My hope is that GMOs don't have a future. I honestly think GMOs are a sci-fi thriller movie in the making. I can already see the movie preview, 'genetically modified corn about to hit the markets but it contains genes of a bacteria that threaten to kill millions of Americans. Their only hope is the lone USDA whistle blower who is trying to expose the danger but is in danger himself of being killed by hitmen who were hired by the company that created the seed of this corn and is about to make a stealth profit from the sale of the genetically modified corn seed'. I hate to be the one to tell you, but this hypothetical scifi movie is actually not so far removed from reality.
We can try to avoid GMOs as best we can, but until there are GMO labeling laws in affect, it is nearly impossible to completely avoid GMOs. There are at least twenty states currently entertaining GMO labeling laws and a national campaign called Just Label It. Connecticut currently has the potential to become the first state to pass a bill that would mandate GMO labeling. CT HB 5117, would require the labeling of foods produced using gentic engineering.
Over fifty countries around the world already require GMO labeling including all of the European Union countries, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and China. HB 5117 was voted out of the Environment Committee with a bi-partisan vote of 23-6 in favor of the bill. The bill is now waiting to be called by the Speaker of the House, Christopher Donovan. Please call or e-mail Speaker Donovan and tell him you want the right to know what is in your food (860-240-8500 or Christopherdonovan@cga.ct.gov).
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In addition, Dow Chemical (a biotech company) currently has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deregulate a new GM corn that is resistant to an herbicide made from 2,4-D. 2,4-D is the chemical component that made up half of the Agent Orange chemical weapon that was sprayed on villages and crops during the Vietnam War. 2,4-D has been banned since the 1970's.
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How is it even possible that a company would think it was a good idea to bring back a chemical that had such devastating affects? If Dow is permitted to sell GM corn that is resistant to an herbicide made from 2,4-D, you can see why real life isn't so different from the hypothetical scifi thriller above. As Americans we seem to have lost our voices along the way. Please let your voice be heard. Sign a petition (link below) to show you are against 2,4-D being introduced into our food supply and prevent Dow Chemical from selling GM corn that is resistent to 2,4-D: http://www.cornucopia.org/2011/12/action-alert-say-no-to-dow-chemicals-ge-corn-petition/
We must use our collective voices to demand our right to know what is in our food and to prevent exposure to more chemicals.
