Which only shows the need for safety testing of non-GMOs as well. L
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > Nabby, did you not see the update at the end? It wasn't > GMO grass after all. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Posted: June 25, 2012 Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing > > Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle > > <http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquisitr.\ > > com%2F262111%2Fgenetically-modified-grass-begins-releasing-cyanide-kills\ > > -texas-cattle%2F&media=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.inquisitr.com%2Fwp-content%2Fupl\ > > oads%2F2012%2F06%2FTifton-85-Cyanide-Grass-is-killing-cows-e134063269664\ > > 6.jpg&description=When a herd of cattle suddenly died in Central Texas > > investigators were dispatched to the scene to investigate and now > > preliminary test results are blaming the> [Tifton 85 Cyanide Grass is > > killing cows] > > When a herd of cattle suddenly died in Central Texas investigators were > > dispatched to the scene to investigate and now preliminary test results > > are blaming the animals deaths on the genetically modified grass the > > cows were consuming. > > > > The cows which were grazing on an 80-acre patch owned by Jerry Abel in > > Elgin, Texas died several weeks ago. > > > > Abel tells CBS Station KEYE that the grass should have been perfect > > since it had "a lot of leaf, it's good grass, tested high for > > protein � it should have been perfect." > > > > The grass was a form of Bermuda known as Tifton 85 and it has been > > around for 15 years on the Abel farm. Unfortunately something went > > horribly wrong several weeks ago and according to Abel: > > > > "When our trainer first heard the bellowing, he thought our pregnant > > heifer may be having a calf or something. But when he got down here, > > virtually all of the steers and heifers were on the ground. Some were > > already dead, and the others were already in convulsions." > > > > It turns out that the grass for some unknown reason began producing > > cyanide gas which is poisonous to cattle. > > > > Other farms quickly began testing their fields and while no other cattle > > deaths have been reported at least several farmers found toxic cyanide > > in their Tifton 85 grass. > > > > According to the Examiner > > <http://www.examiner.com/article/15-year-old-field-of-gm-tifton-85-grass\ > > -suddenly-produces-cyanide-kills-cattle> the grass which has suffered > > from drought conditions for the last several years is now being > > dissected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to see if some type of > > strange mutation may have occurred. > > > > Update: The original report we received stated that the grass was a GMO > > version of Tifton 85. In fact it was a hybridized version of the > > product. > > >
