Comments on: Europe’s Uprising Against GMOs and Patents on Life http://permaculture.org.au/2009/06/22/europes-uprising-against-gmos-and-patents-on-life/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Mon, 21 May 2012 02:23:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Cognito http://permaculture.org.au/2009/06/22/europes-uprising-against-gmos-and-patents-on-life/#comment-33950 David Cognito Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:20:32 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1533#comment-33950 Good news indeed - we don't need mega-corporations owning patents on the food we eat. Just a quick look at Monsanto's history shows what sort of people they are - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto#Environmental_and_health_record Good news indeed – we don’t need mega-corporations owning patents on the food we eat. Just a quick look at Monsanto’s history shows what sort of people they are – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto#Environmental_and_health_record

]]> By: Chloe Wolsey http://permaculture.org.au/2009/06/22/europes-uprising-against-gmos-and-patents-on-life/#comment-33907 Chloe Wolsey Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:07:22 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1533#comment-33907 Looks like there's some hope, this side of the Atlantic, on banning the poisonous GM's & Monsanto's (and other corporations) growing stranglehold on world food. Newly hatching laws in England regarding politicians having to declare other financial 'interests', besides what they earn in Parliament should mean that it is harder for corruption to seal our collective future. Harder for those not elected in any form from calling the shots. USA politicians serve no-one but themselves (in the bank) & are puppets to the corporations & their well-oiled lobbyists. So, let's hope that the new UK laws stop elected 'public servants' from following the USA's dire & hopelessly corrupted path: a system that allows corporations to 'own' policies & decisions that their 'bought' politician makes. This Faustian arena is possible because no American candidate can get past emergence without vast sponsorship from corporations before they ever gain any real power. Thank goodness some Europeans have their eyes open. US voters appear to have their eyes wide shut, ignoring their watchdogs & whistle-blowers & independent science. Some hope! Yay! Looks like there’s some hope, this side of the Atlantic, on banning the poisonous GM’s & Monsanto’s (and other corporations) growing stranglehold on world food.
Newly hatching laws in England regarding politicians having to declare other financial ‘interests’, besides what they earn in Parliament should mean that it is harder for corruption to seal our collective future. Harder for those not elected in any form from calling the shots. USA politicians serve no-one but themselves (in the bank) & are puppets to the corporations & their well-oiled lobbyists. So, let’s hope that the new UK laws stop elected ‘public servants’ from following the USA’s dire & hopelessly corrupted path: a system that allows corporations to ‘own’ policies & decisions that their ‘bought’ politician makes. This Faustian arena is possible because no American candidate can get past emergence without vast sponsorship from corporations before they ever gain any real power.
Thank goodness some Europeans have their eyes open. US voters appear to have their eyes wide shut, ignoring their watchdogs & whistle-blowers & independent science.
Some hope! Yay!

]]> By: Craig Mackintosh http://permaculture.org.au/2009/06/22/europes-uprising-against-gmos-and-patents-on-life/#comment-33839 Craig Mackintosh Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:48:26 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1533#comment-33839 Interested3 - if you didn't catch <a href="http://permaculture.org.au/2009/05/20/doctors-warn-avoid-genetically-modified-food/" rel="nofollow">this post</a> already, it should interest you. Interested3 – if you didn’t catch this post already, it should interest you.

]]> By: Interested3 http://permaculture.org.au/2009/06/22/europes-uprising-against-gmos-and-patents-on-life/#comment-33838 Interested3 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:43:54 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1533#comment-33838 There is a growing concern in the US that GMO foods maybe causing un-explained allergic reactions such as Lyme or Morgellons. Gmo foods are not labeled in the US, so doctors do not have the ability to make a gmo-alergy determination. Germany, France, Austria, Greece, Hungary and Luxembourg have recently banned GMO maize farming, despite EU safety approval underwrited by large US seed corporations that want to dominate the worlds seed market. There is a growing concern in the US that GMO foods maybe causing un-explained allergic reactions such as Lyme or Morgellons. Gmo foods are not labeled in the US, so doctors do not have the ability to make a gmo-alergy determination.

Germany, France, Austria, Greece, Hungary and Luxembourg have recently banned GMO maize farming, despite EU safety approval underwrited by large US seed corporations that want to dominate the worlds seed market.

]]> By: Isaac http://permaculture.org.au/2009/06/22/europes-uprising-against-gmos-and-patents-on-life/#comment-33837 Isaac Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:22:26 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1533#comment-33837 Yes, go Euros! Yes, go Euros!

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