RE: Monsanto gives up fight for GM plants in Europe
June 2, 2013 at 8:24 am
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2013 at 8:25 am by Something completely different.)
(June 2, 2013 at 8:11 am)Tiberius Wrote: No...but crops getting destroyed by pests is a bad thing for the farmer. Besides, there are countries with famines outside of Europe that we trade with...
when crops are destroyed this stilll does not make the case for uprooting an ecosystem without the knowlege which consequences that may have.
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What am I supposed to think of someone who when confronted with a famine wants to trade food?
Other than that, the absence of monsanto hasnt hindered european countries from giving food aid for free
Quote:Well without a proper source I can't really comment. What biodiversity did they mean, etc.? Monsanto provide a very specific pesticide for a type of pest, and a seed which is resistant to the pesticide.
You dont understand evolution and ecology.
Pests are not the only compedetores for livingspace. Actualy "pests" like bugs have a purpose in a ecological system by keeping balance upright.
Other plants from the same species are main competatores. So a monsanto crop takes the living space from other crops.
Quote:Without a source that Monsanto does this, and that they were planning to do it in Europe, I'm not sure what your point it.
Unfortunatly a german article.
The main fear is that the european market is flooded with cheap american food products, produced in a way that violates european means of production. this is something not only limited to monsanto.
European countries have strickt regulations on what country can export and import food from where to where. This is to prevent the spreading of diseases and also to keep local small production alive and independent.
