Agriculture-GM Seeds+Crops
Welcome to the "Genetically Engineered" Section of the ADC Website.
Mendocino County, California is the First County to Prohibit GMO in the United States: Title 10A AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 10A.15 PROHIBITION ON THE PROPAGATION, CULTIVATION, RAISING AND GROWING OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY - Section. 10A.15.010 Finding: The people of Mendocino County wish to protect the County’s agriculture, environment, economy, and private property from genetic pollution by genetically modified organisms. - (Measure H-2004, passed March 2, 2004.) - Section. 10A.15.020 Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to propagate, cultivate, raise, or grow genetically modified organisms in Mendocino County. (Measure H-2004, passed March 2, 2004.)
Your City, County, Board of Commissioners, State can also Take this Action at the Local Level. Please Visit the Mendocino County Section of this Website for Contacts and Information on how to Take Action in Your Community (See the 64G Pdf File Section):
http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/?q=content/mendocino-county-ca
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“…Man, owing to an egoism that is too shortsighted about his own interests, his penchant to take pleasure in all that stands at his disposal, in short, owing to his carelessness about the future and his fellow men, seems to labor at annihilating his means of preservation and even at destroying his own species. By everywhere destroying the great plants that protected the soil, for the procurement of objects that satisfy his craving of the moment, he rapidly brings about the sterility of the soil he inhabits, gives rise to the depletion of springs, keeps away the animals who drew their substance from those springs, and causes large parts of the globe, once quite fertile and populated in every respect, to be barren, sterile, uninhabitable, and deserted. Always disregarding the advice of experience, in order to give himself over to his passions, he is perpetually at war with his fellow men, and destroys them from all sides and under all manner of pretext; with the result that one sees populations that were once thriving, become increasingly impoverished. It would seem that man is destined to exterminate himself after having rendered the globe uninhabitable…” Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck
(1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), French Naturalist.
Above Quote from: "Système analytique des connaissances positives de l’homme" (1820)
In the past few years we have compiled a great deal of information on Genetically Modified Seeds, Foods, Trees, and other items. Some of this genetic engineering may have a negative effect on our food supply and could be responsible for, or another contributing factor, in honey bee declines and loss of other pollinators.
We are playing "Russian Rhoulette" almost every day when we use these seeds and plants. And the toll may not be known for years. This site is dedicated to information that we do know about this subject. It does not cover all known information which would be impossible...but the information below opens some doors on what is taking place while many remain silent on this issue. Labels on GMO Foods & Other Products - The drive to label GMOs is too late. When you visit your local grocery store you will find that most products have GMOs in them...and, if labeled, finding those products GMO free will be a true test. Today just look at the products with soy or corn syrup in them at this time. Just putting a label on them is only part of the answer...the rest of the answer is to entirely an GMOs in the U.S.
U.S.D.A. Latest News Link: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/
Genetically Modified Corn + Soybeans
Click on the Link Below for Additional Deadlines:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2011/12/brs_actions.shtml
DAS-40278-9 Corn
U.S.D.A APHIS made available a PPRA and a draft EA to address a request from Dow, Inc. seeking a determination of nonregulated status of its DAS-40278-9 corn. This corn has been genetically engineered to provide tolerance to 2,4-Dand aryloxyphenoxypropionate (AOPP) acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, also known as “fop” herbicides. DAS-40278-9 corn has been field tested in the major corn growing regions of the continental United States as well as Hawaii.
These documents can be found at:
www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/news.shtml
See Other Biotechnology Regulatory Actions (Genetically Modified Crops) below and their U.S.D.A. Deadlines.
57 1 2010 Arctic Seed Doomsday Vault Hits Half-Million Seed Mark March 12, 2010 The Independent.pdf
The California Lake County Board of Supervisors decided to allow controversial GM Crops to be grown in their county. This experiment in engineering, long after their current supervisors are gone, will have long term consequences for all residents.
