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Old 02-20-2006, 11:05 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I'm talking about HYBRID crops. You're aware, aren't you, that ALL corn, soybeans, canola, alfalfa, etc. have been HYBRID for DECADES? We're not talking about injecting hormones or steroids into something. We're talking about genetic manipulation - which has been going on for years and years and years.

This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Why do you think America has the highest cancer rate in the world??

It is the same reason Europe doesn't want our genetically modified foods.
European farmers plant the SAME hybrid crops as American farmers!

Then why would they refuse our food? We aren't talking about small modifications like you are perhaps referring to. We are talking about stuff like this:

"There is a wariness in Europe about GM foods, in comparison to the US where they are more generally accepted.

Biotech crops, including corn and soybeans that have been genetically modified to resist insects or disease, have been widely grown in the US for years."
I've got a very good friend who manages a huge Pioneer International Seed Bean plant. He's very much on the inside track of these things.

And again, he'll reiterate what I've been saying...
1. MOST of these Genetic Modifications involve very simple non-chemical tweeking. It's really more "selective breeding" than anything.
2. These "American grown" seeds are literally shipped all over the world. The European farmers are planting them whether they think so or not.


The fact that some nut-case wants to believe that the "evil corporations" are injecting steroids and chemicals into our food supply does NOT make it true. On the other hand, people are free to believe whatever they want to believe.