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Genetically modified (GM) foods were first approved for human consumption in the United States in 1995, and by 1999 almost 50 percent of the corn, cotton, and soybeans planted in the United States were GM. By the end of 2010, GM crops covered more than 9.8 million square kilometres (3.8 million square miles) of land in 29 countries worldwide—one-tenth of the world’s farmland.
Potatoes, cotton, sugar beets and corn, that were endowed with a gene from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, which produces a natural insecticide called Bt toxin. Studies of Bt cotton production in Arizona, U.S., demonstrated only small gains in yield—about 5 percent—with an estimated cost reduction of $25–65 (USD) per acre due to decreased pesticide applications. In China, a seven-year study of farms planting Bt cotton demonstrated initial success of the GM crop, with farmers who had planted Bt cotton reducing their pesticide use by 70 percent and increasing their earnings by 36 percent. However, after four years, the benefits of Bt cotton eroded as populations of insect pests other than bollworm increased, and farmers once again were forced to spray broad-spectrum pesticides. While the problem was not Bt-resistant bollworms, as had been feared initially, it nonetheless became clear that much more research was needed for communities to realize sustainable and environmentally responsible benefits from planting GM crops.The independent studies regarding GMO food crops (not done by the Seed/Chemical corporations) have shown an alarming increase in health risks to humans. Bacillus thuringiensis has the unique property that it can transfer genes across species and is not naturally live in our human body.
Below are 6 of the most INFORMATIVE VIDEOS I have seen over the last few years.
GMO education goes mainstream on Dr. Oz 2014, but that is only part of the problem.
A short overview of the potential risks of GMO by Thierry Vrain who retired 10 years ago after a long career as a soil biologist and ended head of a department of molecular biology running his own research program to engineer nematode resistance genes in crops.
GMO seeds are not the solution for this generation
A World View of GMO crops
Farmers speak about GMO crops
2009 Nova / Frontline Documentary about GMOs on youtube part one of 12
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