The United States comprehensively rethinks genetically modified technology
2010-07-06 08:47:00 Source: International Herald Posted 0 news on mobile phones
U.S. Genetically modified technology has changed, and is changing from the development idea of ??challenging nature and going against nature to the framework of "respecting nature" and "obeying nature"
"International Herald Herald" reporter Jin Wei, a special contributor, spoke bluntly. Since Beijing and New York, "The grass we used to be able to kill without a drop of pesticide has now been genetically modified into a 'super grass' that is invulnerable to all pesticides." Anderson is a farmer in western Tennessee, USA. Starting last year, He began to suffer from a weed called amaranth.
This kind of grass can grow seven to eight centimeters a day, and can grow up to more than two meters, covering all the crops underneath and preventing sunlight from being seen. These thick weeds are so strong that harvesters are often damaged by them.
No less than ten species of “super weeds” are raging in at least millions of hectares of farmland in 22 states in the United States. The most common feature of these farmlands is that they all plant genetically modified crops and use Monsanto (an American agricultural biochemical company)’s “Roundup” patented herbicide.
Today, herbicide-resistant weeds "fostered" by herbicides are flooding farmland, forcing farmers to spray more toxic herbicides. Unfortunately, all herbicides are ineffective against this superweed, and Monsanto says it will take another six years to develop herbicides for these mutated weeds.
Farmers cannot wait for 6 years. In order to weed, they try every means, or simply use hand weeding. After investing hundreds of thousands of dollars to control weeds but still ineffective, many farmers choose to give up. Super weeds are spreading in genetically modified planting areas, forcing some farmland to become barren.
In the United States, genetically modified crops are taking off their mythical coat. American scientists said: Genetically modified crops are far less wonderful than originally imagined, let alone as magical as promised by genetically modified technology companies.
Doctors’ Tips on Avoiding Genetically Modified Foods
The United States’ comprehensive reflection on genetically modified foods began last year and has reached a climax in recent times.
In May 2009, the report released by the American Academy of Environmental Medical Sciences caused a sensation. The report strongly recommends that genetically modified foods pose serious safety threats to patients, calls on member doctors not to allow their patients to eat genetically modified foods, and educates people in their communities to avoid eating genetically modified foods as much as possible.
“Some animal experiments have shown that eating genetically modified foods poses serious risks to health, including infertility, immune problems, accelerated aging, insulin regulation, and changes in major organs and gastrointestinal systems,” American Academy of Sciences Environmental The Institute of Medicine concluded that "there is a causal relationship between genetically modified foods and adverse health effects."
"More and more doctors are prescribing Prescribe GMO-free foods (to patients).” After reviewing more than 600 scientific journals, world-renowned biologist Pushpami Barga concluded that GMOs are a major factor in the rapid deterioration of American health.
As for the principle of genetic damage, the institute pointed out that the genes inserted into genetically modified soybeans will be transferred to the DNA of bacteria living in our intestines and continue to function. This means that after eating, although we do not eat genetically modified food, potentially harmful genetic proteins are still continuously produced in our bodies. "To put it more clearly, eating genetically modified corn will transform our intestinal bacteria into living pesticide manufacturers." Factory, probably until we die.”
After the report was released, the US Department of Health also published a scientific paper at the end of 2009, indicating that genetically modified foods can cause damage to internal organs. According to a survey report by the U.S. National Science Foundation, most people have negative attitudes and doubts about genetic modification.
In the United States, although genetically modified foods are not labeled, officially certified non-GMO foods, that is, natural and organic foods, will be clearly labeled.
Data from the United States Department of Agriculture show that retail sales of organic food in the United States rose from $3.6 billion in 1997 to $211 billion in 2008. Despite the economic recession in the United States, the organic market has been booming. , and leading to regular shortages of organic products.