid information. I’m not saying this to be rude, but am saying it as someone who used to be an avid anti-GMO activist. I planned rallies, I met with my congress person. I did a lot more than many people who claim to be against this tech actually do (many are more armchair activists), but all it took was actually looking into proven science to change my viewpoint.
If you want to actually have both sides of this situation, and not just follow things blindly please check out GMO Skepti-Forum on Facebook. They can link you to hundreds of studies and papers published in accredited science journals.
I don’t ask that you change your opinion, I ask that you consider the other side to the debate. Also consider looking into confirmation bias.
GMO Industry shill detected.
….There are also many many scientists who declare that GMO is harmful or, at the very least are willing to state that no one knows for sure what GMO will do to humans, animals and plant life in general. I for one am not willing to take the chance. They used to tell us that mercury in our fillings was OK; it was OK to x-ray our kids feet to determine proper shoe size…. and look at all the pharmaceuticals that were approved but have now been deemed to be a disaster for our health. My parents were on several of them.
Can we just determine for sure that these things are good for the environment and for humans before we unleash them on society? At this point in time, no one has done that.
I would also like to know why so many countries have banned GMO while the US is still pushing it on it’s citizens. What do they know that we don’t?
these same idiots declared that eggs were bad for heart patients, then they said they are good, then again said they are bad then again good then again bad and now were back to they are good for heart patients. Sheesh who the hell trusts a scientist anymore
Take your shillery elsewhere. We’ve seen all your tricks and aren’t buying the BS. You can always go over to http://truthabouttrade.com and join the Pro-GMO Lovefest that’s ongoing there. However, enlightened people are HERE…Biotech’s WORST NIGHTMARE-until the crowds with the torched and pitchforks surround Creve Ceour.
You’re post is toxic. The debunkers of Seralini have been thoroughly discredited and shown to be industry suppression. To see the hundreds of studies showing all sorts of harms to animals AND humans is to know your trollness without a doubt. Pushing, promoting, propagating GM phude on the planet’s population is:
1. A venal, rapacious scam, one of the largest in history.
2. A crime against humanity.
3. A global plague.
NO, I don’t care to “point to any actual scientific studies that show any issues with GE crops.” Been wasting time doing that for trolls for years. Do your own research, it’s not hard and it’s all there.
I agree with you wholeheartedly jazzfeed! Say NO to GMO!! Take those GE mosquito’s and shove it… 😉
Actually there is no other side to consider since your argument cannot be verified until long term generational tests have been done. You cannot argue your case with a crystal ball.
I laugh at their always saying the rat died or the rat got tumors. DOn’t these people know that rats used in tehse tests are rats that were bred from the same brother and sister and the line was close and no new rats were ever introduced to the offspring
Research from Canada (the first of its kind) has successfully identified
the presence of pesticides -associated with genetically modified foods
in maternal, fetal and non-pregnant women’s blood. They also found the
presence of Monsanto’s Bt toxin. The study was published in the Journal Reproductive Toxicology in 2011.
Shame on You Chris… You are a Biotech troll, paid to come on these blogs to confuse the confused. You and your “proven science,” proven from where? Biotech scientists? Unbiased huh? It’s disgusting how people like you are about “money over people.” SAD!
If you have million of GMO mosquitoes, how do you manually separate the females from the males?
Manually .
That was my thought too… but remember the FDA is here to protect us, so we don’t have to worry right? **sarcasm… Man we should all be terrified as people in power are just clueless!
Not good at all.. 130,000 signatures isn’t nearly enough! Petitions and Actions to ✎ Sign & SHARE ✎ Stop GE Mosquitos in the U.S.!
No way do I want to get stung by a GMO mosquito!
No need to worry then, since mosquitos don’t sting, they bite.
And, male mosquitos don’t bite at all, and they are the modified ones. And, the modification is to kill the larvae, so new ones won’t be born.
So, yeah. No worries.
Won’t this be detrimental to the bat population?
It sounds good and all, but how do we know that playing with nature like this will not backfire and bite us in the ass? What is the guarantee it is safe? What if these modded males mating cause the wild females to adapt and evolve so that their young do not die? Nature has a way of evolving and adapting to preserve life. What if you invent a worse pest than the one you are trying to destroy? We know this is how life works, life will find a way.
tell me ONE INSTANCE IN LIFE, where you get a guarantee that it is 100% safe. NOTHING in life is safe. in fact it would be very boring if it were
What I think you are missing here is what Monsanto, and others with this mindset, want to ignore and that is that nothing happens in a vacuum. Monsanto wants to have one isolated change to happen; one modification. They are ignoring the myriad changes that could occur with a new genetic modification outside of the original intention. You are not responding in kind to this meaning of safe.
Uh just how do they expect to not let ONE female through?
Optimism or propaganda, take your pick!
Good answer.
Magic.
Settle down people. we did this YEARS ago with Bee’s to produce bee’s that could produce more honey and that ROCKED! I just can’t quite remember what they started calling those bees…..killer something.
there is a strain of lice that is killing off all the honey bees.. do you gmo the lice to save the bees or do you let nature destroy all the bees? just a question?
personally i use crisco and some herbs to kill the MITES. Bees don’t get lice. Dayum y’all don’t know shit from shinola. Y’all Must not be a beekeeper thats obvious
what a idiot you are. Shaking my head. No sir they did no create them by gmo, they already existed you nimrod. What did happen was they tried to tame them down by using the age old tradition of………selective breeding. GASP yah that ole fashioned method of breeding until you breed out a nasty trait and keep the good ones.
It worked somewhat, but the nasty traits seem to return once introduced into the wild.
Good news is that Africanized bees can’t survive a winter, and typically die of starvation in areas they might actually survive because they are poor honey producers and voracious eaters
You are actually incorrect on a number of fronts. These bees were accidentally released into Brazil
about 60 years ago. These more aggressive bees have been
moving north ever since and now occur throughout the
southern US. Also
Nobody is certain how far
north “killer bees” will eventually move. The two
strains easily interbreed so colonies can be become
more aggressive over time as more and more of the
aggressive traits are breed into the European strain.
Interbreeding can and will continue to take place so that to say “Africanized bees can’t survive a winter” does not take into consideration future possibilities. Your arguments are mere unfounded postulations.
I really don’t think that anyone with an ounce of credibility would say “So, yeah. No worries”. This is purely irresponsible in a scientific discussion.
ROTFLMAO, you got bigger things to worry about than that. LOL.