Reasons Why We Don’t Need GM Foods
Sunday, September 16, 2012 6:52
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Genetically modified (GM) foods are often promoted as a way to feed the world. But this is little short of a confidence trick. Far from needing more GM foods, there are urgent reasons why we need to ban them altogether.
1. GM foods won’t solve the food crisis
A 2008 World Bank report concluded that increased biofuel production is the major cause of the increase in food prices. Biofuels are crops grown for fuel rather than food. GM giant Monsanto has been at the heart of the lobbying for biofuels — while profiting enormously from the resulting food crisis and using it as a PR opportunity to promote GM foods!
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2012-09-16 06:45:59
Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2012/09/reasons-why-we-dont-need-gm-foods.html
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