Vinnie72

American Farmer has a message about GMO crops “GMO means it has been genetically modified — what that really means is they modify the genes of it so that when we spray glyphosate, AKA Roundup on it, it doesn't kill it. So you can modify it so we're able to spray a herbicide across the field that will kill the weeds but not kill that particular crop, kill anything but that crop” “A lot of people think it's made, uh, genetically altered for yield. It's not. It's genetically altered to be resistant to worms. I was gonna say bugs, really it's worms — there is something in the genes of it what will kill that worm. So the worm won't go out there and destroy cotton fields or destroy corn fields. The worm will actually die when it takes its first bite of the corn or cotton” You need to know how dangerous this is Here are documented facts about pesticides and herbicides: Worldwide, pesticides cause about 3 million cases of acute poisoning and 200,000 deaths annually, mostly in developing countries. Chronic pesticide exposure is linked to increased risks of various cancers, including non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, brain, breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers. Prenatal pesticide exposure has been associated with a significantly higher risk of childhood leukemia Certain pesticides act as endocrine disruptors, leading to reproductive harm including infertility, birth defects, stillbirths, and developmental abnormalities in wildlife and humans Pesticides are a major driver of biodiversity loss, causing sharp declines in insect, bird, and pollinator populations Glyphosate exposure has been associated with a 30–41% increased risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in some meta-analyses Organophosphate pesticides can cause acute nervous system effects similar to nerve gas, including convulsions, respiratory failure and death Over 90% of pollen samples from bee hives in agricultural areas and over 90% of tested streams are contaminated with multiple pesticides Pesticide exposure is linked to neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, up to 250% increased risk in some studies and Alzheimer’s Pesticides contribute to widespread water, soil and food contamination, leading to chronic health effects like neurotoxicity, kidney/liver damage, and immune system disruption There has to be a better way