GM Sweet Corn, Coming to Your Plate
For the first time, Monsanto is marketing a genetically-modified (GM) corn that will be sold directly to consumers. This is NOT commodity corn that will be processed into oil or fed to animals. These ears of sweet corn will go directly to grocery aisles, possibly in cans or frozen packs, where it will be impossible to tell them apart from pure varieties.
The new GM sweet corn is engineered to kill insects with Bt toxins and to resist heavy spraying with Roundup herbicide. Already, Roundup resistant crops have resulted in an epidemic of over 21 types of resistant superweeds. Even more alarming, recent studies have linked Roundup with birth defects in animals, and Bt toxins from GM foods have been found in the bloodstreams of pregnant mothers and their unborn babies. The results are clear: producing GM sweet-corn for direct human consumption will have untold environmental and health tolls.
The new GM sweet corn is engineered to kill insects with Bt toxins and to resist heavy spraying with Roundup herbicide. Already, Roundup resistant crops have resulted in an epidemic of over 21 types of resistant superweeds. Even more alarming, recent studies have linked Roundup with birth defects in animals, and Bt toxins from GM foods have been found in the bloodstreams of pregnant mothers and their unborn babies. The results are clear: producing GM sweet-corn for direct human consumption will have untold environmental and health tolls.
Let’s nip this in the bud now. Trader Joe’s has already indicated they will not carry GM sweet corn. Sign to tell the rest of the top grocery chains to follow suit.
To the CEOs of Whole Foods, Kroger, Safeway, SuperValu and Walmart, Publix and Earth Fare supermarkets:
As consumers, we refuse to purchase genetically modified (GM) sweet corn, and will not buy any sweet corn unless it is clearly labeled non-GM. Monsanto's new GM corn has not been proven safe, but GM crops have been linked to environmental and health damage. Protect the public and demonstrate corporate responsibility by refusing to carry GM sweet corn.
Sincerely,
The FRESH Community (undersigned)
As consumers, we refuse to purchase genetically modified (GM) sweet corn, and will not buy any sweet corn unless it is clearly labeled non-GM. Monsanto's new GM corn has not been proven safe, but GM crops have been linked to environmental and health damage. Protect the public and demonstrate corporate responsibility by refusing to carry GM sweet corn.
Sincerely,
The FRESH Community (undersigned)
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