But driving home yesterday I heard an excellent interview on Ian Masters's show (kpfk pacifica radio) about the side effects of gmos as discovered through animal research, and how these studies are systematically suppressed.
My favorite line came in reference to last year's failed campaign to require labeling of gmo foods in California.
Monsanto and other agribusiness campaigned heavily to not require gmo labeling. Yet if gmos were really good for us, then companies would be rushing to label their food "contains gmos" and would see an upsurge in consumer purchasing. After all, it's worked in the organic marketplace. All sorts of companies are using organic ingredients so they can get that all-important "Organic" on their label and boost sales. Somehow, despite huge advertising blitzes, agribusiness has not been able to convince consumers that eating gmos is a good thing. So they have to hide their franken-ingredients instead of promote them.
(The sad thing, of course, is that they're hiding them in everything. If you eat non-organic wheat, corn, soy, or corn syrup - you're eating gmos. And natural flavorings can be genetically modified - and can contain animal parts. If you're eating restaurant or packaged food in America, you're eating gmos.)
You can listen to the podcast of the interview by clicking here or by going to ianmasters.com and scrolling to the April 10, 2013 show - it's the 3rd segment that is on gmos.
Ironic: Yesterday, I too posted about GMOs~ I live in RI and we have many local growers associations and I hear very little about GMO or the NonGMO project. I am unsure if it is because RI is already NonGMO or if it is, as you said, hidden with reason. Thank you for you insight and the podcast... Happy eating!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to tell you that nowhere in America is non-gmo. In Europe gmo foods need to be labelled as such.
ReplyDeleteFor scary but useful info, check out this site: http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/