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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov Not international in nature, but I still found this to be fascinating: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id...-is-mostly-corn

There's a documentary / film called King Corn, which was released a few months ago - a very good one I must say - which talks about this, with some nice historic background and statistics. 5/5

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three groups to blame:

A] wealthy people who think peasant farming (read small scale and organic) is good and better

B] EU gov'ments for banning genetically modified food imports

C] US farm subsidies for the bio-fuels industry, and US farming in general, but mostly for the bio-fuel growers

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov Not international in nature, but I still found this to be fascinating: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id...-is-mostly-corn

Is there anything unhealthy about eating corn fed beef?

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Originally posted by diesel_tron3000 three groups to blame:

The more food you produce, the more people will be on the planet ... just consider how the human population exploded in the last couple centuries and consider the advent of oil and advances in agriculture and technology.

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Originally posted by diesel_tron3000 three groups to blame: B] EU gov'ments for banning genetically modified food imports

Might as well genetically re-engineer the whole planet to sustain the human race for generations to come. Because thats what will take for our race to survive at the current pace.

Without a doubt, GMO's have the most profound and unprecedented impact on the environment which hasnt even been properly studied. You cant control GMO's once they escape into the environment. And the damage will be irreversible. We dont understand genetics well enough to be playing games like these. Plenty of articles leaning towards negative health effects that GMO's could pose.


GMO's are the not the way the nature intended things to be. We've gone too far. We must stop this madness.

EDIT: GMO's arent gonna solve the problem with the world's food crisis. There are other factors at stake here, like climate. Plus ever-rising world population. The way I see it its all about money/profit and easier agriculture at the expense of human and environmental health and long-term future.

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Last edited by Magnetonium on Nov-18-2008 at 00:34

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Originally posted by Magnetonium The more food you produce, the more people will be on the planet ... just consider how the human population exploded in the last couple centuries and consider the advent of oil and advances in agriculture and technology. Might as well genetically re-engineer the whole planet to sustain the human race for generations to come. Because thats what will take for our race to survive at the current pace. Without a doubt, GMO's have the most profound and unprecedented impact on the environment which hasnt even been properly studied. You cant control GMO's once they escape into the environment. And the damage will be irreversible. We dont understand genetics well enough to be playing games like these. Plenty of articles leaning towards negative health effects that GMO's could pose. GMO's are the not the way the nature intended things to be. We've gone too far. We must stop this madness. EDIT: GMO's arent gonna solve the problem with the world's food crisis. There are other factors at stake here, like climate. Plus ever-rising world population. The way I see it its all about money/profit and easier agriculture at the expense of human and environmental health and long-term future.

do you think "nature" planned industrialization and urbanization aka mass population growth? how do you propose we deal with food shortages?

seriously what the fuck is wrong with GM crops? can anyone present any evidence that they are somehow harmful?

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Originally posted by diesel_tron3000 can anyone present any evidence that they are somehow harmful?

I'd be interested to hear from the luddites, too; however, I don't think they believe in using these new-fangled computing machines, much less accessing the internets.