A farmer in Oregon has found some genetically engineered wheat growing on his land. It's an unwelcome surprise, because this type of wheat has never been approved for commercial planting. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it's , trying to find out how this wheat got there. The USDA says there's no risk to public health, but wheat are worried about how their customers in Asia and Europe will react. https://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2...wheat-found-in-oregon-field-howd-it-get-there Japan cancelled its wheat import from the US. https://www.kgw.com/news/local/Japan-suspends-some-US-wheat-imports-209551661.html TOKYO -- Japan has suspended certain wheat imports from the United States after a genetically-modified crop was found growing in an Oregon field. Japan, the second-biggest importer of U.S. wheat behind Mexico, canceled some orders while the U.S. tries to figure how the illegal Monsanto wheat got to the Eastern Oregon farm. I can no longer say I will be safe. All it takes is a bird to go west from east & drop 1 seed to screw over an organic farm. :sweat:
I'm fairly sure (unscientifically) that the GMO genie is out of the bottle. I think the best next line of defense is to hold some crops GMO free in perpetuity, like sugarcane for instance. Sugarbeets(the most common source of refined white sugar) is GMO. Sugarcane is not (yet). Actually, I'm not sure if anti-monopoly laws couldn't be used to fight that. Of course, having a single type of crop being GMO would be the best thing, while having everything else free from GMOs. For instance, having a single grain being GMO(corn), while having the rest of them not GMO(wheat, oats, barley, etc.). Another thing we could always do is keep a list of GMO crops and just not eat those crops ever. However, I'm not sure about the safety of GMOs that were designed to actually help people and not just to increase a company's bottom line, such as golden wheat. Are there any studies done on say the freeze proof strawberries from California which doesn't involve excessive use of a chemical like glyphosate? I'm still unconvinced that the science behind GMOs is wrong, but I know Monsanto's application of that science is very wrong.
It is always the greedy use of science that is wrong not the science. Golden wheat or golden rice? golden rice is proven hoax.
Golden wheat was(is?) a GMO, where the technology was used to add vitamin A to wheat. I have no idea why I can't find any google results on it, my daughter did a science project on golden wheat in high school. /shrug
I found this article today on the subject: Did Monsanto Just Ruin the Economy? I'm also in agreement with there is becoming no sure way to guarantee you are safe from Monsanto and the truly sicko thing is that they want it that way:n:
Something to think about. GM microorganisms are used to make vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), xanthan (a thickener), citric acid, and enzymes used in cheeses, breads and baked goods, alcoholic beverages, and juice. Most people are thinking, corn and soy; the big stuff. But it is almost ubiquitous in the items listed above.
And Monsanto didn't abandon GMO wheat completely: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-wheat-monsantobre95319x-20130604,0,7646996.story
And it just keeps getting better and better: Hey, Non-GMO Activist: Monsanto’s CEO Thinks You’re an Elitist