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The hand on the left contains seeds developed in a laboratory by Monsanto (the blue coating contains 5 different toxic chemicals). The hand on the right contains seeds that come from mother nature. Don't you think we should have the right to know which one we are eating and buying? Citizens of Oregon and Colorado are voting on this very important issue this November. Please spread the word, join their campaigns and donate if you can - we really have a shot to change the whole country if these 2 states win!
Oregon Right To Know and Right To Know Colorado - GMO
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]One of the most important issues we face. The toxins used affect our soil, water, other plants (think superweeds), and animal life, from insects to mammals.
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ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)The graphic is showing seed corn which has been treated with pesticides and then dyed so that farmers don't confuse it with harvest corn. Seed treatments come in a rainbow of colors to help identify which is which. The same with organic seed corn. You're being lied to. Pretty sad to see the anti-gmo/anti-science folks resort to this degree of propaganda.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)I thought seed corn was the best of the corn seeds.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Strangely colored corn seeds are very normal.
pnwmom
(108,973 posts)Why would anyone want to eat corn -- of whatever color -- whose special quality is that it won't die when it's liberally sprayed with toxins?
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)pnwmom
(108,973 posts)Used in yards, farms and parks throughout the world, Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have found that one of Roundups inert ingredients can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells.
The new findings intensify a debate about so-called inerts the solvents, preservatives, surfactants and other substances that manufacturers add to pesticides. Nearly 4,000 inert ingredients are approved for use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Glyphosate, Roundups active ingredient, is the most widely used herbicide in the United States. About 100 million pounds are applied to U.S. farms and lawns every year, according to the EPA.
Until now, most health studies have focused on the safety of glyphosate, rather than the mixture of ingredients found in Roundup. But in the new study, scientists found that Roundups inert ingredients amplified the toxic effect on human cellseven at concentrations much more diluted than those used on farms and lawns.
One specific inert ingredient, polyethoxylated tallowamine, or POEA, was more deadly to human embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells than the herbicide itself a finding the researchers call astonishing.
SNIP
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)The EPA has conducted many studies on Roundup, and those studies have had different results. The article you posted even says this. Similarly, there have been a few studies that go against the current thought of climate change, but so many studies support climate change, that we general disregard the minority studies. Though just because this one Roundup study contradicts the other studies does not automatically mean it is wrong. I would like to see these things be continued to be studied, but we should go with the majority of studies, like we do with climate change.
pnwmom
(108,973 posts)that are turning up problems with Roundup.
Go ahead and eat all the GMO foods you want. But they should be labeled so people who don't want to eat Round-up doused foods don't have to.