The Monsanto Corporation, the primary producer and sponsor of genetically
modified (GM) food, is the nation's albatross. They are presently trying to
trick Washington into thinking that GM food is not harmful and thus trying to
keep I-522 from being passed. 522, after all, is no more than labeling so that
consumers can decide for themselves whether or not they want to eat and drink GM
products, but it could lead to monumental changes in the entire nation's
agricultural policies -- which Monsanto realizes. Despite the sleight-of-hand
that Monsanto and their supporters often use in saying that genetically
modified or engineered food is normal, GM food is not the ordinary
cross-pollination of crops, a technique that farmers have used for centuries,
but instead is something that started over the last quarter century-or-so: a new
scientific experiment in which the molecular structure, itself, of plants is
manipulated, deformed and changed, an experiment in which human beings are the
unwitting guinea pigs. GM food is a long-term health hazard to humans
according to many top scientists, and tests have shown that animals (whose
senses are often sharper than humans) instinctively avoid it when given an
equal choice between natural food and GM food. These animals, including
birds, instinctively know better than to eat Monsanto's stuff when given a
natural option.
If Monsanto and the lesser known companies that do essentially the same thing as Monsanto are not stopped, agriculture across the U.S. will inevitably be ruined further than what it already has been, and America will have to import much of her food from countries that have enough sense not to let this albatross on their farms. The corrupt U.S. Congress has long let Monsanto have their way in devising our nation's farm policy, and the current Secretary of Agriculture (Tom Vilsack) is Monsanto's #1 sympathizer. Therefore the effects of Monsanto's and Vilsack's policies have caused much of America's plants and crops to be despoiled, including alfalfa which was fairly recently unprotected from the GM frenzy, and these effects could be long lasting. Now, however, Washington (trough Initiative 522) has a chance to be the first American state to trip up the albatross and Vilsack, and hopefully, lead the rest of the nation to the side of normalcy and naturalness for the sake of the survival of American agriculture and humanity. This debate is no less critical than that.
[First written on 10/18/13, revised on 10/20/13 and updated for this post on 10/23/13. ]
If Monsanto and the lesser known companies that do essentially the same thing as Monsanto are not stopped, agriculture across the U.S. will inevitably be ruined further than what it already has been, and America will have to import much of her food from countries that have enough sense not to let this albatross on their farms. The corrupt U.S. Congress has long let Monsanto have their way in devising our nation's farm policy, and the current Secretary of Agriculture (Tom Vilsack) is Monsanto's #1 sympathizer. Therefore the effects of Monsanto's and Vilsack's policies have caused much of America's plants and crops to be despoiled, including alfalfa which was fairly recently unprotected from the GM frenzy, and these effects could be long lasting. Now, however, Washington (trough Initiative 522) has a chance to be the first American state to trip up the albatross and Vilsack, and hopefully, lead the rest of the nation to the side of normalcy and naturalness for the sake of the survival of American agriculture and humanity. This debate is no less critical than that.
[First written on 10/18/13, revised on 10/20/13 and updated for this post on 10/23/13. ]
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Our federal representatives are awash in do-nothingism in the famously "Do-Nothing 113th Congress," which is why it is up to the People in the States to make the changes necessary.
I-522 requires the mandatory labeling in Washington state of most genetically modified food/beverages.
Congress is really more dubious than we really knew, so why does America keep
voting the same guys back in when at least "cleaning house" every couple of
years until we get it right would be better than keeping them around
in office session after session? As everybody knows, the majority votes like clockwork, unfortunately, and thus the congressional elections are very predictable.
The GMO (genetically modified organisms) tragedy is a case in point. When
researchers and scientists have continually pointed out the agricultural dangers
and health risks of GMOs, and Congress and the Obama govt. continue to prop up
the purveyors of GMOs without so much as requiring labeling of their Frankensteinian products, then we know for sure that these elected officials are just lining their pockets (or campaign treasuries) with the money of the corporate behemoth rather than serving the public interest.For more information about the ill effects of GMOs as well as information about better eating, see the Seeds of Deception site by Anti-GMO specialist, Jeffrey Smith. Also, see the Institute for Responsible Technology site, "Buy Non-GMO."
[Originally published on Commoner on 4/30/2013; revised on 10/23/2013.]
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