GMO

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Unfortunately, it is difficult to explain to a person who is far from medicine, biology, genetics, chemistry, but I will try - without unnecessary terms.

Genetically modified organismsAre organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered impossiblein nature in a way. GMOs can contain DNA fragments from any other living organism.

On the wiki. There are many ways to destroy humanity, but they usually cause rejection and fear of the masses. Most want to live! But you can convince people that what is in fact the death of all living things will not cause any harm, but on the contrary will be useful, at most will create a slight inconvenience, especially not for you, but for your descendants! And the flock believes its shepherds. Do they want the best for all of us? Who needs you, worms swarming in the dust, you were written off long ago, you are the biomass that they want to wipe off the face of the earth!

Once upon a time, Aleksey Tolstoy very accurately described modern man:

"Listen, but what is a person in the end? An insignificant microorganism, clinging in the indescribable horror of death to a clay ball of earth and flying with it in the icy darkness? Or is it a brain, a divine apparatus for the development of a special, mysterious matter - thought, - matter, one micron of which contains the entire universe … Well?"

So who are you?

Think about it, or forget it, and now let's get back to GMOs.

So how do GMO proponents explain their actions?

The official goal: resistance to pests, diseases and natural conditions, high yields, as a result, a lot of money from the one who grows GMO plants and animals. Other options are aesthetic beauty, quick ripening, shelf life longer, stable during transportation, survive where others cannot survive, possessing some unusual useful properties. The possibility of using in medicine for the treatment of diseases.

But look, cute glowing pigs and bunnies.

Oh, how lovely.

It would seem that there is something wrong with that? The devil is in the details.

Our world is more and more ruled by money. Okay, I won't be a moralist. But let me remind you of the classic saying that there is no such crime that the capitalist will not commit for 300% of the profit.

So GMO supporters say that sooooo many people live on Earth, they are starving, but we will make GMO plants and feed the whole world. How noble? Is not it?

But for some reason, 10 million tons of food worth 16 billion euros are annually destroyed in France. And this is only in one country taken separately.

How is it that they tell us that there is no food, they show pictures from Africa, look people are starving, and at the same time a colossal amount of food, and not GMO, but natural, just goes to the landfill. Don't you feel the contradiction?

Ever seen bulldozers crush a mountain of oranges? What for?

So the harvest is too big, if you throw them on the market, then the prices will collapse and the orange will not cost anything! This is capitalism! The market and market relations, as he liked to say, do not remember Gorbachev by nightfall.

The invisible hand of the market !.

But these are all flowers.

Imagine that you are one of the owners of the German chemical giant Bayer, which recently bought the largest GMO producer Monsanto.

(Both "monsters" produce agricultural chemicals, medications, and biological additives. Bayer created aspirin and popularized heroin (in the early 20th century) as an excellent cough suppressant.

The link below describes how IG Farben, a subsidiary of Bayer, trades with management Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz), trying to buy cheaper women for experiments, because 200 Reichsmarks apiece is too expensive!

And when all the test subjects died, he orders a new batch.

And the founder of Monsanto started out selling saccharin for Coca-Cola and supplying Agent Orange herbicide to Vietnam in the 1960s to destroy the guerrilla's forest shelters.

In total, Vietnam has an estimated 4.8 million victims of defoliant spraying, including three million directly affected and one million disabled.)

Business is nothing personal!

I will list the advantages that you get, these are just what I notice, in fact, there are many times more ingenious schemes and additional income from the GMO business.

So our main task is to gain control over food throughout the world. How?

The yield of our GM plants is 15-30% higher, at least this is what our advertisement says), our plants do not eat pests, well, the truth is they will not get used to it, or those who have not eaten such plant species before, but we we will not tell all the farmers about this?)))

The GM seeds we produce are resistant to the glyphosphate we produce (Roundup). It means that they will also buy it, after a few years the weeds get used to this herbicide, which means that the farmer will have to buy more of our herbicide, because other herbicides stop working on weeds, from the word at all. Well, of course, he will have to buy seeds again from us, because he can leave part of the crop and plant it in the ground, but nothing will grow.

Like this? The fact is that many GM seeds are designed for only one sowing and have a built-in stop-gene.

