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| Author: | SunnysideTroll [ Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | GMOs can cause significant destruction to the environment |
"Cow corn" is a colloquial term for types of corn which are grown for feeding livestock. It's ubiquitous in rural areas all over southwestern Ontario where I'm originally from. Today, the seeds that farmers use to plant this corn are more often than not of a variety that has been genetically modified. These crops require chemical treatment. As a result, ground water gets contaminated. The contaminated ground water will eventually seep into our precious lakes and rivers. The anhydrous ammonia that is used for fertilizer dries up the earth which causes high rates of erosion, and it also saps the soil of its fertility. Monsanto's "Roundup" is used as well. This chemical was designed to be an herbicide, but it also kills countless bees and other pollinators. |
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| Author: | SunnysideTroll [ Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GMOs can cause significant destruction to the environmen |
In the spring of 2016, genetically modified alfalfa (hay) seed was released in Canada for the first time ever. Many farmers are up in arms over this development. You see, if this seed is planted, then it could potentially contaminate fields everywhere. For more info about GM alfalfa, check out: www.cban.ca/alfalfa |
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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Sun Jan 01, 2017 8:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GMOs can cause significant destruction to the environmen |
| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Sun Jan 01, 2017 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GMOs can cause significant destruction to the environmen |
| Author: | SunnysideTroll [ Sun Jan 01, 2017 1:25 pm ] |
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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Sun Jan 01, 2017 3:35 pm ] |
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| Author: | SunnysideTroll [ Sun Jan 01, 2017 7:22 pm ] |
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"Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying." -- Dr. David Suzuki, host of CBC's 'The Nature of Things' |
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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GMOs can cause significant destruction to the environmen |
| Author: | SunnysideTroll [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 7:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GMOs can cause significant destruction to the environmen |
Lawrence MacAulay currently sits in Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture & Agri-Food. He has a constituency office set up in Montague, PEI. A Cavendish Farms potato processing plant is located in Montague too, and so is a building that houses the Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development. Since MacAulay has held his post in Cabinet, Health Canada has approved the genetically modified Innate potato and genetically modified salmon. Coincidence? Check out: www.cban.ca/fish Check out: www.cban.ca/potato |
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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GMOs can cause significant destruction to the environmen |
| Author: | SunnysideTroll [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 11:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GMOs can cause significant destruction to the environmen |
Genetically engineered (GE) gene drives are what worries me the most these days. A GE gene drive, if you haven't already heard, is a fairly new type of technology that was designed to be used for aggressively spreading a bio-engineered trait among a species or other population in nature. A lot of the sane people of the world are calling for a global moratorium on these potentially hazardous GE gene drives. Anyway, you can find out more about them by downloading info @ http://www.synbiowatch.org/gene-drives/ ... oratorium/ |
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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GMOs can cause significant destruction to the environmen |
| Author: | SunnysideTroll [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:24 pm ] |
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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 11:16 pm ] |
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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 11:28 pm ] |
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