Monsanto Protection Act.

[IDL]

As a Farmer, I can tell you it has little to nothing to do with supposed "safety issues". It has more to do with patent/copyright laws and fees.

For example, the Roundup Ready gene was developed by a French company (called Rohen Palank, I know the spelling is wrong, but its been ten years since I've even thought of them). Monsanto acquired the gene, and was going to charge French farmers licensing fees to use the new Roundup Ready crops. As a result, the French government and French industrial interests felt as thought they were being excluded from the new "GMO gravy train", and quickly passed new bans on GM crops. It had nothing to do with public safety and EVERYTHING to do with $.

That makes way too much sense.

 

[Farmer Br0wn]

Thanks for that interesting perspective on reality, FB.

Any time.

http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biotechnology/gmo_ban_cultivation_en.htm

A number of Member States have invoked a so-called 'safeguard clause' (Art. 23 Dir. 2001/18/EC). According to this clause, Member States may provisionally restrict or prohibit the use and/or sale of the GM product on its territory. However, the Member State must have justifiable reasons to consider that the GMO in question poses a risk to human health or the environment.

Six Member States currently apply safeguard clauses on GMO events: Austria, France, Greece, Hungary, Germany and Luxembourg.

As I recall, at least one of those nations used the now discredited "Seralini study" as their justification for their particular ban. The use of studies like these seem to indicate that any justification will be taken to get a ban.

 

[Farmer Br0wn]

That makes way too much sense.

Glad to provide a different prospective. I see you're quite passionate about this issue. I would strongly encourage you to think about why this anti-GMO perspective has taken such hold with certain elements of the population. Who benefits from people believing that a more expensive food product is somehow more "natural"?

My Family has been raising seed corn for 75 years. We wouldn't put our name on something we thought would be the slightest bit unsatisfactory let alone harmful.

 

[IDL]

Glad to provide a different prospective. I see you're quite passionate about this issue. I would strongly encourage you to think about why this anti-GMO perspective has taken such hold with certain elements of the population. Who benefits from people believing that a more expensive food product is somehow more "natural"?

My Family has been raising seed corn for 75 years. We wouldn't put our name on something we thought would be the slightest bit unsatisfactory let alone harmful.

I don't think government embedded corporations should be able to acquire that kind of power over people. That's my biggest concern.

If we get to the point where we are dependent on them for our very lives, that can't be good. I see the state becoming more and more controlling in its behavior so the signs are ominous.

I'm sure everyone has their reasons though.

In regards to health concerns, I think it has a lot to do with trust. Many people don't trust the science or the FDA.