Yes, in order to buy seeds, he will take a loan from our own bank, on the security of his land and property. As a result, he could go bankrupt, like 125,000 Indian farmers who committed suicide by purchasing GM cotton seeds (The numbers are controversial in various sources 1000-50000-125000). They did not take into account several nuances, it turns out that in addition to all its advantages, our cotton consumed 1.5 times more water and was struck by a pest, and there is a shortage of water in India. Then all his property and most importantly the land will become ours.

Solid profit. An ingenious scheme!

For example: there is a large farmer who plants corn, ordinary corn … Our agents came to him, offered our seeds 30% cheaper than ordinary ones, but he turned out to be a conservative, he does not want to buy, he has enough money, plus others look at him and do not want to buy our seeds. What to do?

Buy from one of his neighbors a couple of not too large fields, pay twice three times, someone will agree. Then plant our GMO corn, and wait a couple of years. The wind and insects will carry the pollen up to 40-50 kilometers around. She will pollinate his corn, then we will send our experts, government officials and lawyers. They will run a series of tests on his fields and find GM corn there.

And according to the laws of patent law, we are the owners of intellectual property and everything that contains the combination of genes we grow. And then there are 2 options. The farmer will understand that he has no other way and will buy our seeds, and we will remove all claims. The second option, he will turn out to be a stupid stubborn farmer and we will ruin him with fines and courts. And his neighbors will clearly learn their lesson!

Another great extinction of species has begun on our planet. According to UN studies, about 28% of animals and plants have become extinct from the 60s of the twentieth century to our time. . "

By the way, let me remind you about the Doomsday Vault. Have you not heard?

The colossal repository was opened in 2008 in Norway on the island of Svalbard, part of the Svalbard archipelago, which contains the seeds of millions of plants. The construction was carried out by the Rockefeller and Bill Gates funds …

Still not enough for you? Let's continue well because everything that has been said above is only a small fraction of the iceberg, and by and large, nothing particularly terrible within the framework of the capitalist system …

In the United States, the law on the protection of Monsanto has been passed, "it opens a" Pandora's box "for the uncontrolled distribution of products hazardous to health, both for Monsanto and for other corporations that produce GMOs and other poisons: DuPont, Dow Chemical, Syngenta Corp, Cargill, etc. The Monsanto Protection Act sets a precedent that puts a group of people above the law, cancels prosecutions for these people, destroys protection guarantees for ordinary farmers, threatens the environment, the health and lives of citizens, and most importantly violates the Constitution.

The adoption of this law deprived a person of the basic right - the right to life! And according to the US Constitution, people have the right to defend this right. by all available means.

In Sweden, where transgenes are banned, 7% of the population suffer from allergies, and in the USA, where they are sold even without labeling, 70.5%.

What is it for?

It turned out that for several years after the widespread introduction of GMOs on the market in the United States, 3-5 times more foodborne diseases were recorded than, in particular, in the Scandinavian countries.

Consequences of the use of GMOs for humans:

Metabolic disorders, the appearance of antibiotic-resistant gastric microflora, mutagenic effects.

Weakening of immunity, the occurrence of allergic reactions as a result of direct exposure to transgenic proteins.

The effect of new proteins that produce inserted genes has not been studied. Health disorders associated with the accumulation of herbicides in the body, since GM plants tend to accumulate them.

Possibility of long-term carcinogenic effects (development of oncological diseases).

But the most important thing: in the second third generation, the chance to become sterile for those who use GMOs is unusually great!

At least in experiments on rats, it was about 100% extinction of the population !!! Well, we are not rats, are we more tenacious?

And for a snack: "With the exception of Japan, rectal cancer is most common in economically developed countries, which confirms the relationship between the degree of economic development of the country and the incidence of rectal cancer. The highest incidence of rectal cancer is observed in economically developed regions of North America and Western Europe, and the lowest - in Central Africa. In the economically developed countries of the world, rectal cancer is one of the leading growth rates, far ahead of most other solid malignant neoplasms."

GMOs for the planet:

The use of genetically modified plants negatively affects varietal diversity. For genetic modifications, one or two varieties are taken, with which they work, and the rest … Working with GM plants in the open field is a crime not only against humanity, but also against the diversity of life on our planet.

