EPA Raises Alarm Over GMO Crops that Are Breeding Swarms of These Mutant Bugs
NationOfChange
9/2/15
One of the promises of GMO crops was that they would be more resistant to bugs and pests, however, it seems that the chemicals used on these crops, and the modifications that have been made to their basic structure, have actually created an explosion in pesticide resistant bugs.
It was reported this week that genetically modified crops, corn specifically, has created a pesticide resistant rootworm, that is now stronger and more numerous than ever before. To make matters even worse, due to the growing over-infestation, farmers have been forced to use even more of the harmful pesticides that have been known to contribute to cancer, and are suspected of devastating the global honeybee population.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has taken a recent interest in the rootworm problem, and they are expected to set limits on the amount of genetically modified corn that can be grown in the US.
Bill Jordan, the EPA’s deputy head of pesticide programs said that the problem is getting worse, and suggested that limits are needed to keep the rootworm in check.
...However, the fact that the EPA wants to implement restrictions presents a very interesting problem because it is actually the US government that is responsible for the overproduction of corn in the first place, thanks to massive farm subsidies.
According to EWG farm subsidies, the United States government has put forward over $84 billion between the years of 1995 and 2012, encouraging farmers to plant corn, most of which is used for animal feed and junk food....
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http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/09/02/epa-raises-alarm-over-gmo-crops-that-are-breeding-swarms-of-these-mutant-bugs/
WE are subsidizing this...a BigAg program that results in the death of pollinators & the addition of cancer-causing chemicals in our food supply.
I wonder if the execs at Monsanto & Bayer eat only non-GMO food. They know what they're fighting so hard to hide from the public after all.
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and then we'll be as gods, or something
with their revolving door between MonSatan and Washington DC
The revolving door is a massive problem in American politics, where individuals cycle between public and private sector positions in a way that produces massive conflicts of interest. An individual can start their career working for a for-profit corporation, then migrate into a regulatory post or elected office, then into trade association positions, and finally go back to the private sector and make a huge profit off of decisions that they made during their previous public positions.
The multi-billion dollar agribusiness giant Monsanto has a long and extremely widespread history of participation in this revolving door, at every level of American government. Ex-Monsanto employees, particularly from their lobbying and legal infrastructures, fill numerous judicial, regulatory and advisory positions in the US government...
http://theprogressivecynic.com/2014/06/10/monsantos-revolving-door/
They argue, they ridicule - but in no way can that approach persuade or enlighten.
The basic premise of science is continual learning. Which needs a continual open mind to change.
Unless it is profitable to think otherwise, of course!
It took me a bit to catch on, but I won't let them shut down a thread I'm interested in anymore.
Especially since it confirms my experience of being called anti-science (2 scientists in immediate family).
30 replies to this thread so far and I can see only 17. 
who were affected. On a positive note though, it caused me to do a lot of research on GMOs in a quest for solid scientific data. If nothing else, I am far more informed because of the unpleasant exchanges. And I don't avoid these threads anymore!!!
But hey, I haven't been called "anti-science" yet today. I think the Monsanto troopers have me on ignore, though. 
--imm
