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Cowboy · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:

Officially living and officially dead consumers.

Veracity · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject:

No dopey, the definition.

Come on you're 'the Expert' so get the facts and let us know. Or would doing so make you look stupid in light of your earlier post?

gchq

How to RUIN an Industry: GM WHEAT!
Laurel Vale
OpEd News
16 May 2009

I was about to go to sleep when an e-mail arrived. Now I am so blazingly angry I will not sleep at all! What upset me? This prime piece of idiocy on the part of some simpletons, who have succumbed to the Monsanto-Dow-Syngenta Koolaid!

Major wheat industry organizations from the US, Canada and Australia have announced that they intend to work together to commercialize genetically modified (GM) wheat crops.

Although other GM crops have been in use for several years, there is currently not a single GM wheat variety commercially available. This is partly due to consumer resistance to GM wheat, particularly in Europe, a situation that has resulted in a dearth of funding for biotech wheat research.

So, seeing as Europe is a major purchaser of our Aussie wheat, and quite a lot from Canada and USA, too, HOW will this improve sales?

In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the organizations said: “While none of us hold a veto over the actions of others, we believe it is in all of our best interests to introduce biotech wheat varieties in a coordinated fashion to minimize market disruptions and shorten the period of adjustment.”

Excuse me? In whose best interest? They assume that they can bluff us, by acting as a group? They seem to forget citizens are a larger group.

Competition from GM

The organizations said that one of the main problems they face is declining acreage planted to wheat as arable farmers turn to other grains with “the advantages of biotech traits.”

Pure bull! Subsidized crops for ethanol in the USA have a whole lot more to do with that factor!

GM crops have long been promoted as a possible solution for world hunger, but a recent report from Friends of the Earth pointed out that promised traits such as increased yield and enhanced nutrition still do not exist. It added that herbicide tolerance is the most prevalent trait currently in use, accounting for 82 percent of GM crop acreage in 2007.

On the contentious issue of GM crop safety, the wheat industry statement said: “Over 10 years of global experience with biotechnology has demonstrated a convincing record of safety and environmental benefits as well as quality and productivity gains.”

Safety? Environmental benefits? Higher than ever pesticide use, and herbicide resistance, outcrossing to other species, and herbicide resistant wild radish, oats and skeleton weed in Australia has increased in paddocks that Round-Up is used on, the weed loves it! 24D used to destroy RR resistant weeds does not reduce chemical or enviro-damage in any way shape or form.

No independent research has found quality or productivity gains either, only Monsanto's blurb says that!

Read my full piece here.

Cowboy · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 3:37 am Post subject:

Cowboy · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 3:41 am Post subject:

privire · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject: Lectins , the GM "secret"

GM is achieved by taking Lectins from a plant and inserting it in the genome of another .
To understand the potential damage to human health you need to understand Lectins . Basically we are being set for major health problems world wise ( to the delight of Big Pharma ) .
I covered it in my book Recipe for a Nation , take a look :

http://recipeforanation.vox.com/

PubMed is a web site where Laboratory results from around the world are published under the scrutiny of a peer-reviewed , qualified and non-business associated group of scientists .

The web site is at :

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed .

Use their search engine to find laboratory results of your interest .

Lectin Articles

A must read :

http://www.krispin.com/lectin.html

and " Eat Right for your type " by Dr. Peter D'Adamo

… and this from FDA , the USA government :

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap43.html

U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms
and Natural Toxins Handbook :

This compound, a lectin or hemagglutinin, has been used by immunologists for years to trigger DNA synthesis in T lymphocytes, and more recently, to activate latent human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1, AIDS virus) from human peripheral lymphocytes.

Besides inducing mitosis, lectins are known

for their ability to agglutinate many mammalian red blood cell types, alter cell membrane transport

systems, alter cell permeability to proteins, and

generally interfere with cellular metabolism.

How to avoid damaging Lectins ? Find your blood type and read the book " Eat Right for your Type " by Dr. Peter D'Adamo .

---------- RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS -----------------------

1: Br J Nutr 2000 Mar;83(3):207-17

Modulation of immune function by

dietary lectins in rheumatoid arthritis.

