Some reasons people are marching against monsanto:
- Thousands of farmers are killing themselves after their land has been ruined and crippled with debt after growing GMOs
- Bee die offs, butterfly die-offs insect die offs, even animal die offs from pesticides and herbicides used for growing gm and ge crops.
- Cross contamination is as unpredictable as the wind. If another seed blows into your field and accidentally grows a patented plant you can get sued and lose everything.
- The GMO seeds are called terminators and it's a control feature so that farmers can't collect their own seed and regrow next year. They must under the new system buy more seeds.
- No long term tests were carried out before GMOs and GE foods were forced into the food system.
- Now that long term tests are being carried out, the results are horrifying and swept under the carpet.
- Studies show that not only is it the pesticides that cause damage but the GM food as well. Organ damage etc.
- The chemicals needed to grow these crops poison our soil, water and air substantially.
- The chemicals used to grow GM crops also need to increasingly get more potent to do the same job as the plants mutate, as well as the surrounding weeds, bugs, and wild-life. Referred to as super-bugs, super weeds, mutated animals etc.
The list could go on and we encourage you to research more.
Here is how to get involved in the March:
Find a city near you here: http://bit.ly/Oct12MAM
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