If GMO crops are so amazing, why has almost half the world put a ban on them?
I don't know. I let the science guide me, not popular opinion.
Is it because they are super jealous of our GMO's?
Maybe, or maybe they are just ignorant alarmist.
Why is Monsanto and other GMO giants fighting tooth-and-nail to keep GMO's from labeling?
Because if there is nothing wrong with them then labeling them will unfairly hurt their business. It would be like me saying that using cow manure on your crops makes them unsafe and we need to label food so people know if it was fertilized with cow manure or not. Nevermind the fact that I have absolutely no evidence to support my claim, I still want to continue fear mongering.
If its so amazing, they would highly promote GMO's just like every other amazing technology out there!
They are. Why do you think there is so much controversy? People are out there promoting them. Ever heard of golden rice?
You want proof that GMO's cause cancer?
Yes.
We know commercial herbicides like BT cause cancer, and in "BT Corn" the pesicide is genetically modified into every cell in the plant, so you are guaranteed pesticides in your food. Most GMO crops will not even grow unless you put other herbicides like Round Up on them, so you know it is in the soil and will be absorbed by the crops.
Do you have sources for any of this? As far as I know the herbicide bt is safe for human consumption and most other animals (including most insects) too. It is pretty selective in what it kills. It's almost like there was a lot of thought and consideration put into engineering the exact qualities we want the plant to possess, and adding just that to the genome. It's almost like we planned it that way.
I also don't know of any gmo crops that require herbicides to grow, they are used for the same reason they are used on non gmo crops. Except the gmo is designed to withstand it.
The GMO food aside, the extra amount of chemicals that these crops need are polluting all the water on this earth and a ridiculous rate.
I feel like you don't understand the purpose of GMO. It's not that they need extra chemicals because they are GMO. Extra chemicals are needed, so we designed plants that will allow us to safely use the chemicals to kill pests and increase yield.
Monsanto also sues people for copyright infringement who dont want GMO's, but the pollen has come onto their lawn and infected their crops. How about you GMO lovers watch ONE documentary on GMO's because all I see coming out of your mouth is the stuff that normal people push out their @ss. Watch "The Future of Food" and tell me that GMO's are great. Organic isnt expensive, thats the cost of real food. Are you gunna start telling people "Why would I go buy some food and make a meal when McDonalds makes my food and its cheaper? Its the same thing!" ?
So you hate the monsanto corporation. I don't disagree the company can be less than ethical, but that is not evidence of GMO being bad in and of itself.
I love how things work out though, because everyone who doesnt look into the dangers of GMO's will be the first Guinea pigs to truly discover what this so called healthy food is doing to them. People will look back at this in history and realize it is one of the biggest mistakes mankind has ever made in tampering with nature to this extent, if GMO's dont destroy the world before. Between the GMO's "terminator gene" (which makes the plant produce non-viable seeds) and the insecticides in the pollen which are destroying bee polulations, if this is allowed to continue it could destroy plant life on this planet.
Or maybe people look back on it and marvel how human ingenuity was able to help feed so many people that would otherwise have starved.
