Green Prophet recently published a story about the Biosecurity Board in Turkey unanimously banning 26 genetically modified organisms. However, some genetically modified corn and soy will be allowed for animal feed, which means meat-eaters will still be exposed to GMO's.
The ban is good news for us in the UAE as we are seeing an increasing number of Turkish food products on our store shelves. Pastas, bottled water, and dairy products are the few that immediately pop to mind. (although, maybe we give the dairy a miss as the cows will most likely be eating genetically modified corn)
Why should we avoid GMOs?
Organic Authority has a well explained list of 8 reasons we should not use GMOs, including:
1. We still don't fully understand how it will effect our health.
2. Reduces genetic diversity, and therefore genetic resilience, ultimately putting crops at greater risk.
3. In America items containing GMOs are not labeled. Why not? What are they trying to hide? While the US is busy covering up the trail of GMOs, the EU, Australia, Japan, the UK and many more have banned GMOs. It begs the question: what do companies like Monsanto know that they are not telling us?
Read the full list of 8 reasons to not buy products with GMOs at Organic Authority.
GMO corn and rats
There was one study done on Monsanto genetically modified corn fed to rats. The rats grew massive tumours. The scientists methods were questioned, as should always happen in a healthy scientific debate. Read more about this debate and the very scary potential GMOs can have on the mother nature network. Warning: the pictures of the rats are not easy to look at.
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