Who cares…

You cannot grow nearby, we are talking about tens of kilometers, GM varieties and non-GM plants!

Do not forget about the pollination by wind and insects, which leads to the almost complete disappearance of ordinary plants, just as genetically modified ones displace them.

As a result, there is a danger of extinction of many plant species. And accordingly insects and animals. In addition, some GM plants produce Bt-toxin, for example, in the main types of GM-maize, and it kills not only harmful, but also beneficial insects.

And this is the extinction of pollinated plants and HUNGER! The bulk of the bees are dying of rectal cancer! Check out the statistics of this disease in the USA!

Environmentalists warn that the impact of biotechnology may exceed the consequences of a nuclear explosion: the use of genetically modified foods leads to a loosening of the gene pool, resulting in the emergence of mutant genes and their mutant carriers.

Let me remind you that in most cases mutations have a negative role for all living beings, and only a small fraction of them can be neutral or positive.

From the point of view of medicine, the effect of genetically modified foods on humans will become apparent only after half a century, when at least one generation of people who ate transgenic food will change.

There is a rapid increase in acreage occupied by vegetative weeds, super weeds.

Well, on the little things: pollution of research sites, chemical pollution, etc.

In 1974, a commission of leading researchers in the field of molecular biology was formed in the United States to investigate this issue. In three of the most famous scientific journals (Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), a "letter from Breg" was published, which called on scientists to temporarily refrain from experiments in this area.

In 1998, the International Society of Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and Technology (PSRAST) adopted a Declaration that states the need to declare a worldwide moratorium on the release of GMOs and products into the environment. supply from them until sufficient knowledge is accumulated to determine whether the operation of this technology is justified and how harmless it is to health and the environment.

As of July 2005, 800 scientists from 82 countries of the world have signed the document.

One example of the indirect consequences of the creation of GMOs.

For the production of an amino acid, which is essential for humans, tryptophan in the United States in the late 80s. In the 20th century, a GMH bacterium was created. However, along with the usual tryptophan, for an unclear reason, she began to produce ethylene bis-tryptophan. As a result of its use, 5 thousand people fell ill, of whom 37 died, 1500 became disabled … Such trifles …

According to one version, the meningitis epidemic among English children is caused by a weakened immune system as a result of the consumption of GM-containing milk chocolate and wafer biscuits.

According to research by scientists within the framework of the state project "Assessment of the risk associated with the use of GMOs in human food" published in 2002, transgenes tend to be retained in the human body and, as a result of the so-called "horizontal transfer", to be incorporated into the genetic apparatus of intestinal microorganisms person.

Previously, such a possibility was denied! Do you understand what this is about? This is a catastrophe! This is a high probability of the appearance of superinfections that can wipe a person off the face of the Earth!

Since December 2004, the EU has banned the sale of GMOs using antibiotic resistance genes. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that manufacturers refrain from using these genes, but corporations have not completely abandoned them. The risk of such GMOs, as noted in the Oxford Collegiate Reference, is extremely high and "we have to admit that genetic engineering is not as harmless as it might seem at first glance."

Almost all research in the field of GMO safety is funded by customers - foreign corporations Monsanto, Bayer, etc. On the basis of such studies, GMO lobbyists claim that GM products are safe for humans.

According to an internal Monsanto report released with the June 2005 scandal, experimental rats fed with the new GM corn variety MON 863 experienced changes in their circulatory and immune systems.

Here is a link to a French scientist who studied the effect of GM crops on living organisms. And I was convinced of the sad consequences … As a result, bullying, litigation, dismissal, accusations of incompetence, inability to conduct experiments …

Many agribusiness corporations ignore biological knowledge without scientific justification for rebuilding traditional agriculture and sacrifice the interests of farmers and peasants to their interests.

Milton Friedman (one of the greatest modern economists) argues that “the goal of corporations is not ethics; their goal is profit ", and G. Kissinger declares -" By managing food, we manage people, by managing energy, we are managing peoples."

List of foreign companies seen using GMOs:

Kellogg's (Kellogs) - production of breakfast cereals, including corn flakes.

Nestle (Nestlé) - production of chocolate, coffee, coffee drinks, baby food.

Unilever (Unilever) - production of baby food, mayonnaise, sauces, etc.

