permaculture

[Stephen Sherman <spsherm@msn.com>]

Exactly Lawrence.  And even beyond that, there was no recognition that 
changing the delivery methods and plant location of previously approved 
chemicals requires reassessing their safety.  I guess that is what 
happens when you put industry lawyers in charge of the science which is 
supposed to protect people's health.

On 9/18/2015 2:15 PM, Lawrence London wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Stephen Sherman <spsherm@msn.com> wrote:
>
> > Number 3 is probably the biggest red flag for what has currently been done
> > with GMOs.  Ignoring the unanswered questions about the safety of the
> > methodology and long term consequences of the new features, industry has
> > mostly used this technology to increase sales of their herbicides and
> > generate internal insecticides; which has led to increased use and human
> > exposure to these chemicals, with little or no regard for their safety and
> > the consequences of increased use in the biosphere of these toxins.
>
> I have read that the revolving door in the best government money can buy
> has led to instant approval of GM O's ag industry seeks to
> manufacture and deploy into the environment. Of course approval of the
> methods and materials used to grow these GM O's has already been granted as
> a standard turnkey component of large scale farming. Lack of adequate and
> effective testing of these GM O's means that
> they are introduced onto farmland and adjoining lands with absolutely no
> idea of the long term effects on human health from GM O food consumption,
> contact with the GM O and any chemicals used to produce it, one of which is
> cancer from the herbicide glyphosate and Roundup, and unavoidable
> significant adverse environmental consequences.
> > <
> Father Daniel Berrigan, Jesuit priest, peace activist and poet, gave the
> world’s shortest graduation address at Xavier High School in New York:
> “Know where you stand and stand there.”
> > <
> LL