California & Oregon Issues
Corn - Soybeans - Rice - Tomatoes = All Genetically Modified
Problem: Corn Used for Gasoline Instead of Food
57C 2006 ENN News April 12, 2006 Genetically Modified Rice.pdf
57C 2007 ENN News ASA December 10, 2007 Rice Yields-Targeted Fertilizer Applications.pdf
57C 2008 Corn as Biofuel - Rising Prices for Food Frontline 2008.pdf
57C 2008 Corn For Fuel Problems NYTimes December 23, 2008 Reduces Insect Predators-Not Good.pdf
57C 2008 Corn Genetically Engineered Linked to Butterfly Deaths August 22, 2000.pdf
57C 2008 Corn NYTimes December 23, 2008 Energy Secretary Chu-Cropland for Fuels Questions.pdf
57C 2008 Corn NYTimes December 23, 2008 King Corn for Ethanol Exacerbates Pest Control.pdf
57C 2008 Corn Problems NYTimes December 22, 2008 Soil + Beneficial Insects.pdf
57C 2008 Corn+Other Crops-Food Biofuel Risks May 21, 2008 NYTimes.pdf
57C 2008 EPA U.S. Food Corn to Ethanol Higher Food Prices-Declines to Reduce Quotas NYT 2008.pdf
57C 2008 ICM Invents Process That Produces Food Protein And Ethanol June 17, 2008.pdf
57C 2008 NCBI Genetically Modified Corn June 20, 2008 Effects of Transgenic Corn.pdf
57C 2009 Ethanol A Growing Agriculture + Water Disaster NYTimes November 28, 2009 by R. Harding.pdf
57C 2009 EVOGENE + Syngenta June 26, 2009 + Evogene to Collaborate on Soybeans.pdf
57C 2009 Genetically Modified Soybeans Monsanto Patent NYTimes December 18, 2009.pdf
57C 2010 EPA Corn Ethanol Rules-Land Use Issues-Food +Water Problems NYTimes February 11, 2010.pdf
57C 2010 Genetically Engineered Corn Causes New Plant Pest March 25, 2010.pdf
57CS 2008 Monsanto +Syngenta May 23, 2008 +Monsanto Reach Agreement Corn+Soybean Technologies.pdf
57CS 2009 DOW Chemical + Syngenta April 1, 2009 + Dow agree to Cross License Corn Traits - Seeds.pdf
57E 2010 News Releases EPA Compliance+Enforcement March-July 2010 Website July 11, 2010.pdf
Glossary
57D 2005 Genetically Modified Food November 26, 2005 Definition.pdf
EPA
Genetically Modified Foods - General Information
57G 2005 Genetically Modified Food Definitions Definitions Monsanto November 26, 2005.pdf
57G 2009 Sugar Beets - Non-GMO Registry August 2009.pdf
57G 2009 Sugar Beets August 2009 Report on GM Sugar Beets in Soil Fertilizers Eugene Oregon News.pdf
57G 2010 Asexual Plant Reproduction-More GE Foods-March 8, 2010 EurekAlert AAAS.pdf
57G 2010 Debate Over GM Eggplant Consumers India February 16, 2010 Reuters News.pdf
57G 2010 Federal Court Ruling on GM Sugar Beets Usage Pending-No EPA EIS Completed March 9, 2010.pdf
57G 2010 Pineberries and Cream Mail Online News March 31, 2010.pdf
57G 2011 U.S.D.A. Graph-Website June 25, 2011 Genetically Modified Crops in U.S.pdf
Health Issues
57H 2005 WHO Food Biotechnology-Human Health-Development Study 2005.pdf
57H 2007 GM Food Nightmare Publication in Microbial Ecology in Health+Disease May 14, 2007.pdf
57H 2009 Abstract A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health-3.pdf
57H 2009 Genetically Modified Food The West Australian August 6, 2009 Margaret River Doctors.pdf
57H 2009 GMO Scandal July 29, 2009 Long Term Effects of Genetically Modified Food on Humans.pdf
57H 2010 GMO Risks Research-Risk Assessment Gilles-Eric Seralini May 10, 2010 ISIS Report.pdf
57H 2010 The Death of High Fructose Corn Syrup Princeton Study March 25, 2010 BNET News.pdf
57HZ 2009 Food The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM).pdf
57HZ 2009 GM Food May 21, 2009 The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM).pdf
GM Fertilizers
57I 2008 Excessive Reactive Nitrogen Alarms Scientists Science Daily News May 18, 2008.pdf
Factory Foods on Your Menu Today? The Answer is Yes!
57J 2010 NOW PBS Food Inc-Secrets that Giant Food Companies Hide-Transcript March 5, 2010.pdf
Nano-Technology Information - Food Safety Implications
57K 2009 WHO Nanotechnologies in Food+Agriculture-Food Safety Implications June 2009.pdf
57K 2010 WHO Biotechnology GM Foods + Nanotechnology March 9, 2010.pdf
Laws - Legislation - Patents
(Who Will Own the Rights to the Seeds the Produce Our Foods?)
