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New Report Challenges GM Industry Myths |
"The
report GMO
Myths and Truths is a detailed study covering everything from the genetic engineering
technique through to an analysis of the benefits of GM foods and crops. The report is
heavily referenced, allowing the reader to determine the validity of the authors’
conclusions. The section on GM crops’ impact on the farm and environment seriously
questions the benefits of growing these crops, citing examples of increased pesticide use, pest resistance, inconclusive yield
benefits and their value in feeding the worlds increasing population..... weighing in at over 120 pages ... it’s not the weight that
makes for uncomfortable reading but the detailed critique of many of the supposed benefits
of GM technology and the fact that these have all been brought together in one report.
What makes it even more difficult to ignore is the credentials of the authors concerned,
these are not your light-weight anti-everything tree huggers but acclaimed scientists. This should open up the debate at a high level on the benefits of
GM crops and be essential reading not just for policy makers. The questions raised in this
report are too numerous and serious to be simply disregarded." |
| Saving the monarch butterfly: Iowa State University biologist explains census discrepancy Iowa State University News Service, 2 August 2017 |
| Monsanto's Roundup blamed for
the decline of the monarch butterfly St Louis Post-Dispatch, 4 February 2015 |
| Monarch butterfly decline linked to spread of GM crops CBC News, 4 June 2014 |
Migration of Monarch Butterflies Shrinks
Again Under Inhospitable Conditions |
Current weed control programs in cotton
‘not sustainable’ |
| Study ties GMO corn, soybeans to butterfly losses Star Tribune, 16 March 2013 |
Study ties GMO corn, soybeans to butterfly
losses |
| GM rice spreads, prompts debate in China AFP, 15 June 2011 |
| GM crop escapes into the American wild Nature, 6 August 2010 |
| Modified genes found in wild plant, possibly cross between
GMOs Kyodo News International, 2 July 2010 |
* American scientists at the US Department of
Agirculture have discovered that the use of GM glyphosate resistant crops is stimulating
detrimental pathogens in the soil (The
Organic & Non-GMO Report, January 2010)
Genetically
modified herbicide-resistant genes from oil seed rape (canola) have be found to have
transfered to weeds in Canada which have then proved to be persistent (StarPhoenix, 19
February 2008)
No pesticide savings for
Bt cotton as growers in China lose money, Newswise, 25 July 2006
Bt Cotton in US fails to improve
biodiversity, Scientific American, 2 May 2006
GM Cotton
Damages Environment In China - Xinhuanet report
Argentina's bitter GM harvest, New Scientist
17 April 2004
Bt
toxin is released in root exudates from 12 transgenic corn hybrids representing three
transformation events Soil Biology & Biochemistry v.34, i.1 Jan02
'Welsh Farmer' - Flaws in GM crop trials - Feb 2002
'GM
volunteer canoloa causes havoc' - Article - Monsanto forced to resort to hand weeding
GM
fields spread new superweeds - Sunday Times
Monsanto gears up for special
chemical mixtures against GM 'superweeds'
Horizontal
Gene Transfer - DNA in the Soil
GM Potatoes
Alter Soil Ecology
New US corn viruses - is GM the prime suspect?
Glyphosate
treated GM soy regime impact on soil micro-organisms
Effect of RR soy
regime on nitrogen fixation
Lethal
effects of Bt corn on Monarch Butterfly
First multiple HT GM gene-flow
discovered in UK OSR trials
NZ Scientists warn of DDT type
GM mistakes
GM crops not
needed for sustainable industrial products
Insecticide
from GM corn seeps into soil - study
GE crops with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
genes suspected to disturb soil ecology
Bt Impacts on Soil
Microbial Communities Needs Further Study
Persistence
of transgenic sugar beet DNA in soil and horizontal gene transfer
Biodiversity impact of
herbicide resistant crops - Iowa State University
Bt maize kills
non-target beneficial insects (see mid page of link)
GM potatoes kill
natural predators of aphids
Oestrogen levels rise
risk in Roundup Ready Soya beans
Biosafety of the UN
Convention on Biological Diversity
Compositional change in
milk from cows fed on GM soya
Doubts over mutant pollen from gm
crops in Honey - University of Leicester
Biodiversity impact of
herbicide resistant crops - Iowa State University
Non-target effects of
Bt corn pollen on the Monarch butterfly
GM OSR cross pollination
found up to 2.5 km away - Scottish Crop Research Institute
New Scientist - rape
cross pollination
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