Monsanto - Spreading

[Omega]

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/201107/03/01-4414689-encore-plus-dogm-dans-nos-champs.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_B42_acc-manchettes-dimanche_369233_accueil_POS1

Very interesting article and bad news for those trying to find natural food to eat. Sorry its in French. I don't have time to translate it right now as I am at the office but here is a quick resume:

Monsanto Round Up Ready Soy Seeds will soon see the protection awarded to the inventor expire, meaning all other competitors will be allowed to create, plant and grow their on version of that genetically modified product. It already resists insects and Round Up herbicide.

Due to its low cost, it is likely to expand like crazy in the crops around the world.

They are also working on further modifying the plant so that it could produce more oil that will be ''Healthier''. It is a complex operation since it involves modifying the metabolism of the plant.

For example, the GM Corn (Smartstax) has up to 8 genes already modified.

Fun times ahead.

Cheers,

 

[HiThere]

The only way to stop this from grogressing further is to have results from studies executed according to the established protocol, that document health-hazards connected to GM crops. But it is with this as it is with new prescription drugs: The negative impact on the body can take years to manifest, and is difficult/impossible to prove with the excisting laws on commerce and health. Fun times indeed.

 

[Omega]

The really worrying aspect is the fact that the end of the legal protection will mean that anybody will be able to make and commercialize their own version of the seeds. It will be like generic drugs so to speak. Most competitors probably have their own versions ready.

There is already a lack of control on Monsanto's products, imagine if anyone starts in the business of Genetically Modifying plants. You could end up with really weird stuff on your plate. I'm not really into eating mutants.

 

[Mr.Anderson]

Unbelievable and depressing. Makes me hope the end is near. Psychopaths rule our world.

 

[mcb]

When you begin to see that agriculture is the problem, not Monsanto, it alters your perspective. Yes, the crops are becoming less and less healthy, but a lot of it was already quite unhealthy. Our favorite crops, the annual grasses, evolved to sicken those who eat their seed. As I suggested in another topic, "Monsanto is a 12,000 year old corporation."

(Edit: eats-->eat)

 

[Mr.Anderson]

When you begin to see that agriculture is the problem, not Monsanto, it alters your perspective. Yes, the crops are becoming less and less healthy, but a lot of it was already quite unhealthy. Our favorite crops, the annual grasses, evolved to sicken those who eats their seed. As I suggested in another topic, "Monsanto is a 12,000 year old corporation."

Good point Megan, thanks for the reminder.

 

[anart]

When you begin to see that agriculture is the problem, not Monsanto, it alters your perspective. Yes, the crops are becoming less and less healthy, but a lot of it was already quite unhealthy. Our favorite crops, the annual grasses, evolved to sicken those who eat their seed. As I suggested in another topic, "Monsanto is a 12,000 year old corporation."

(Edit: eats-->eat)

Agriculture might be the problem, but Monsanto (and all multi-national agro-business) is the psychopathic monster using the problem to destroy the world.

 

[mcb]

Agriculture might be the problem, but Monsanto (and all multi-national agro-business) is the psychopathic monster using the problem to destroy the world.

Monsanto & co. represent the current "face" of the monster. I guess the old strategies weren't working as well any more and now we see these new moves.

I went looking for what "Monsanto," the word, means. I found one otherwise highly questionable website that claims that it means, of all things, "My Saint." I checked the Monsanto website but I didn't find any clues to the origin of the name in my quick search. The original company's first claim to fame was saccharine. I am just wondering what the folks who set up the agricultural system to begin with called themselves.