Why is there a lack of thorough evaluation? Key corporations behind genetic engineering are doing everything in their power to prevent it, meanwhile buying time on mass media (or providing donor support to public media sources such as NPR) to “greenwash” Americans until they’re too confused to know what’s really going on. Scientists who study genetically engineered crops are scorned if their research doesn’t promote GMOs in a positive light. The leading scientific journal Science Direct recently published a study showing significant conflict of interest in so-called “research” done on the health risks and nutritional assessment of genetically modified products. And yet without any studies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have all determined that genetically modified food is “the same as, or substantially equivalent to, substances commonly found in food.” Which means GMO foods are not required to undergo specific safety tests prior to entering the market. If the makers of the GM foods claim that they are safe, the FDA has no further questions. In fact the FDA recently granted Monsanto the ability to conduct their own environmental impact studies. The 2012/2013 Farm Bill currently contains a rider that if passed as is, grants Monsanto complete immunity from FDA control over where and how they plant future GMO test crops. No less than 61 other countries in the world—including the entire European Union, China, Japan, Russia and Australia—have laws in place to label, restrict, or outright ban GMO food and/or grains. Why not the U.S.? Just ask Norman Braksick, President of Monsanto subsidiary Asgrow Seed: “If you put a label on genetically engineered food, you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it,” as quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994. #GMO
Posted on: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:40:35 +0000
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