GMO foods

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, " linda " <lindai81 wrote:

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> gosh, sounds like genetic engineering to me...GMO foods....how quaint. Just

> make sure there aren't some fish genes in it. If you buy organic potatoes or

> anything else for that matter, you won't risk having GMO'd foods. So many

> foods now are coming into the market where the pesticides, insecticides,

> herbicides are being inserted into the food prior to growing it...Monsanto

> and other agri businesses...the bringers of agent orange....state that is

> reduces the need to spray these substances and that the foods are safe. I

> call that bull cocky. And it isn't working. They are having to use MORE

> spray to control these things.

 

They also have foods, called " Roundup Ready, " which are specifically

designed to handle massive quantities of Roundup pesticide without

killing the crop.

 

> GMO foods are found not to have the same

> nutritional value as organic.

 

This is likely because the phytonutrients that we as humans find so

nourishing are generated by the plant as a means of defense against

insects.

 

> But of course, the GMO crops spread

> relentlessly and out of control and cannot be contained (wind, insect

> pollination). Same thing happened with the genetic manipulation of the

> salmon where it was promised that these larger salmon would be contained

> safely and unable to have an effect on wild salmon. There is proof that so

> many have escaped their containment areas that they are changing all wild

> salmon. The genetically modified salmon are larger and thus more attractive

> to the females. But the males pass on their genetic materials to the babies.

> We are in big trouble.

> linda