Malcom wrote: "Hello Brooks, were you aware of the effect GMO corn or its pollen is having on Mexican corn varieties..."
> Mysterious 'Alien' Corn Invades Mexico Countryside > > By Pav Jordan > > CAPULALPAN, Mexico (Reuters) - In this one- telephone village in the hills > > of Mexico's Oaxaca state, corn grows out of cracks in the sidewalks, along > > roadsides and anywhere else it can find soil. > > That may sound like a farmer's utopia, but for people in Capulalpan and a > > host of other mountain settlements where corn is a staple of every family's > > diet, it is more like an aberration of nature. > > Local and foreign scientists have concluded the mysterious, ubiquitous corn > > variety is genetically modified, and illegal. > > The presence of the modified corn amid local corn varieties is not yet > > alarming, but scientists warn it could usurp the hardier Oaxaca corn > > quickly unless it is stopped soon. > > Transgenic strains were found in 15 of 22 communities in these hills and in > > 3 to 10 percent of plants in the fields sampled. > > "What's frightening is how fast it has spread," said Yolanda Lara, > > spokeswoman for Oaxaca's non- governmental Rural Development Agency. > > "The government must put a stop to this." ...( more ) > jr
