Keith
My understanding was that the 'poistive' attributes of GM crops/foods
were supposed to be that they got a higher yield, for insects didn't take as
much, plus it was less expensive to grow them for there was no need for
pesticides, etc. It seems that even those traits are not panning out though.
Or have
I misunderstood?
best wishes
Shan
In a message dated 25/08/2008 2:13:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Most studies have found that use of pesticides with GM crops goes up,
not down as promised by Monsanto et al.
Best
Keith
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Dear Doug,
>>
>> I see you bought into Al Jazeera's headline.
>>
>> What is the Connection between the crop being GM and the harm
>>caused by the pesticide?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Wendell
>>
>>
>Nope, I've not bought into anything, merely copy and pasted the title
>into the email. True, there's no mention of GM in the video... has to
>do more with the pesticides used on the crops. It's my opinion that
>crops grown naturally will maintain a natural resistance to pests, and
>while the pests may consume a percentage of the crop, the pests are a
>lesser bane to both the farmers, and the consumers of food, than
>whatever pesticides might be used to control the pests, (and in the
>process, killing the organisms, earthworms, bacteria, mycelium, in the
>soil that make for a living substrate for crops grown in it.)
>
>As far as getting my "news" from Al Jazeera, yes, I do read it, and CNN,
>and PressTV, and Haaretz, and Democracy Now, The Hindu, Voice of
>America, Reuters, the list goes on and on... Each one has their own
>style of spin, and like religions, each has a small thread ot truth that
>winds through it. Careful analysis will expose truth amongst the
>spins... Unless I am there, and have seen with my own eyes, all reports
>arriving at my eyes are suspect...
>
>doug
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