Ethical Concerns Regarding GMOs In Pakistan

[CriticalThinker02]

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are one of the marvels of science and their existence in the natural world cannot be denied. In fact almost all the African countries have been taken over by the swarms of GMOs in the form of GM crops, GM products, etc. These GMOs are produced by insertion of genetic portions of different traits from different organisms into the genome of one organism.

These GMOs have many useful aspects, but besides those useful aspects they also are capable of many negative effects on the ecosystem and these negative effects are far more noticeable than beneficial ones. First ever genetically engineered DNA was made in 1973 and after that the process got started and adopted by many scientists, and the result is in the form of today’s world where new diseases keep on originating from nowhere, old ones got worse with only some vaccines as a preventive measure but where does it lead those people of our society who die just because they cannot afford such expensive medication?

In Pakistan, trend of GMOs is still in. This country has been inoculated with the virus of GMOs in the form of BT-cotton being grown all over Pakistan. BT-rice, more than 60% of which is being used all over the country and people are unaware of it, GM tomato, potato are among many others.

Whenever someone dies at the young age (25-45 years approx) due to any disease, people say it’s the will of God; but why don’t we ask ourselves what if we try to make this planet as God ordered us to make it? Why is the natural world so limited? Why don’t we see cancer as the genetic disorder when someone young dies of it? What if the inserted genes in GMOs are causing this? What if the insect resistant toxin produced by BT-cotton causes cancer or other fatal diseases? Why our animals don’t eat seed cake made from GM crop seeds? Why international seed companies and food departments are taking over the control of what we eat in this country? These entire questions have answers waiting before us. The only thing that we need to do is to expand our point of view. We must try to take things seriously and more deeply.

Always keep it in mind to think before you eat, no matter what you eat and how expensive it is or how much hygienic it is because it’s your life that is on the line and not that scientist’s life who is sitting in the lab and making GMOs like that to get rich.

http://blogs.dunyanews.tv/12815/ethical-concerns-gmos-pakistan

 

[CriticalThinker02]

Seeds of death unleashed on Pakistan by our corrupt politicians who will sell their own mother for money.

 

[Mentee]

this is some interesting information .
@Signalian @Dawood Ibrahim @RealNapster @Hell hound @SherDil @Djinn

 

[RealNapster]

our corrupt politicians

this is some interesting information .
@Signalian @Dawood Ibrahim @RealNapster @Hell hound @Djinn

ye gormint.

 

[El Sidd]

This is what 'we' were fighting against when it was first introduced under patronage of Mr. Musharraf.
But this was considered a 'necessary evil' to legitimize the aid flowing in to Pakistan.

And the video and the article have only scratched the surface and it gets deeper.

A look at the African continent might give you a good hint on where this will lead to. In the end the world is now fed by 3 major 'companies'.

But that is just the heat stroke talking.

 

[Mentee]

hi

This is what 'we' were fighting against when it was first introduced under patronage of Mr. Musharraf.
But this was considered a 'necessary evil' to legitimize the aid flowing in to Pakistan.

And the video and the article have only scratched the surface and it gets deeper.

A look at the African continent might give you a good hint on where this will lead to. In the end the world is now fed by 3 major 'companies'.

But that is just the heat stroke talking.

I think it was back in July 99 when the monsanto took over the Pakistani agro market

 

[Little Falcon]

Don't worry. We will evolve, and get used to it. So forget that and bring the money.

source: gmo.geneticliteracyproject.org

the trend:

Why is GMO food dangerous?


By Dr. Mercola

While no one knows exactly what the effects of consuming pesticide-soaked genetically-engineered (GE) crops will be over time, all of humankind serves as "lab rat" as a few massive corporations profit handsomely from their experiment.

The good news is, although we've lost some battles, we seem to be winning the war.

Awareness about the potential risks of GE foods continues to grow, largely through the publicity generated by state direct ballot initiatives that bypass the legislatures. The latest polls suggest more than 90 percent of Americans now want to know what's in their food.

As a result of increased public awareness, industry has ramped up their efforts to maintain the status quo, pouring exorbitant amounts of money into anti-labeling campaigns in order to control the public, press and government.

