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  1. StanFlouride says:

    When I posted this to my FB wall it attached this caption: "Sofia Gatica from Argentina became determined to find out what killed her daughter, and she later found it to be Monsanto's GMOs."

    This is not what happened, it was the pesticides that were used on it, not the GMOs.

    The article and I were both roundly attacked because this falsehood was attached and used to dismiss the veracity of the entire article.

    Though I personally believe that GMOs may have long term negative effects on humans and other animals, this kind of error makes us all look silly.

    1. RainForest says:

      Too bad about this "attachment". Perhaps the real story is that the GMO seeds (corn seeds as an example) have been coated with a nicotinoid based pesticide. Although this may allow this corn to survive "RoundUp", it has the paralyzing effect of killing honey bees and other pollinators. The USA has lost 30% of its honey bees due to this colony collapse disorder. The reason that the EPA allowed the pesticide to be used, in spite of the fact that it failed to meet their own standards and in spite of the fact that one of their own scientists advised them of this, they allowed it to go because of "the need to protect Bayer's market share". If citizens don't see this for what it is (corporatism which sounds nicer than fascism), their children and grandchildren will live in a wasteland. Sadly (sorrowfully) it may already be too late.

  2. Mr. Flouride – the nexus between Monsanto's genetically modified products and the pesticides they produce specifically for use on said GMO's is so tight as to make the two nearly indistinguishable in this consideration. The reason they call it "Round-up Ready Corn" is because it is quite purposefully modified to withstand the extreme biocide effects of the Monsanto pesticide known as "Round-Up".

    1. wanda marvel says:

      I am so saddened that agribusiness has taken our earth under their control thinking that they are helping grow crops to save the world. I don't know anyone who wants to eat food grown with chemicals. No one wants to eat GMO's. Everyone is upset that chemicals are being approved by the EPA that knowingly kill the honey bee that are the life blood of pollination. EPA has approved a class of Neonicotinoids which includes clothianidian

      and thiamethoxam. According to Purdue University these chemicals could one day lead to the catastropic destuction of the food supply.

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