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China says no to Frankencorn

It has to be bad if China bans it. :eek:

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China seems to be making alternative news headlines all over the planet by destroying several large shipments of genetically-modified (GM) corn and corn seeds originating from the United States. At least three shipments of GM corn were detected at the Wanzai Port in Zhuhai City when government officials successfully intercepted them. Another several cartons of GM corn seeds were destroyed in the northern Chinese city of Harbin.

China has a law in place that states any importing of GMOs must be accompanied by the appropriate environmental and food safety tests by Chinese chosen institutions, not the biotech companies that manufacture the food. Yet in the United States and Canada, they reject simple GMO labelling that would let citizens know what they are eating.

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GMOs have been shown to be harmful to health in multiple ways. It’s no wonder they are banned in dozens of countries worldwide. Japan and South Korea even banned the import of wheat that was recently found to be littered with GMOs. Scientists also recently discovered that GMO crops can damage mammalian blood cells

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Carl

We will never learn.

John

Monsanto is a very powerful and unscrupulous company, but at least Canada does not allow the use of their rBST growth hormone in dairy cattle.

But Rob, we needs our corn syrup. :eek:

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"The environmental footprint of HFCS is deep and wide," writes Pollan, a prominent critic of industrial agriculture. "Look no farther than the dead zone in the Gulf [of Mexico], an area the size of New Jersey where virtually nothing will live because it has been starved of oxygen by the fertilizer runoff coming down the Mississippi from the Corn Belt. Then there is the atrazine in the water in farm country -- a nasty herbicide that, at concentrations as little as 0.1 part per billion, has been shown to turn male frogs into hermaphrodites."

Milling and chemically altering corn to form high-fructose corn syrup also is energy-intensive. That's not to say that corn is evil and other foods aren't; all crops require energy to grow and transport. What makes corn a target is that federal subsidies -- and tariffs on imported sugar -- keep prices low, paving the way for widespread use of high-fructose corn syrup and, in the process, keeping the American palate accustomed to the sweetness it provides.

Corn is a useful crop with high yields, although it uses more fertilizers and insecticides and causes more soil erosion than other crops, according to David Pimentel, a professor in Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. "Organic corn is not a large part of the industry, but it should be," he says. Pimentel published a study in 2005 demonstrating that, over 22 years, growing corn organically produced the same yields as conventional growing and used 33 percent less fuel.
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Carl

The politics in this country mislead the common American & destroy any real & honest discussion on the subject of food production & being good stewards of our land.

China is working extremely hard at improving their food supply & stopping desertification unlike this country.

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Originally Posted by djv8ga (Post 265825)

How much of that do you think is due to the influence of multinational corporations and massive advertising, lobbying and PR campaigns?

Would you favor regulations governing land use and food engineering?

Regards,

D-Ray

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Originally Posted by d-ray657 (Post 265829)

Your post just made my point.

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Originally Posted by djv8ga (Post 265831)

Your post just made my point.

I think we agree about recognizing the problem, but we might differ about how to go about neutralizing that influence. But at lease we agree that it is a problem - which should lead to some agreement that action is needed.

Regards,

D-Ray

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Originally Posted by d-ray657 (Post 265834)

The best thing anyone can do is support local small farms & orchards who produce quality food.
Here is an example of the food industry & government f$@&ing with a small farm who is providing quality pork in a humane & sustainable fashion. This kind of crap is happening everywhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=843yH_0RMIA

And how the government acts in court toward Mark. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUBcPtZ6O6U