57L 2007 Monsanto Anti-Farmers Patents Rejected by Patent Office July 24, 2007.pdf
57L 2007 Monsanto vs Farmers U.S. Patent Information July 4, 2007 Important.pdf
57L 2008 Monsanto Patents Missouri Farm Problems July 10, 2008 Kansas City Star News.pdf
57L 2008 Monsanto vs Farmers OEN December 15, 2008 Lin Cohen-Cole Article.pdf
57L 2010 Supreme Court to Hear Case on Monsanto GE Alfalfa March 2010 PAN News.pdf
57L 2010 U.S. Supreme Court Decision Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms 09-475.pdf
57LZ 2010 PAN Action Against Foreign Aid Bill-Allows Taxpayer Funded GE Research April 8, 2010.pdf
Miscellaneous Information
57M 2001 U.C. Irving Professor Benford Biology 2001 Reasonline Line Article on Crops +.pdf
57M 2008 Genetically Engineered Food Center for Food Safety April 6, 2008.pdf
57M 2008 GM is Dangerous and Futile October 6, 2008 ISIS Report.pdf
57M 2009 Agriculture Crops NYTimes January 20, 2009 Geoengineering.pdf
57M 2010 Conference-Implications of GM Crop Cultivation March 25-26, 2010.pdf
57M 2010 ETC Group Biodiversity & Genetic Resources Latest Publications February 28, 2010.pdf
57M 2010 ETC Group Extreme Genetic Engineering An Introductory Report January 2007.pdf
57M 2010 ETC Group January-February 2005 Communique on Syngenta Seed Company.pdf
57M 2010 ETC Group Latest Publications Terminator & Traitor Seeds February 28, 2010.pdf
57M 2010 Union of Concerned Scientists Q&A Pharma+Industrial Food+Feed Crops.pdf
57M 2010 WHO Consultations on GM Foods-March 9, 2010.pdf
57M 2010 WHO General Information About Biotechnology-GM Foods March 9, 2010.pdf
57M 2010 WHO Genetically Modified Food March 9, 2010.pdf
57M 2010 WHO Global Assessment of the State of the Science of Endocrine Disruptors March 2010.pdf
57M 2010 WHO Publications-Biotechnology GM Foods March 9, 2010.pdf
57M 2010 WHO Q&A Genetically Modified Foods March 9, 2010.pdf
News Items
57N 2008 Guardian.co.uk October 18, 2008 Archive of Articles on Genetically Modified Food.pdf
57N 2008 Monsanto Vanity Fair Investigation May 2008 Harvest of Fear.pdf
57N 2010 NYTimes March 11, 2010 Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws U.S. Scrutiny-Entire Article.pdf
57N 2010 NYTimes March 12, 2010 Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws U.S. Scrutiny Page 1.pdf
Pesticides - Herbicides - Insecticides
57P 2003 Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 2003.pdf
57P 2004 WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides 2004.pdf
57P 2006 Frog Decline Pesticides 2006.pdf
57P 2006 Frog Decline Pesticides New Alarm Bells Ring January 25, 2006 LATimes News.pdf
57P 2007 Silent Spring Moyers Journal September 21, 2007 Toxic Chemicals.pdf
57P 2009 Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use November 2009 by Benbrook.pdf
57P 2009 Monsanto Glyphosate Problems Cotton 2009.pdf
57P 2009 Monsanto Superweeds Round-up Toxicity News April 19, 2009 U.S. Problems.pdf
57P 2009 Pesticides-Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use November 2009.pdf
57P 2009 Pesticides-USDA November 2009.pdf
57P 2009 Report on Impacts of GE Crops+Pesticide Use Increases 13 Years by Benbrook NOV 2009.pdf
Foreign Countries
57Q 2000 Genetically Modified Crops Britain United Nations 2000.pdf
57Q 2000 Genetically Modified Crops Britain-Blair-Dangers United Nations February 28, 2000.pdf
57Q 2001 Is Biotechnology in China Future by Gale-Lin-Lohmar-Tuan GM Plants+Seeds U.S.D.A.pdf
57Q 2003 New Chemical Plant Boosts Monsanto Brazil Exports January 24, 2003.pdf