Economic Impacts That Are Rarely Discussed
With mounting scientific evidence about the human and environmental costs of GE foods and industrial agriculture, 64 nations now require the labeling of foods containing GE ingredients.1

Many nations have banned GE crops altogether, including parts of the EU, Austria, China, India, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, Italy and Russia.2

With so many rejecting GE foods, major U.S. exports of soy and corn have lost international trade value. One expert estimated $200 to 300 million per year are lost in European exports alone.

With regard to China, U.S. corn exports dropped 85 percent in one year (2013 to 2014), according to the trade association, which bases its estimates on data from export companies.3

In Europe, the GMO tug-of-war continues, as 58 GE foods remain legal for import, with 17 new ones added in April 2015 (maize, cotton, soybean, oilseed rape, sugar beets, and carnations).4Individual EU states are granted the option of opting-out.5

Here in the U.S., industry's greed rages on. Corporate leaders and government officials refuse to heed GMO warnings — even from their own scientists.

Those who sound the alarm are frequently "managed" by means more typically associated with gangsters. They are targeted to be discredited with harassment, ridicule, and tactics best described as "corporate terrorism."

Why GMOs Can Never Be Safe
Genetic modification interferes with the naturally occurring genetic modifications organisms undergo in order to survive.

An organism's genome is not static but fluid, and its biological functions are interconnected with its environment and vice versa. Trying to control genetic changes via artificial modification is a dangerous game.

Compared to natural genetic modification (vertical gene transfer), artificial genetic modification is inherently hazardous because it lacks the precision of the natural process, enabling genes to be transferred between species that would never have been otherwise exchanged.

Artificial genetic modification uses horizontal gene transfer, which involves injecting a gene from one species into a completely different and naturally incompatible species, yielding unexpected and often unpredictable results — including the transfer of foreign genes into humans.

EPA Has Raised Allowed Limits for Carcinogen Levels in Your Food
The claim that GE foods are materially comparable to conventional foods, and therefore inherently safe, falls flat when you consider GE crops are designed to be different.

For example, "Roundup Ready" crops are engineered to withstand the herbicide Roundup, which would normally threaten the survival of the crop if sprayed too liberally.

Moreover, in a 2014 study6 titled "Compositional Differences in Soybeans on the Market: Glyphosate Accumulates in Roundup Ready GM Soybeans," the authors specifically conclude that nutritional and elemental variables "without exception" demonstrate "substantial non-equivalence" between GM soy and non-GM varieties.

With the advent of Roundup Ready crops, use of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) has significantly risen, with about 1 billion pounds sprayed on crops every year.

Glyphosate's toxicity is well established, with adverse health effects ranging from birth defects to endocrine dysfunction to cancer. Unbelievably, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) admits foods are not tested for glyphosate residues due to the high cost of doing so.7

However, GE crops are much more heavily contaminated with glyphosate than conventional crops by nature of their very design, and this fact alone blows a massive hole in the safety claim.

Glyphosate was recently classified as a Class 2A "probable human carcinogen" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a division of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Even in the midst of mounting questions about glyphosate's safety, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised the allowable limits of glyphosate8 in our food and feed crops back in July 2013. Allowable levels in oilseed crops such as soy were doubled, from 20 ppm to 40 ppm. Permissible glyphosate levels in many other foods were raised to 15 to 25 times previous levels.

Root and tuber vegetables, with the exception of sugar, got one of the largest boosts, with allowable residue limits being raised from 0.2 ppm to 6.0 ppm. The level for sweet potatoes was raised to 3 ppm.

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[CriticalThinker02]

This is what 'we' were fighting against when it was first introduced under patronage of Mr. Musharraf.
But this was considered a 'necessary evil' to legitimize the aid flowing in to Pakistan.

And the video and the article have only scratched the surface and it gets deeper.

A look at the African continent might give you a good hint on where this will lead to. In the end the world is now fed by 3 major 'companies'.

But that is just the heat stroke talking.

We are all consuming potential cancers and tumors and there is nothing we can do to stop it, democracy at it's finest.

 

[maximuswarrior]

GM is pure cancer. There is no other way to put it. I'm startled at the lack of concern shown by the authorities. Upcoming generations destroyed.