Cordain L, Toohey L, Smith MJ, Hickey MS

Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA. cordain@cahs.colostate.edu

Despite the almost universal clinical observation that inflammation of the gut is frequently associated with inflammation of the joints and vice versa, the nature of this relationship remains elusive. In the present review, we provide evidence for how the interaction of

dietary

lectins with enterocytes and lymphocytes may facilitate the translocation of both dietary and gut-derived pathogenic antigens to peripheral tissues,

which in turn causes persistent peripheral antigenic stimulation. In genetically susceptible individuals, this antigenic stimulation may ultimately result in the expression of overt rheumatoid arthritis (RA) via molecular mimicry, a process whereby foreign peptides, similar in structure to endogenous peptides, may cause antibodies or T-lymphocytes to cross-react with both foreign and endogenous peptides and thereby break immunological tolerance. By eliminating dietary elements, particularly lectins, which adversely influence both enterocyte and lymphocyte structure and function, it is proposed that the peripheral antigenic stimulus (both pathogenic and dietary) will be reduced and thereby result in a diminution of disease symptoms in certain patients with RA.

PMID: 10884708, UI: 20343087

privire · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject:

Cowguy , you must realize that Monsanto is Government protected as history shows , so avoiding GMO has nothing to do with not buying it but convincing the corrupt governments to declare ( for now at least ) GM illegal .
BTW , you look quite naïve to how corrupt the governments are today , you need an wake-up call …

Sincerely ,

Cowboy · Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:53 am Post subject:

In reality, nature gives us a genetic cornucopia in every basket of produce. There are no natural plants or animals that have a specific genetic makeup.

GM foods have been in production for over 15 years now. Show us actual evidence of actual harm dobe to anyone by GM crops.

privire · Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject:

Cow-boy said : " ... There are no natural plants or animals that have a specific genetic makeup. " .

So a Genome is a fantasy , right ? You go ahead and change a gene in your genome and you will realize very quicly how 'specific' a genome is ...

Cow-boy said : " ... GM foods have been in production for over 15 years now. Show us actual evidence of actual harm dobe to anyone by GM crops. " .

Which foods are you talking about preciselly ? Name them , give me their Lectin content and I'll tell you what harm they can do .

RecipeForaNation.vox.com

gchq · Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject:

Sign OCA's "Millions Against Monsanto" petition. These petitions will be physically delivered to Monsanto and related court hearings.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.cfm

Monsanto Brings Small Family Dairy to Court

Oakhurst Dairy has been owned and operated by the same Maine family since 1921, and Monsanto recently attempted to put them out of business. Oakhurst, like many other dairy producers in the U.S., has been responding to consumer demand to provide milk free of rBGH, a synthetic hormone banned (for health reasons) in every industrialized country other than the U.S.

Monsanto, the number one producer of the rBGH synthetic steroid, sued Oakhurst, claiming they should not have the right to inform their customers that their dairy products do not contain the Monsanto chemical. Given the intense pressure from the transnational corporation, Oakhurst was forced to settle out of court, leaving many other dairies vulnerable to similar attacks from Monsanto.

Monsanto Hid PCB Pollution for Decades

ANNISTON, Ala. -- On the west side of Anniston, the poor side of Anniston, the people grew berries in their gardens, raised hogs in their back yards, caught bass in the murky streams where their children swam and played and were baptized. They didn't know their dirt and yards and bass and kids -- along with the acrid air they breathed -- were all contaminated with toxic chemicals. They didn't know they lived in one of the most polluted patches of America.

Now they know. They also know that for nearly 40 years, while producing the now-banned industrial coolants known as PCBs at a local factory, Monsanto Co. routinely discharged toxic waste into a west Anniston creek and dumped millions of pounds of PCBs into oozing open-pit landfills. And thousands of pages of Monsanto documents -- many emblazoned with warnings such as "CONFIDENTIAL: Read and Destroy" -- show that for decades, the corporate-giant concealed what it did and what it knew... (Read more...)

Monsanto's Agent Orange: The Corporation Continues to Refuse Compensation to Veterans and Families for Exposure to the Toxic Chemical

The negative health effects, due to exposure to Monsanto's Agent Orange, have been well documented over the past three decades. The dioxin in Agent Orange has been accepted internationally as one of the most toxic chemicals on the planet, causing everything from severe birth defects, to cancer, to neurological disorders, to death. But Monsanto has successfully blocked any major movement towards compensating veterans and civilians who were exposed to the company's Agent Orange.