57Q 2005 India Bans GM Monsanto Cotton Seed May 3, 2005.pdf
57Q 2005 Monsanto April 2005 Report Genetic Food Modification Profile of Monsanto.pdf
57Q 2005 Monsanto India Bans GM Cotton Seeds May 3, 2005.pdf
57Q 2005 Monsanto News Reuters Poland March 23, 2005 Bans 17 GE Crops-Awaiting Final Decision.pdf
57Q 2005 Poland to Ban Monsanto GMO Maize 2005.pdf
57Q 2006 ENN News December 5, 2006 India Rice Harvest Stunted by Pollution.pdf
57Q 2007 India BT Resistant Corn Failing Both China + India February 24, 2007 News.pdf
57Q 2008 Argentina-Syngenta Acquires Argentine Seeds Company SPS November 12, 2008 Press Release.pdf
57Q 2008 Brazil Syngenta Receives Approval for Bt11 Corn in Brazil Press Release June 20, 2008.pdf
57Q 2009 Genetically Modified Maize BBC NEWS -World -Europe-Germany Bans Monsanto Maize 2009.pdf
57Q 2010 India Divided Over Plans for GM Aubergine BBC News February 9, 2010.pdf
57Q 2010 India Puts on Hold First GM Food Crop on Safety Grounds February 9, 2010 BBC News.pdf
57Q 2010 Monsanto Faked Date for Approvals Claims-India Today News February 2010.pdf
57Q 2011 Monsanto Canada Technology Use Guide 2011 Genetically Modified Seeds+Crops.pdf
Bacteria - Fungus - Worms & Other Issues
57R 1985 Genetically Altered Bacteria EPA Press Release November 14, 1985 EPA Approves First Use.pdf
57R 2011 A Synthetic Biology Laboratory in Berkeley April 2011 SBI Announced.pdf
Chemical & GM Companies
57S 2005 Monsanto and Sterile Seeds November 26, 2005 Terminator Seeds.pdf
57S 2005 Monsanto and Sterile Terminator Seeds November 26, 2005.pdf
57S 2005 Monsanto+Genetic Engineering Risks for Investors January 2005.pdf
57S 2008 Vanity Fair Investigation May 2008 Monsanto Harvest of Fear-Entire Article.pdf
57S 2011 Monsanto Liability Agreement for Those Using GE Seeds+Crops.pdf
57SS 2008 Argentina + Syngenta November 10, 2008 Acquires Argentine Seeds Company SPS.pdf
57SS 2008 DuPont + Syngenta June 24, 2008 +DuPont Enter into Crop Protection Technology Exchange.pdf
57SS 2008 GM Sygenta June 20, 2008 Receives Brazil Approval for Bt11 Corn+Sugar Cane.pdf
57SS 2009 GE Syngenta August 26, 2009 Agreement to Identify + Map Genetic Markers for Wheat.pdf
57SS 2010 DOW Chemical + Syngenta January 5, 2010 Press Release Syngenta+Dow Agreement on Cotton.pdf
57SS 2010 ETC Group January-February 2005 Communique on Syngenta Seed Company.pdf
57SS 2010 GM Sygenta Media Releases Brazil + Sugar Cane February 8, 2010 - Seeds+Water+Genetics.pdf
57SZ 2009 RBN Bayer Cropscience Admits GMO Contamination is Out of Control December 10, 2009.pdf
Trees & Plants
57T 2005 Apples Trees Cloned Apples Trees-Grafting GE August 1, 2005.pdf
57T 2005 Genetically Modified GM Forest Trees World Status 2005.pdf
57T 2010 Plants Resistance to Infection Genetics Plus+Minus Costs NYTimes June 7, 2010.pdf
57T 2010 U.S. Clears a Test of Bioengineered Trees NYTimes May 12, 2010 Eucalyptus-Plum+Others.pdf
57TP 2008 Seeds Syngenta October 21, 2008 Acquires U.S. Flower Seed Producer Goldsmith Seeds.pdf
57TZ 2010 Agriculture EurekaAlert Press Releases AAAS Publication March 14, 2010 Website Plants.pdf
57TZ 2010 GMO Crops Super-Weed Time Bomb Explodes February 1, 2010.pdf
United States Departments of Agrculture (USDA) + Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
57U 2009 Food Danger 2009 Press Release-The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM).pdf
57U 2009 Genetically Engineered Organisms USDA Regulation Revision March 11, 2009.pdf
57U 2009 USDA Unable to Weed Out Unapproved Modified Foods January 14, 2009.pdf
