Farm Animals Get 80 Percent of Antibiotics Sold in U.S.

[JeffreyS]

They are lobbing Congress to make it illegal to use any sayings such as "no genetically modified organisms" because it makes the public think there is something wrong with their products.  They say the public does not have the right to know if Monsanto says there is no danger that should be good enough.

[uptowngirl]

and yet disease is used to "alter" the product :-(

In Europe products containing these goods must legally be labled as such. Needless to say Monsanto and products using Monsanto do not sell well in Europe. I would agree they are concerned that might catch on in the US also.

[Singejoufflue]

In reality, there is nothing wrong with "genetically modified organisms" as any cross breeding is also genetic modification.  What Monsanto does is well beyond genetic modification, and more like the wholesale replacement of nature.

[JeffreyS]

Yes and even if nothing is wrong with it label and let the consumer decide for themselves.

[uptowngirl]

Right now unless it is specifically labeled to not contain it (and sometimes even then!) it does. Commercial farms use these seeds, and a lot of private farms too.

For some information and articles around the world on Mosanto: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Millions-Against-Monsanto-by-OrganicConsumersorg/289934516904

“If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.”
~Thomas Jefferson, 1781

[Singejoufflue]

Not to necessarily play the role of A-hole in this discussion, but quite frankly, "warnings" (whether on labels, in the news, etc.) are largely ineffective.  High fructose corn syrup, fast food, cigarettes, drinking and driving, premarital sex...we've all been warned about those and yet, look at the incidence of diabetes, obesity, lung cancer, DUIs, and unwed mothers.  Warnings are put there to make us feel all warm and fuzzy and give the appearance of action and usually to absolve some company of a liability.  "We told you our coffee was hot."  "We told you their product would kill you." "We don't really know what the effect of removing most of the natural DNA of an organism will do long term, but well, we did, so now you know."

[uptowngirl]

Agree, to a point. But brands such as SILK soy milk have been sold to large commercial companies that now use GMO soy beans, but were not required to change the labeling. People drinking SILK had no idea it had completely changed. In fact since this is a "hot market right now" any of the traditional organic, non GMO brands have been snapped up by big commercial companies. So people who are aware of the problem are spending more on soy milk than cows milk thinking they are doing better for themselves are GMO products but continue to charge the more expensive price that organic non GMO products get. How is the consumer supposed to know this happened if the labeling does not state it? In fact most people most likely do not know SILK is now crap. I only found out because I follow user lists of Monsanto products :-(