Snart får det vara nog och Monsantos framfart inom alla naturens områden. Och vi som konsumenter måste börja inse vår makt och hur vi kan styra vår och hela vår planets hälsa genom att just det ”inte köpa de genmodifierade produkterna” och ”inte köpa modifierade frön eller plantor”.
Det kommer alltid att finnas människor som tittar åt ett annat håll om bara bankkontot fylls till bredden. De är den sorts människor som fullständigt struntar i om deras barn är sjuka eller om jorden går under dagen efter de själva lagt näsan i vädret. Ja, det finns massor av denna människovara idag men den stora massan tänker och vill annorlunda.
Det pratas mycket om nytänkande och eget företagande. För dem som är unga och önskar egna barn med framtid så finns det otaliga marknader att slå sig in på. Ta bara godiset något som svenskarna inte kan leva utan. Har ni läst på innehållsförteckningen? Den svensk som startar det första godisföretaget som erbjuder en produkt fri ifrån gmo-produkter samt sötningsmedel tillverkade av biokemiska bolag …. kommer att bli storvinnare och det på många många plan…
Köper själv en påse lösgodis lite då och då för att liksom testa hur det känns. Metallsmak i munnen långt efter, ökat sötsug, upprörd mage, lätt illamående och vi skall inte prata om följande dags pottanfall. Vad som för övrigt händer inne i kroppen vågar jag inte ens fundera på. En annan sak som är solklar är: efter en påse så får man hantera ett sötsug som sitter i minst en vecka. Händer detta fenomen när man kokar sina egna karameller? Svar nej.
För er som är intresserade så läs gärna den nya studien som visar vad som händer med vårt ekosystem.
Experimental evidence reveals a reduction in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization of Bt corn
An increasing number of crops commercially grown today are genetically modified (GM) to resist insect pests and/or tolerate herbicides. Although Bt corn is one of the most commonly grown GM crops in the United States, little is known about its effects on the long-term health of soils. Although there are many benefits to using biotechnology in agriculture, such as potentially reducing insecticide use, there may be unintended side effects as well—does GM corn impact non-target soil organisms, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, or affect plants subsequently grown in the same field?
Bt corn is genetically engineered to express insecticidal toxins derived from a soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis, to protect it against common agricultural pests such as the corn root worm and European corn borer. Tanya Cheeke and her colleagues (at Portland State University, Oregon) were interested in determining whether the cultivation of Bt corn has a negative effect on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization of Bt corn or of crops subsequently planted in the same soil. They published their findings in a recent issue of the American Journal of Botany (http://www.amjbot.org/content/99/4/700.full).
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are ubiquitous microscopic soil fungi that form symbiotic relationships with the roots of most plants. Plants supply the fungi with carbon, and the fungi increase the host plant’s ability to uptake nutrients and water from the surrounding soil.
“Because these fungi rely on a plant host for nutrition and reproduction, they may be sensitive to genetic changes within a plant, such as insect-resistant Bt corn,” stated Cheeke.
By experimentally planting seeds from several different lines of both Bt corn and non-Bt corn, and using local agricultural soil containing native mycorrhizal fungi, the authors were able to simulate what might happen naturally in an agricultural system.
“What makes our study unique is that we evaluated AMF colonization in 14 different lines of Bt and non-Bt corn under consistent experimental conditions in a greenhouse using locally collected agricultural field soil as the AMF inoculum,” said Cheeke.
“The use of whole soil in this study allowed each Bt and non-Bt corn line to interact with a community of soil organisms, making this study more ecologically relevant than other greenhouse studies that use a single species of AMF,” she adds.
Interestingly, the authors found that colonization of plant roots by symbiotic soil fungi was lower in the genetically modified Bt corn than in the control lines. However, there was no difference in root biomass or shoot biomass between the two types of corn at the time of harvest.
Cheeke and co-authors also determined that the Bt-protein itself is not directly toxic to the fungi since AMF colonization of vegetable soybeans did not differ for those grown in soil previously containing Bt vs. non-Bt corn.
Together these findings contribute to the growing body of knowledge examining the unanticipated effects of Bt crop cultivation on non-target soil organisms. Examining non-target effects of genetically engineered crops on symbiotic soil organisms becomes even more important as acreage devoted to the cultivation of Bt crops continues to increase globally.
The full article is available for no charge until May 17, 2012 at http://www.amjbot.org/content/99/4/700.full. After this date, reporters may contact Richard Hund at ajb@botany.org for a copy of the article.
Källa: http://foodfreedomgroup.com/2012/04/24/new-study-on-monsanto-corn-suggests-gmo-trees-could-devastate-forest-ecosystems/