Questions and Answers about GM Food concerns

GM food and business concerns?

Question: right so - im studying ethics at the moment and im a bit confused. Can some explain (biological concerns aside) why there is concern over big multi-nationalist companies such as Monsanto who create & promote GM produce also funding Universities research into GM foods. -


Answer: because people (non-scientists) dont really understand GM foods and are therefore scared of it, especially when the media picks up on it and exploits this fear for viewing figures. Very, very extensive test are done before GM crops are grown en masse so there is absolutly no


because people (non-scientists) dont really understand GM foods and are therefore scared of it, especially when the media picks up on it and exploits this fear for viewing figures. Very, very extensive test are done before GM crops are grown en masse so there is absolutly no



Genetically Modified Food Issues - Educational Video Part 1

Fed Up! Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture, and Sustainable Alternatives. About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically modified ...

Genetically Modified Food Issues - Educational Video Part 2

Fed Up! Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture, and Sustainable Alternatives. About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically modified ...



Label GMO food campaign begins

On January 3, Rosa Rashall and some 20 volunteers will meet upstairs at Calico’s in downtown Garberville for the third session of training to collect signatures for a petition that will require food manufacturers to label products containing Genetically Modified Organisms or GMOs. Rashall and the local volunteers are part of a statewide effort to mandate labeling so that consumers will know when GMOs are present in food products and be able to make an informed decision as to whether or not they wish to buy those products.

Rashall says she expects that the petitions to get the question on the November, 2012 ballot will be available at the Jan. 3 meeting. Trainings such as the ones that have been held in Garberville are going on all over California. The petition’s backers have until April 18 to collect 550,000 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot and bring the question to the voters of California.

GM Food concerns News


Label GMO food campaign begins
Label GMO food campaign begins There has been an incredible 400% increase in food sensitivities that coincides pretty well with the unlabeled introduction of GMO food into the marketplace.” Rashall has been researching and reading about GMOs and what she has learned raises concerns ...

Tories and Labour renew backing for GM food crops
"It's going to be a big challenge for the industry and consumers as to whether they are prepared to welcome that for the major environmental gains against the concerns people have against GM." With "sustainable intensification" of farming a top ...

Food concerns for 2012
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GM crops: A new way forward
"So far, what the Commission has put forward fails to convince us on any of these issues. We remain very concerned that the EC proposals could lead to GM crops cultivation taking place without key issues on safety, risk assessment, coexistence and ...

Canada Mulls Looser Policy For GMO Food Imports
Canada Mulls Looser Policy For GMO Food Imports (Jes Aznar/AFP/Getty Images) A Canadian government proposal that would allow in low levels of contamination from genetically modified foods from other countries is raising concerns among activist groups. The proposed policy on “low-level presence” ...





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