I thought this was an interesting article to write about! Well, there's a scientist in America who is skeptical about GM corn. Since 2/3 of the crops grown in the US is gentically modified and they one of the largest produces of GM corn in the world. Morever, Corn has become an essential food item to many therefore as USUAL the US will take the opportunity to make money out of it. well guess what? here are the loopholes in the beautiful painted story. In 2009, Germany banned this GM maize plant MON810 and so did Austria, hungary,greece,luxembourg and france.As of recently in 2011, bulgaria also banned this maize plant. Everyone was worried as to what is the issue with this corn and why was there no research being revealed about it.It was found out that it causes serious damage to animals and it may also destroy the endangered plant and insect species. Have you heard of genetic pollution? well this article also explains about natural winds and storms blowing the seeds of these GM plants onto other crops and causing more chaos to the current situation! As my previous blog post mentioned that there is a need for GM foods, I also feel that further research should be carried out on this field, some research have already shown that some GM foods can cause damage to the liver and kidneys. Unless the side effects takes a 100 years before it occurs(we prob wont live that long to feel it), scientists should be sure of what they are doing and what is being approved for consumption.
What do you guys think about GM foods in itself? Do you think that it is a possible hazard or not?
References
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/01/09/gm-corn-poses-health-hazard.aspx
http://naturalsociety.com/study-proves-three-monsanto-gm-corn-varieties-pose-health-hazard/
http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/3/6/0/2/7/i/5/2/0/o/corn_diversity.jpg
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