57U 2011 U.S.D.A. GM Crops Search June 25, 2011 Website Page 1-92 Items.pdf
57UZ 2011 The USDA Paves the Way for Genetically Modified Foods Part I - March 4, 2011.pdf
Pollinators
57V 1999 Butterfly Effect Scientific American August 1999 Issue Genetically Modified Crops.pdf
57V 2000 Butterfly Decline Linked to Genetically Modified Corn August 22, 2000.pdf
57V 2001 Butterfly Decline Linked to Genetically Modified Corn 2001.pdf
57V 2008 Butterflies Corn Genetically Engineered Linked to Butterfly Deaths August 22, 2000.pdf
57V 2008 Corn Genetically Engineered Linked to Butterfly Deaths August 22, 2000.pdf
57V 2008 Honey Bee Decline January 10, 2008 Genetically Modified Crop Questions.pdf
57V 2008 Honey Bees NCBI June 2008 Genetically Modified Crops.pdf
57V 2008 Honey Bees SFGate March 10, 2008 Genetically Modified Crops.pdf
Aluminum Issues
57W 2010 A Looking Glass Steer August 26, 2010 NYTimes Cloned Steer+Ethics.pdf
U.S. Government Policies
57X 2010 Action Pan Action Network - Oppose Obama Nomination Agriculture October 2009.pdf
Farm Animals - Animals Impacts in General
57Y 2000 Spider Webs from Goat Milk August 2000 BBC News.pdf
57Y 2004 USDA INC. HOW AGRIBUSINESS HAS HIJACKED Regulatory Policy at the U.S.D.A. July 2004.pdf
57Y 2008 Chickens-Lack of Genetic Diversity NYTimes November 4, 2008.pdf
57Y 2008 Monsanto Vanity Fair Investigation May 2008 Monsanto Targets Milk Products-Producers.pdf
57Y 2008 Vanity Fair Investigation Monsanto Harvest of Fear May 2008 Entire Article.pdf
57Y 2009 Smart Chickens Weren't Duped by Foul Play August 2, 2009.pdf
57Y 2011 Chickens Genetically Modified to Stop Bird Flu Telegraph.co.uk 2011.pdf
57Y 2011 Genetically Modified Animals Telegraph.co.uk April 2, 2011.pdf
57YZ 1996 Monsanto Trouble With Milk February 29, 1996.pdf
57YZ 2009 Genetically Modified Goats February 11, 2009 Telegraph.co.uk News.pdf
57YZ 2010 Congress Should Create a Tracking System for Cloned Animals and Fish March 2010.pdf
No Comment
57Z 2002 EDUCATING RIDA Disease 2002 by Mark Purdy Mad Cow+Other Diseases.pdf
57Z 2005 Genetically Modified Food Monsanto Wikipedia November 26, 2005.pdf
57Z 2009 Monsanto Engaged in Rural Cleansing January 10, 2009 Documents Needed.pdf
57Z 2010 Genetically Modified Foods Information 2010.pdf
57Z 2010 No Comment on GM Wheat Industry Survey June 3, 2010.pdf
57Z 2011 GM Alfalfa - Why No Sprouting Farm War News by B. H. Peterson April 25, 2011.pdf
57Z 2011 GM Watch Genetically Modified Food+Crops Website June 25, 2011 http___www.gmwatch.pdf
Vandana Shiva on the Problem with Genetically Modified Seeds
Video & Transcript: July 13, 2012
http://billmoyers.com/wp-content/themes/billmoyers/transcript-print.php?post=10671
http://billmoyers.com/segment/vandana-shiva-on-the-problem-with-genetically-modified-seeds/
"Bill Moyers talks to scientist and philosopher Vandana Shiva, who’s become a rock star in the global battle over genetically modified seeds. These seeds — considered “intellectual property” by the big companies who own the patents — are globally marketed to monopolize food production and profits. Opponents challenge the safety of genetically modified seeds, claiming they also harm the environment, are more costly, and leave local farmers deep in debt as well as dependent on suppliers. Shiva, who founded a movement in India to promote native seeds, links genetic tinkering to problems in our ecology, economy, and humanity, and sees this as the latest battleground in the war on Planet Earth."...