Heinz Foods - production of ketchup, sauces.

Hershey’s (Hershis) - production of chocolate, soft drinks.

Coca-Cola (Coca-Cola) - production of drinks Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Kinley tonic.

McDonald's (McDonald's) - "restaurants" of fast food.

Danon (Danone) - production of yoghurts, kefir, cottage cheese, baby food.

Similac (Similak) - production of baby food.

Cadbury (Cadbury) - production of chocolate, cocoa.

Mars (Mars) - production of chocolate Mars, Snickers, Twix.

PepsiCo (Pepsi-Cola) - Pepsi, Mirinda, Seven-Up drinks.

Blacklist of foods that use GMOs most often

GM-soy can be found in bread, cookies, baby food, margarine, soups, pizza, instant food, meat products (for example, cooked sausages, sausages, pates), flour, sweets, ice cream, chips, chocolate, sauces, soy milk, etc. GM corn (maize) can be found in foods such as instant food, soups, sauces, condiments, chips, gum, cake mixes.

GM starch can be found in a very wide range of foods, including those that children love, such as yogurt.

70% of popular brands of baby food contain GMOs.

About 30% of coffee is genetically modified. The same situation with tea.

Papaya is 100% GMO! Genetically pure is completely destroyed.

Genetically modified food additives and flavorings

E101 and E101A (B2, riboflavin) - added to cereals, soft drinks, baby food, weight loss products;

E150 (caramel);

E153 (carbonate);

E160a (beta-carotene, provitamin A, retinol);

E160b (annatto);

E160d (lycopene);

E234 (lowland);

E235 (natamycin);

E270 (lactic acid);

E300 (vitamin C - ascorbic acid);

from E301 to E304 (ascorbates);

from E306 to E309 (tocopherol / vitamin E);

E320 (BHA);

E321 (BHT);

E322 (lecithin);

from E325 to E327 (lactates);

E330 (citric acid);

E415 (xanthine);

E459 (beta-cyclodextrin);

E460 to E469 (cellulose);

E470 and E570 (salts and fatty acids);

fatty acid esters (E471, E472a & b, E473, E475, E476, E479b);

E481 (sodium stearoyl 2-lactylate);

from E620 to E633 (glutamic acid and glutamates);

E626 to E629 (guanylic acid and guanylates);

E630 to E633 (inosinic acid and inosinates);

E951 (aspartame);

E953 (isomalt);

E957 (thaumatin);

E965 (maltinol).

Modified starch at first glance not GM. It is modified by physical, chemical or biological methods … But 70% of the starch in the world is from GM plants, therefore the probability that you have taken not only a product containing modified starch, but also genetically modified starch is very high.

In the world already now 180 million hectares employed for transgenic crops. They are grown in the USA, Canada, China, South Africa, Argentina, Ukraine (they are not yet available in Russia, only on experimental sites).

BAN OF GMOs

In the United States

Only California, Mendocino, Trinity and Marin counties have successfully banned GM crops. Voters in other counties in California have tried to impose similar measures, but they have failed.

In Australia

Several Australian states have banned GM crops, but most have since lifted those bans. Only South Australia still has a ban on GM crops, although Tasmania has a moratorium until November 2014.

In Japan

The Japanese are strongly against genetically modified crops and no GM seeds are planted in the country. However, large quantities of rapeseed are imported from Canada (one of the world's largest producers of GM rapeseed) and currently wild GM rapeseed grows around Japanese ports and roads to large food companies.

Genetically modified rapeseed such as Monsanto's Roundup Ready rapeseed has been found growing around 5 of the 6 ports tested for GM contamination.

In New Zealand

None genetically modified foods are not grown in the country.

In Germany

There is a ban on the cultivation and sale of GMO corn.

In Norway

(Added in 2015): In 2014, she wrote a law on gene technology, according to which in the country forbidden growing and selling GMOs. The province of Oppland has been declared GMO-free.

In Ireland

Everything GM crops were banned from cultivation in 2009 and a voluntary labeling system was introduced for products containing genetically modified foods that are identified as such.

In Austria, Hungary, Greece, Poland, Bulgaria, Luxembourg and Of Italy

There are bans on the cultivation and sale of GMOs.

