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Comment by Daniel P. Voglesong on September 21, 2009 at 8:24pm

http://www.flickr.com/groups/gmo-free/
Genetic GMO-Free Group at FLICKR Photographs Sharing website

Comment by quentin pauluis on September 18, 2009 at 12:20am

Excellent Daniel, very convincing !

Every one should watch it !

Comment by Daniel P. Voglesong on September 18, 2009 at 12:07am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H9WZGKQeYg ( film upload on VIDEOs )

**Greenpeace - Genetic Engineering is a corporate scam to exploit farmers.

Comment by Daniel P. Voglesong on September 12, 2009 at 2:08pm

Rosa, thanks very much for the great article (posted in the comment below) about the Chickens in South Africa that Refuse to eat Genetically Modified corn / maize.
SMART CHICKENS !

Comment by Daniel P. Voglesong on September 12, 2009 at 1:13pm

GM Chicken Feed - Chickens Refuse to Eat GM Feed Corn.docx

Comment by Daniel P. Voglesong on September 7, 2009 at 4:46pm

VOTE for Social Democrats (SPD) and Die Gruenen (Green Party-Germany)
From -Der Speigel: Possible Coalition of CDU Party of Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and the right-wing, libertatian, bigbusiness Free Democrats (FDP) will likely result in the chemical manufacturers dream of introducing Genetic Modified Crops into Germany.
Der SPIEGEL quote: "The subject of genetic engineering is also a bone of contention. The FDP liberals plan to approve, once again, the use of genetically modified crops in German commercial farming, which Seehofer (CSU Party leader in Bavaria) opposes."

Comment by Daniel P. Voglesong on August 30, 2009 at 6:59pm

Rosa, thanks very much. You are right about MONSANTO "Roundup". MONSANTO developed these Genetic Modified seeds for mutant crops designed to use four "4" times as much "Roundup" Chemical Herbicide, which is applied DIRECTLY to the GMO plants. Many small farmers in India and South America have become financially bankrupt from buying the expensive patented MONSANTO - GMO seeds with their "Roundup" Weedkiller. There has also no documented increased crop yields of GMOs using MONSANTO chemical products. MONSANTO has a long history of producing toxic chemicals such as their "Agent Orange" (Dioxin) Defoliant Plant Killer which destroyed large jungles in VIETNAM from 1965-1975, when sprayed by US Air Force to improve their bombing accuracy. Many thousands of Vietnamese civilians and US Soldiers suffered from cancer caused by "Agent Orange". Also MONSANTO had created "DDT" Pesticide which was finally banned by the US federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), because it caused the extinction of several species of rare birds and finally was theatening the American Bald Eagle, which became an "endangered species from DDT.

Comment by Daniel P. Voglesong on August 30, 2009 at 6:43pm

AAEM Physicians Warning for Ban on Genetic Modified Foods - 19 May 2009.docx

Comment by Rosa on August 30, 2009 at 12:45pm

Hi all. Please, look at ths new:
Popular herbicide more deadly to liver cells than its active chemical alone.
Aug 18, 2009

Gasniera C, C Dumontb, N Benachoura, E Claira, MC Chagnonb and GE Séralini. 2009. Glyphosate-based herbicides are toxic and endocrine disruptors in human cell lines. Toxicology doi:10.1016/j.tox.2009.06.006.
Synopsis by Negin P. Martin, Ph. D

Very low doses of some types of the herbicide Roundup can disrupt human liver cell function; the formulations' toxicity may be tied to their "inactive" ingredients rather than the active weed-killing ingredient glyphosate.

French scientists report that a number of Roundup formulations tested at very dilute concentrations can alter hormone actions and cause human liver cells to die within 24 hours of treatment.
The toxicity of some of the formulations was independent of how much glyphosate – the active herbicide in Roundup – they contained, suggesting it is other "inert" ingredients that may alone – or in combination with each other and/or the weedkiller – assault the cells. This study's results are similar to prior studies – as reported in a recent Environmental Health News article – that find human embryo cells are affected more by the Roundup formulations and an inert ingredient than by the active ingredient.
The levels of Roundup used in this study are similar to what is typically found in food crops or animal feed treated with Roundup. Because of this, it is possible that people, livestock and wildlife may be exposed to levels of the herbicide mix that can damage cells.
Glyphosate is harmful to humans and animals even at a very low dose. It is often tested by itself in regulatory studies to determine if the Roundup formulation is toxic.
However, according to this study, levels of glyphosate in Roundup formulations are not good indicators of toxicity.
The ingredients responsible for the increased potency of Roundup formulations seen in this study – as compared to purified glyphosate – remain unknown. The chemical formulas of herbicide additives are generally protected as trade secrets, and the researchers did not try to chemically identify them. Therefore, their effects cannot be easily investigated and they remain undetected in the environment.
Roundup was developed as a weapon against weeds. Many genetically modified (GM) plants have been developed to tolerate Roundup. Today, Roundup is the most widely used weedkiller in the world and 75 percent of all GM plants are engineered to resist the herbicide. Monsanto agricultural company produces both Roundup and Roundup-resistant GM plants.
Four Roundup formulations – Roundup Express 7.2 (R7.2), Bioforce (R360), Grands Travaux (R400) and Grands Travaux Plus (R450) – were tested in this study. All formulations were more potent than purified glyphosate (at similar levels to R360) in causing cell death. Surprisingly, R400 containing less glyphosate was more toxic to human liver cells than R450.
In the study, exposure of a single gene regulated by either estrogen or androgen hormones demonstrated that all formulations disrupt hormone function more efficiently than purified glyphosate. The findings show that the formulations act against the hormones to produce anti-estrogenic and anti-androgenic effects.

http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/roundup-mix-more-toxic-to-liver-cells-than-glyphosate/

Comment by Daniel P. Voglesong on August 26, 2009 at 12:18pm

Stoppt Monsanto
Daniel Voglesong empfiehlt dir die Kampagne
"Stoppt Monsanto"
http://beta.greenaction.de/kampagne/stoppt-monsanto
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Monsanto ist mit mehr als vier Milliarden Euro Umsatz der weltweit größte Anbieter von Gen-Pflanzen. 267 Millionen US-Dollar Gewinn machte das Unternehmen im Geschäftsjahr bis August 2004, fast viermal so viel wie im Jahr zuvor. 2005 will das Unternehmen die Erträge um insgesamt 18 Prozent steigern, 2006 werden 10 Prozent Wachstum anvisiert. Der global agierende Monsanto-Konzern verfolgt ein Atem beraubendes Ziel: Das Unternehmen will nichts weniger, als die Welt-Landwirtschaft vollständig unter seine Kontrolle bringen - in Nordamerika ebenso wie in Europa, in Asien ebenso wie in Afrika und Lateinamerika. Kein landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb in Nordamerika ist zu groß, kein Familienbetrieb in Afrika oder Südamerika zu klein, als dass Monsanto sich nicht dafür interessierte.Um das weltweite Saatgut-Monopol zu erlangen, setzt Monsanto eine geschickte Kombination von Strategien ein, die wie Zahnräder ineinander greifen. Sie reichen von aggressiven und irreleitenden PR-Kampagnen und die bewusste Fehlinformation der Öffentlichkeit über den konsequenten Erwerb weitreichender Patente bis hin zur Einflussnahme auf politische Entscheidungsgremien und Bildungsinstitutionen. Und schließlich arbeitet die Kontamination riesiger Landstriche und ganzer Länder mit den patentierten Gen-Saaten Monsantos dem Unternehmen in die Hände.
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