Partial Transcript:
BILL MOYERS: We turn now from one champion of the public interest to another. From Sheila Bair fighting for greater oversight of the big banks to a global advocate for social justice named Vandana Shiva.
VANDANA SHIVA: We need a new paradigm for living on the earth because the old one is clearly not working.
BILL MOYERS: The last time we spoke with her, she was battling Coca-Cola and other multinational giants over the privatization of water in her native India—including the waters of the sacred river Ganges. Since then, Vandana Shiva has become a rock star in the worldwide battle over genetically modified seeds. Those are seeds aggressively marketed around the world by big companies like Monsanto to not only increase, but also to monopolize food production and profits. Opponents challenge their safety, claim they harm the environment, are more costly, and leave local farmers deep in debt and dependent on suppliers.
Following Europe’s example, many American consumers are demanding that food products made from genetically modified seeds be labeled. Monsanto, the world’s largest supplier, claims intellectual property rights over its seeds and usually wins when it takes farmers to court for patent infringement. But in India, Monsanto claimed its seeds would produce bountiful crops and when the results fell short, many bankrupted farmers reportedly killed themselves.
Vandana Shiva, founded India’s Navdanya movement to promote the use of native seeds, and she has become a formidable figure in all these battles. Trained in physics, she’s an activist and prolific author whose books include “Earth Democracy,” “Soil Not Oil,” “Water Wars,” and her latest, “Making Peace With The Earth.” I talked with her again recently, when she came to New York to be honored by Union Theological Seminary..."
Washington, D.C. - Monday, June 13, 2011 C-SPAN
(Please note that a good part of his speech was devoted to Genetically Modified Food Crops which is being
promoted by Secretary Vilsack and the Obama Administration.)
"...The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas Vilsack, was the speaker today at a National Press Club luncheon.
Vilsack addressed how the combined efforts of American farmers, scientists, and policy-makers
are vital to face the demanding challenges of food security in the growing global population...Recently named the
Chairman of the White House Rural Council, the secretary will help direct the council to coordinate federal
efforts to provide support to rural America...Secretary Vilsack will attend the G-20 Summit of Agricultural
Ministers, the first meeting of the ministers, in Paris later this month..."
April 29, 2009 - MONSANTO
These folks are pushing Genetically Modified crops (GMO's) onto the Third World in the name of ending hunger, much as the Rockefellers did with the 'Green Revolution' that was used to open world markets to chemical and hybrid agriculture.
Multi-Billion $$ Monsanto Sues More Small Family Farmers! - Hundreds of the farmers around the world who are being forced to pay Monsanto to have their fields contaminated by genetically modified organisms.
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.
Damaged Banana CropsRoundUp 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 Hid PCB Pollution for Decades - Monsanto in the News : http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.cfm
The Corporation Continues to Refuse Compensation to Veterans and Families for Exposure to the Toxic Chemical
Monsanto's Roundup Pesticide Killing Wheat - Monsanto Takes Ownership of Public Water Resources !
Monsanto's GE Seeds are Pushing US Agriculture into Bankruptcy - Scientist Warning of Health Hazards
of Monsanto's Herbicide Receives Threats - Monsanto's Crops Spawning Superweed Epidemic in U.S. !
Mexico City Government Vows to Protect Native Corn Varieties from GMO Contamination !
And many many more ... http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.cfm
October 18, 2010 - Part I: English Subtitles: Poison of the pampas (El veneno de las pampas - Time: 14:49)
This news report by journalist Rolando Grana, recorded in Santa Fe, Argentina, graphically shows the tragic human consequences of glyphosate spraying of GM soy, including babies with birth defects. It contains interviews with Dr Dario Gianfelici, a medical doctor; scientist Prof Andres Carrasco, whose research showed that glyphosate/Roundup causes birth defects in doses far lower than those used in agricultural spraying; and the journalist Marie-Monique Robin, who made the film, The World According to Monsanto. (Total time 21:51)
The poison of the pampas - El veneno de las pampas Englisch Subtitles Part 2
October 18, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isBqWF3bOi4&feature=related
C-SPAN September 24, 2011 - Washington Journal
Genetically Modified Food - Interview with Nina Fedoroff, former Science & Tecnhology Adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from 2007-2010.
