Guest guest Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 One of the major concerns is Monsanto's Terminator seeds. Wind drift sterilizes crops up to miles away. The point of the terminator seeds is that the farmers can't save their own seeds and must keep coming back to Monsanto for crop seeds each year. Another problem is that folks with food allergies don't know what they are getting. Some of the base genes that are being spliced for some of the GMOs are peanuts and fish which are two of the worst for causing death due to allergies. Lynda - Peter <metalscarab Tuesday, May 10, 2005 2:48 PM Re: Kids and Veganism > Hi Kevin > > > Time for a silly followup question: What is a GMO, and why should I > > want to avoid it? I must have missed something in my reading. > > GMO stands for " Genetically Modified Organism " - mostly soy or maize > (although there are also a few other crops) which has been played with by > scientists to change its basic make-up. > > Some GMOs have had fish genes added, so are not considered suitable for > vegans. Others are not specifically non-vegan, but no-one quite knows what > the long term effects are on people who consume them, and there are already > some serious environmental concerns, what with species of butterflies facing > extinction, etc. along with some more serious ethical issues, such as the > potential for Monsanto to have complete control of the world's food! > > BB > Peter > > > > > To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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