We are what we eat …why question the food we are given (vegetables, meat, soya, popcorn, candy bar) since we don’t even have time to sit and enjoy a nice healthy meal in this world. The pink flamingo draws his color from crustacean he eats. What would he look like if he ate genetically modified shrimps?

As silly as the answer probably is, we have no clues on the long term effects. How can our governments allow the release of GMOs into the public without proper labeling laws? The biotech industry’s claim that genetically modified (GM) foods are safe, it will benefit the environment by reducing toxic chemical use, increase food production to feed the world and lead to an agricultural boom. They claimed the same when pesticides were first introduced, they viewed them as a miracle for farmers. Yet, decades later the technology revealed its lethal implications. They said hydrogenated fats were harmless before Second World War; now so many people are dying of heart diseases because of these fats. Their hope is that over time, the market will be so flooded with their poison there is nothing to do other than to accept them…They have no scientific proof it is safe and they really don’t care as long as it brings them money. All the sub studies point in the opposite direction. Why are companies spending billions on this crazy idea? Because they want to patent a genes (own copyright of the gene) - so that they can make billions of dollars selling them to poor farmers and countries.

Humanity has evolved for thousands of years by adapting gradually to it’s environment and the food he eats. All the modifications that occured were balanced and favored by nature itsel, we cannot re-create a jungle and all it’s interacting elements. Within three years (97-99) a fundamental transformation of the human diet has occurred. The Biotech industry targeted corn and soy: commonly eaten worldwide. Two third of all processed foods in the US already contains GM ingredients.

Did you ever digg the question…What are (GM) foods?

A genetically modified organism (GMO, also called “genetically engineered”) is a plant, animal or microorganism (example: bacteria) that is created by means that overcome natural boundaries. Biolistics is the technology that makes it possible: a gunshot-like violence that pierces the nuclear membrane of a cell. Genetic engineering involves crossing species which could not cross in nature.A peanut gene in your steak. Sounds nasty? I know that every time we mess up nature, we do bad thing we can’t undo.

It’s called a thano-technology, the death technology. We now have the ability to fine tune and calibrate life in a way we have never had before. Humans can’t predict the consequences of such alterations. There are numerous scenarios and the odds are not favoring our side. The human body is not a machine like “something” that can be fed like assembly lines. You still remember we eat for our nourishment and vitality? What’s alive interacts or changes with its environment, the unnatural of genetic foods are “dead” qualities. Cells in our body recognize this lack of vitality, intuitively our body cells and immune system seems to reject excess homogeneity.

GM companies (Monsanto’s Roundup, Cyanamid’s Pursuit, Aventis’ Liberty) have gone on multi-billion dollar buying sprees, purchasing seed companies and destroying their non-patented (the competition) seed stock. They managed to spread at an alarming rate in the US. In the three years mentionned above, 1/4th of american agricultural lands were converted to raise GM crops. Carrying GM pollen by wind, rain, birds, insects, bacteria…the entire chain of life becomes infected. Once relased, unlike chemical pollution, there is no cleanup or recall possible. You start seeing the problem….There is no way to stop genetic pollution, it will alter life forever.

We know that gene transfers are possible, at low frequency sometimes depending on the organisms, it’s environment…It is proven that some DNA segments are still present after boiling or cooking food. These DNA segments can cause an auto-immune response from our system, we have seen a dramatic increase in new allergies.
- It is proven that genes inserted using Biolistics are not as stable as genes found in natural plants. A gene inserted by humans show a bigger tendency to inter-relate with other genes. We may be try to calibrate life, but we don’t have a mere idea of what kind of dangerous chain re-action can result. It’s called the Pleiotropic effect: the insertion of one gene could re-activate a protein, herself changing the synthesis of another natural protein.

Species disapearing every day, our total biomass diversity is decreasing. We decided to make matters worse, incorporating new unstable “DNA” in the diet and conception of every living things. Here is another danger you can add in up to the list of things endangering our species. Once again, most of our problems come from overpopulation. Manipulating DNA is one of the greatest threfts againts life on earth. Who are we to redesign the products of three billion years of evolution. Science brought marvelous things to our world, i don’t think restructuring nature was part of the bargain. I will repeat myself but we cannot “clean” up genetic pollution!!! Talk about it, read about it, make it public until it’s understood because this direction may not be only unwise, but dangerous.

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There are about 6.6 billion human beings on this planet. We have evolved to a point where most of our actions have great repercussions on our environment. Through the years, green coalitions and various ecological organizations have emerged in all continents. Relentlessly they keep demonstrating the cataclysms to come if we were not modifying our ways of living. Yet most of us do not really change our behaviors since living in cities hides the truth of what’s happening out on the rest of the planet. In the movie “The Matrix”, people live in a dream world. In 2008, we don’t have time to think by ourselves, we don’t have time to enjoy life the way we deeply want. The society surrounding us is constantly trying to grab our mind on trivial topics, thus not letting us having the energy to imagine and think by ourselves. A sad fact is that a lot of people think we can repair or find solutions to save our race with our mighty evolved technology. The dinosaurs stayed around 160 million years on earth, we have been here for about 2 million years and yet we are already facing extinction. How intelligent are we?

I was lucky to be born in North America; some unlucky men saw the sky in less fortunate countries. It is sad to see how we evolved over the years. Our history books are filled with wars occurring all over the globe. Most off the countries spend tons of money each year in military purposes. Most countries, especially the powerful ones, remain politically correct as long as they have what they want (land, oil, water)…Far too many countries already have nuclear armament, the potential of these weapons has nothing to do with the ones used at the end of the second world war in august 1945. Listen to Carl Sagan; he does a great job explaining this topic. Is fear of snakes in our nature or a product of our nurture? Three month before one is born he possesses more brain cells that he will ever have again. Once we are born, we become learning machines but growing up, we form our brain from the experiences and events encountered. What is the percentage of students and workers in scientific fields that have not seen most of the science-fiction movies? In most of these movies, the sunlight doesn’t reach the surface because of the omnipresent dark clouds…I wonder how we are going to deal with this problem if we are still here to face it.

Here is a beautiful example that shows our respect for life.