Ms. Fedoroff spoke about the growing demand for food worldwide (and the potential shortages) that can be relieved by the use of genetically modified food and the current regulations at the EPA, Agriculture Department and the FDA that burden the expansion of modified crops. She also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
September 21, 2011 Video India Lawsuit Against Monsanto - France 24 International News - FOCUS
India vs Monsanto: Seeds of Discord By Vikram Singh
"...For the first time ever, a country - India - is accusing a multinational company of "bio-piracy". That means stealing indigenous plants, and then trying to develop genetically modified versions of them, without giving any compensation back to the local people or nation where the plant originally came from. Our reporters traveled to one of the affected areas and spoke to those who say it's their environment which has been stolen..."
http://www.france24.com/en/20110921-india-monsanto-gmo-brinjal-bio-piracy-biopiracy-steal-seeds-terminator-cotton-onion-melon-debt-suicide (Article and video.)
Jerry Rosman, a pig farmer in Iowa, was cultivating GMO corn,(Roundup Ready and BT) and fed this corn to his pigs.
Result: his sows became infertile, and then after one year he went bankrupt.
See the whole interview here: http://vimeo.com/20237421
Is it an incident isolated to Iowa ? Check this article from Greenpeace;
http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/news/no-need-for-condoms-ge-corn/
"Austrian scientists fed mice over a course of 20 weeks a mixture of 33 percent Monsanto GE corn (NK 603 x MON 810) and non-GE corn. These mice gave birth to less babies and lighter babies in their third and fourth litters. Mice fed on non-GE corn had babies as normal. These differences are statistically significant." To have a more global idea on the issue and the relation between GMOs and sterilisation, please read the book "Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation": Available on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Destruction-Hidden-Genetic-Manipulation/dp/097371...
Speech on Genetically Modified Seeds & Farmers -
Monsanto petition tells Obama: ‘Cease FDA ties to Monsanto’ Washington Post January 30, 2012
"...In recent days, a petition calling for the former Monsanto VP’s ouster is gaining steam. “President Obama, I oppose your appointment of Michael Taylor,” the petition on Signon.org reads. “Taylor is the same person who was Food Safety Czar at the FDA when genetically modified organisms were allowed into the U.S. food supply without undergoing a single test to determine their safety or risks. This is a travesty."
Live Well With Cantwell WCGH 1490 Radio-Connecticut February 7, 2012 Audio Podcast
The Increasing use of 2,4-D in Agriculture, in Drinking Water Sources to Control Aquatic Weeds, Along Roadways, and in Forest Lands to Kill unwanted Trees & Plants. Pauline's Guests: Rosalind Peterson & Author Carol Van Strum provides information on this usage, public health impacts, and deadlines for Public Comment.
http://archives.warpradio.com/btr/wgcharchives/LiveWellWithCantwell/020712.mp3
http://www.wgch.com/showarchive/lwwc.shtml
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2011/12/brs_actions.shtml
DAS-40278-9 Corn: For Public Comment
U.S.D.A APHIS is also making available today a PPRA and a draft EA to address a request from Dow, Inc. seeking a determination of nonregulated status of its DAS-40278-9 corn. This corn has been genetically engineered to provide tolerance to 2,4-D and aryloxyphenoxypropionate (AOPP) acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, also known as “fop” herbicides. DAS-40278-9 corn has been field tested in the major corn growing regions of the continental United States as well as Hawaii. APHIS’ risk assessment indicates that DAS-40278-9 corn is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk. APHIS is making available for public comment the Dow petition for nonregulated status, APHIS’ PPRA and draft EA. These documents can be found at:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/news.shtml
The public comment period will close on Feb. 27, 2012.
See Other Biotechnology Regulatory Actions (Genetically Modified Crops) below and their U.S.D.A. Deadlines.
July 12, 2012 RTE News Video - Six One News: Scientists Outline New Cuisine Developments - Factory Food
RTE Link: http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2012/0712/media-3342255.html
Natural News Link: July 30, 2012 - White House Chef Says Future Food to be Made From Chemicals-Not Real Food Ingredients: http://www.naturalnews.com/036626_cooking_chemicals_ingredients.html
NDTV Link July 12, 2012: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/discoverer-of-dna-says-yes-to-genetically-modified-food-242729
"...Dublin, Ireland: 84 Year Old Nobel Laureate James D. Watson, credited for the landmark discovery of the structure of the DNA, says "genetically modified foods are good..."