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[QUOTE=lightworker888;950899]Thought I would share this very good short interview with Jeffrey Smith who speaks directly to the gov'ts regarding GMO's. It is a clear current understanding of the issues of GMO's for our health and the health of our children and grandchildren, not to mention the planet. It is well worth listening and sharing as the more we learn and share the more we can be part of the solution rather than add to the problem.

LW888

Some important information about Jeffrey Smith's credentials or lack of to discuss this important subject. As someone that has raised corn and wheat it would almost be impossible now without the developments made in crop management and no till which saves on costs and also saves our soil from erosion.


This excerpt is from the article at the link below:

Anti-GMO Scientist Gilles-Eric Seralini, Activist Jeffrey Smith Withdraw from Food Biotech Debate - Forbes



Oz often characterizes Smith as a “scientist.” However his employment history reflects no formal training in any aspect of science, let alone biotechnology. Keith Kloor, who writes a respected blog for Discover, refers to him as a prototypical purveyor of pseudo-science. “He is the equivalent of an anti-vaccine leader, someone who is quite successful in spreading fear and false information,” Kloor writes.



From the comments section of the article at the link above.

Farming is not magic. It requires the use of pesticides. Organic farmers heavily use pesticides, such as the spraying of Bt–the same chemical incorporated into Bt cotton in India, for example. All farming, organic and conventional, requires crop management. The use of chemicals, natural or synthetic, can result in resistance. Farmers have been addressing this issue, successfully, for 60 years or more. Well before Roundup (glyphosate) was paired with biotechnology, it was used in agriculture. It’s been tested by many international oversight groups including the EPA and been found to be an extremely mild pesticides and biodegradable. Glyphosate has a United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxicity Class of III (on a I to IV scale, where IV is least dangerous) for oral and inhalation exposure. Epidemiological studies have found no associations between long term exposure to glyphosate and any disease. he EPA considers glyphosate to be noncarcinogenic and relatively low in dermal and oral acute toxicity.[48] The EPA considered a “worst case” dietary risk model of an individual eating a lifetime of food derived entirely from glyphosate-sprayed fields with residues at their maximum levels. This model indicated that no adverse health effects would be expected under such conditions, No pesticides is “environmentally friendly” and Monsanto has not made that claim. In comparative terms, however, glyphosate is as close to a miracle pesticide as is on the market today. Monsanto has not been successfully sued for misleading consumers about its biodegradibility. When glyphosate comes into contact with the soil, it can be rapidly bound to soil particles and be inactivated. Unbound glyphosate can be degraded by bacteria. Glyphosate and its degradation product, aminomethylphosphonate (AMPA), residues are considered to be much more toxicologically and environmentally benign than most of the herbicides replaced by glyphosate.

Here are a few resources so you can educate yourself instead of spouting nonsense:

Williams, Amy Lavin; Watson, Rebecca E.; DeSesso, John M. (1 January 2012). “Developmental and Reproductive Outcomes in Humans and Animals After Glyphosate Exposure: A Critical Analysis”. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B 15 (1): 39–96. doi:10.1080/10937404.2012.632361

Balthazor, Terry M.; Hallas, Laurence E. (1986). “Glyphosate-Degrading Microorganisms from Industrial Activated Sludge”. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 51 (2): 432–4. PMC 238888. PMID 16346999

Cerdeira, Antonio L.; Duke, Stephen O. (1 January 2010). “Effects of glyphosate-resistant crop cultivation on soil and water quality”. GM Crops 1 (1): 16–24. doi:10.4161/gmcr.1.1.9404



From this USDA web link:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/ofp/ofp.shtml

Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides. (MOST BUT NOT ALL CONVENTIONAL PESTICIDES)