Monday, October 22, 2012

GMO awareness

Sharing some links about GMO foods today. I wrote my MP 3 yrs ago asking why (In Canada) we don't have foods that contain GMO's labeled so that consumers can make informed choices. My MP wrote back and said it isn't necessary, woulnd't be "possible" and is not something the public demands.... (among other excuses) . I think its time again to mount a campaign demanding that foods containing GMO's be labeled so people can choose to buy them or not.  Thankfully, so far in Canada, foods that are labeled organic cannot contain GMO at all.

20 GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS COMING TO YOUR PLATE

" If the need to halt GMOs were not urgent enough, this article should scare the pants off you. Here we glimpse some of the potentials for the unabated and bizarre proliferation of GMOs. Some of these developments you will already know about (hopefully), but some will come as a surprise. As I see it we are now at a crossroads where we can still dismantle this dangerous and perverted manipulation of the very fabric of life, the sacred code of nature, which will undoubtedly affect each and every one of us in profound ways now and in the future.

Here we are reminded that the fight against GMOs and to save organics is not just a battle for what we knew yesterday, which is bad enough. It is a fight against the future of the GE movement and the unlikely and increasingly creepy, scary, and deranged turns it will likely take. Just today I read elsewhere that 35 species of fish, in addition to salmon, are slotted to be genetically engineered for various traits. I am not going to preview the highlights of what is below, but maybe you too will be left wondering, “What will they think of next?” " (follow this link to read more)



Organic Consumers Association - Ready to take on Monsanto?

Ready to Take On Monsanto?
Watch Genetic Roulette and You Will Be!





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