In France

Monsanto's MON810 GM corn was previously allowed in the country, but has been banned by the government since 2008. There is widespread public distrust of GMOs. Monsanto's fields were burned by indignant farmers!

Madeira

The small, autonomous Portuguese island asked for a nationwide ban on genetically modified crops, and the EU allowed it last year.

In Switzerland

The country banned everything GM organisms have been on their fields and farms since a public referendum was held in 2005, but the original ban was passed for five years. The ban was extended until 2013.

In India

The government banned GM eggplants at the last minute, which were planned to be planted in 2010. However, farmers were encouraged to plant Monsanto's genetically modified cotton with devastating results.

The English newspaper Daily Mail reported that approximately 125,000 farmerswho planted GM seeds committed suicide due to crop failure and huge debts.

In thailand

The country both supports and opposes GM crops. The country brought GM papaya from Hawaii, where it was being tested on a large scale, but the country changed its plans when the seeds went wild and began to pollute nearby crops.

As a result, some countries such as Japan have attempted to restrict the import of papaya from Thailand, unwilling to import any genetically modified food. Thailand is currently trying to cover two sides - the production of organic food for some countries at a high cost, although there is a trend towards growing GM crops.

The country has also tried to declare some areas GMO-free in order to increase the level of trust among other countries in their food.

Which countries are already using GM crops?

• USA currently mainly grows GM lines of corn, rapeseed and soybeans. GM papaya is now growing in Hawaii. Approvals have also been given for modified lines of alfalfa, squash, sugar beet and tomato, although not all are currently grown. A recent attempt to approve GM salmon (salmon) has led to the introduction of the first GM animal to be eaten in the United States.

• China is an one of the largest producers of GM crops.

• Germany, Sweden and Czech Republic approved for growing GM potatoes.

• Government Finland and the population is sensitive to genetically modified foods. No GMOs are grown in the country as no approved GM crops are suitable for cultivation in the country due to the weather conditions.

• Government Zambia launched a campaign to get the public to support GM technology.

• Canada makes extensive use of GM culture. Almost all Canadian canola is GM, like most soybeans and corn. Prince Edward Island tried to ban GMO cultivation, but failed, and is currently growing GM crops.

• Spain currently grows GMO corn (about 20% of the country's corn is modified).

• Czech Republic, Slovakia, Portugal, Romania everyone grows GMO corn.

• Philippines GM crops are grown.

• Pakistan has been growing genetically modified Bt cotton from Monsanto since 2008 (cotton with the gene of the bacterium Bt (Bacillus Thuringiensis), since 2013 - GM eggplant, other crops are pending approval.

• European Union (EU) approved the cultivation of some GM crops (including potatoes and corn), but some countries may opt out of growing them. However, most EU countries do not have the right to refuse the sale of genetically modified foods.

• South Africa increases the number of GM crops grown.

• England officially supports GM crops and is testing potatoes already planted with GMOs. However, there was widespread public distrust of cultures and Prince Charles was vigorously opposed to GMOs.

• South America widely uses and grows GM crops.

• As mentioned above, Thailand alternately supports and abandons GM crops.

• India also makes extensive use of genetically modified cotton.

You can import GMOs into France

Here is a list of those who favor GMOs.

Database of registered GMOs:

An article by opponents of GMOs.

The GMO advocate has a very good selection.

What to do?

Experiments with GM organisms must be equated with experiments with the most virulent strains of plague, and the same level of laboratory safety must be ensured!

Prohibit planting in open ground! Burn out fields with GM plants, at least localize their location and cultivation, by any means

Medicines containing at least a trace amount of GMOs should be labeled so that a person has a choice to use them or not.

Label all products with a content of GM organisms from 0.5%.

For deliberately contaminating fields with GM pollen, harsh imprisonment and a heavy fine.

Urgently increase the number of banks for storing genetically pure seeds.

Regularly conduct experiments on animals on the influence and long-term consequences of the use of GMOs. Double-blind.

Ensure the availability of analyzes of genetic purity, primarily of food products, to the consumer.

Ensure total control over each batch of GM organisms, especially careful for each GM mammal. They must be microchipped and have a radio beacon.

Give people a choice …

Now it's time to decide which side you are on …