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Obama Gives Monsanto Get Out of Jail Free Card
http://videosift.com/video/GMO-controlling-our-food-the-politics-of-monsanto
nuff said.
I really don't get all the GMO hubbub. I realize it sounds bad - like we are Frankenstein-ing our food, but I'm a biologist and physician and people need to realize that we have been GMO-ing our food since the advent of agriculture/husbandry. The whole POINT of agriculture/farming is to breed crops/animals such that they express certain genetic traits that are valuable to humans. Examples are abundant: bananas, corn, cows, chickens, Scottish fold kittens... Basically anything that humans can grow/raise, we attempt to genetically modify through selective breeding; the fact that we now have the technology to accomplish these changes in a lab is obvious as the next logical step. If you object to GMO then you should be a hunter-gatherer. This is not to say that there are no risks to selective breeding/GM. For one, genetically similar or identical organisms are susceptible to the same pathogens. If we stake our fortunes on a single type of wheat, corn, cow, banana, whatever - we risk losing it forever if there is some sort of infectious outbreak. As far as health risks to consumers, I don't think there is any legitimate science that suggests that GM food is any worse for you than non-GM food (the same goes for irradiated foods).
enoch (Member Profile)
hey bud! i think http://videosift.com/video/GMO-controlling-our-food-the-politics-of-monsanto is a dupe of this which seems to be dead.
WL: US bullies Europe on behalf of Monsanto
>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
Monsanto IS the government.
Obama has installed Monsanto exec Michael Taylor as the FDA Food Safety Czar, Monsanto lobbyist Islam Siddiqui as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade, and Monsanto champion, Elena Kagan, to the supreme court.
Monsanto is vicious to any politician that stands in their way, while most Americans don't even have a cursory understanding of this issue. End result is that politicians are terrified of Monsanto and indifferent towards citizens.
It's easier said than done.
Oh holy shit, I didn't know about Taylor. Monsanto controlling our Food Safety. Dammit.