Long before Agent Orange was used as a herbicide in the Vietnam war, Monsanto knew of its negative health impacts on humans. Since then, Monsanto has been unsuccessful at covering its tracks and has even been convicted of fabricating false research documentation that claims Agent Orange has no negative health effects, other than a possible skin rash. Thanks to Monsanto's influence, the Center for Disease Control also released a report claiming veterans were never exposed to harmful levels of Agent Orange.

As a note, from 1962 to 1970, the US military sprayed 72 million liters of herbicides, mostly Agent Orange, on over one million Vietnamese civilians and over 100,000 U.S. troops. As a result, within ten years of the close of the war, 9170 veterans had filed claims for disabilities caused by Agent Orange. The VA denied compensation to 7709, saying that a facial rash was the only disease associated with exposure.

In 2002, Vietnam requested assistance in dealing with the tens of thousands of birth defects due to Agent Orange. In order to avoid medical compensation expenses, Monsanto continues to claim this now banned chemical is not toxic. (Read more..)

Taxpayers Forced to Fund Monsanto's Poisoning of Third World

Monsanto has also been implicated in the indiscriminate sale and use of RoundUp Ultra in the anti-drug fumigation efforts of Plan Colombia. Of the some $1.3 billion of taxpayers' money earmarked for Plan Colombia, Monsanto has received upwards of $25 million for providing RoundUp Ultra.

RoundUp Ultra is a highly concentrated version of Monsanto's glyphosate herbicide, with additional surfactants to increases its lethality. Local communities and human rights organizations charge that Ultra is destroying food crops, water sources and protected areas in the Andes, primarily Colombia.

Paradoxically, the use of RoundUp Ultra has actually increased coca cultivation in the Andes. As local farming communities are increasingly impacted by RoundUp Ultra fumigations, many turn to the drug trade as a means of economic survival. Regional NGOs have estimated that almost 200,000 hectares have been fumigated with Ultra under Plan Colombia.

Monsanto's Roundup Pesticide Killing Wheat

Monsanto also produces the most commonly used broadleaf pesticide in the world, glyphosate--or Roundup. In addition to its inherent toxicity as a chemical pesticide, Roundup has now been found to aid the spread of fusarium head blight in wheat. This disease creates a toxin in the infected wheat, making the crop unsuitable for human or animal consumption. Canada's wheat industry is currently being ravaged by this disease. At the same time, the widespread use of Roundup has resulted in the formation of "super weeds" --- unwanted plants that have developed an immunity to these pesticides. Read study linking Monsanto's Roundup to Cancer.

Monsanto Takes Ownership of Public Water Resources

Over the past century, global water supplies have been contaminated with the full gamut of Monsanto's chemicals, including PCBs, dioxin and glyophosate (Roundup). So now the company, seeing a profitable market niche, is taking control of the public water resources they polluted, filtering it, and selling it back to the people. In short, Monsanto is making a double profit by polluting the world's scarce freshwater resources, privately taking ownership of that water, filtering it, and selling it back to those who can afford to pay for it.

Monsanto's GE Seeds are Pushing US Agriculture into Bankruptcy

Genetically engineered crops are causing an economic disaster for farmers in the U.S. So says a new report released by Britain's Soil Association. The report is a massive compilation of data showing GE crops have cost American taxpayers $12 billion in farm subsidies in the past three years. "Within a few years of the introduction of GM crops, almost the entire $300 million annual US maize exports to the EU had disappeared, and the US share of the soya market had decreased," the report said. In addition, the study says that GE crops have lead to an increased use of pesticides, while resulting in overall lower crop yields. (Read more... )

Cotton Farmers Going Bankrupt from Monsanto's GE Cotton

In India the financial figures for the recent cotton growing season have finally been crunched. Although Monsanto convinced many of India's farmers that buying the more expensive GE cotton seeds would result in higher yields and better cotton, the reverse is actually true. Crop yields for GE cotton were 5 TIMES LESS than traditional Indian cotton and the income from GE cotton was 7 TIMES LESS than conventional cotton, due to Monsanto's cotton having lower quality short fibers. As a result of the insurmountable deluge of debt accrued from paying more for the GE seeds and having a weak crop, more than 100 Indian farmers committed suicide in the last year. (Read more... )

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