How are agriculture GMO's created, produced, distributed and used?

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How are agriculture GMO's created, produced, distributed and used?

Answer 1

There are two main traits of GMOs. These are 'pesticide resistant' or 'herbicide resistant'. By their names you can see that the first would have the ability to be resistant to pests, and the other would be resistant to herbicides. Basically they are able to do these things because the pesticide or herbicide is built into the plant itself. In fact, by altering the DNA structure of the plant by adding alien DNA using bacteria, viruses and genes that are immune to antibacteria, the plants are themselves pesticides and herbicides, and are registered as such. The combining of all of these foreign elements is achieved by either firing the new DNA into the plant cell, rupturing the cell walls with electricity or through cell invasion using bacteria and viruses. These techniques are imprecise and it is unknown what unwanted combinations may be created by combining DNA structures which would never be found together in nature. It is surprising how little safety assessments have to be performed before the new product is allowed to be marketed. Feeding studies and environmental assessments are not mandatory. In fact the studies are generally carried out by the company that makes the seed. They self-regulate the whole process and the Government body relies upon their honesty when presenting their data. Very little independent research has taken place, but the few that have reveal disturbing results in feeding studies, such as major organ  tumours, or stomach lesions. In fact these same results have been found in original data, but the companies had thought it not a sufficient cause for alarm, and withheld the results. All that is required is to prove that the GM plant is "substantially equivalent" to the non GM plant. That is if it looks the same, grows the same and tastes the same then it must be the same and therefore it must be safe. However, the company then says that the new plant is  so very different that it should be patented, and then it becomes the property of the company. Once the Government body approves the new plant then the company can market it . The farmer is then committed to the company through very strict rules. They enter into an agreement, where they have to have a licence to grow the seeds, buy the seeds and the products (herbicide or pesticide, and sometimes promoters to make the seed grow) and they also have to agree not to save the seeds for the next season. Each year the farmer has the same economic tie to the company. These plants are then used as animal feed, or processed into food for us, and, depending on which country you live in , they will be labelled as GM or not.

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