Comments on: Renewed push to lift ban on GMO crops in Guanacaste municipalities

By: Dr.S.Verdon

Dr.S.Verdon — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:58:00 +0000

Payoff’s or Benefits..? GMO IS BAD for PEOPLE…

https://www.google.com/search?output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=bible+eye+for+an+eye+verse&oq=bible+eye+for+an+&gs_l=hp.1.2.0l4.37.37.1.2990.1.0.0.1.1.0.0.0..0.0….0…1c..51.hp..0.1.4.BcwiFoPyksA&pbx=1&biw=1362&bih=719&dpr=1&cad=cbv&sei=8ar2U67TOerLsASC1oLYCQ#q=health+effects+from+gmo+foods

By: CycloneFarms

CycloneFarms — Tue, 13 May 2014 13:07:00 +0000

No, you’ve never been to a farm. So why do you comment about agriculture?

Do you enjoy making a fool of yourself?

By: Aidan Benelle

Aidan Benelle — Tue, 13 May 2014 12:48:00 +0000

More Hilarious biotech logic.

By: CycloneFarms

CycloneFarms — Tue, 13 May 2014 02:52:00 +0000

Hilarious! If there’s a tornado, the corn’s getting knocked down.

You’ve never been to a farm, have you?

By: Spamihazit

Spamihazit — Tue, 13 May 2014 00:22:00 +0000

my experience is my proof. I can’t “use” it as proof here because I have not published it. it would be me just staring things I’ve seen, which would be just as trustworthy as if I posted I have a pet elephant. I would love to prove it though. So I tell you that conventional farmers I personally know use about 30 to 37 pesticide applications on corn per growing season… but farmers I know using bt-corn make 1 to 2 applications per season. I know it to be true because I’ve been it, but I can’t provide you with documentation, because it isn’t published. I can tell you that the organic farms I’ve worked with employee about 10x as many employees than conventional farms because they make many more applications of (organic) pesticides, as well as employ more mechnical control, so the labor is much much much more costly. But again… I cannot PROVE this to you, as it is not published anywhere. But in my state, I’ve been to more than half the farms… so I feel that it is a fair representation.
I wish I could show documentation though! Because working in different areas in the field is amazing. You learn much different things working on a farm, than you do in school, than you so in enforcement.

By: Aidan Benelle

Aidan Benelle — Tue, 13 May 2014 00:16:00 +0000

“so corn pollen blowing into a neighboring property is very unlikely”

Have you been watching the tornado’s ripping through the center of this country for the past two years? There’s no way you can say pollen won’t drift.

By: Spamihazit

Spamihazit — Tue, 13 May 2014 00:09:00 +0000

2,4-D is a selective herbicide. It will not kill all plants. Certain ones, for sure, are more sensitive. Its ability to drift is due to spray practices. you reduce drift by increasing droplet size, using adjuvants, moving your nozzles closer to target site, etc. Drift is NOT a property of an active ingredient. Also, corn pollen is VERY heavy (for pollen), so corn pollen blowing into a neighboring property is very unlikely, unless you have a zero property line.
2-4,D is NOT very orally toxic. But it is highly damaging to eyes. it does NOT effect reproduction, except at VERY high doses (about 200 mg/kg… the same toxicity as aspirin).

By: Aidan Benelle

Aidan Benelle — Sat, 10 May 2014 13:49:00 +0000

Yes Harsher.
The next generation DOW’s 2,4-D Enlist GMO:

2,4-D is a very toxic herbicide. It is a reproductive toxicant, suspected endocrine disruptor and probable carcinogen. Children are particularly susceptible to its effects.

2,4-D is much more harmful to plant life than RoundUp (glyphosate). Specialty crops (like grapes, tomatoes, beans and sweet corn) and non-GE soy and cotton are extremely sensitive to 2,4-D.

2,4-D does and will drift off of target crops. Both spray drift and volatilization drift can devastate adjacent ecosystems and entire landscapes. Such damage poses a very real threat to rural economies and farmers growing non-2,4-D-resistant crops. Conventional farmers will lose crops, while organic farmers will lose both crops and certification, resulting in an economic unraveling of already-stressed rural communities.

2,4-D-resistant “superweeds” will arise and spread. RoundUp-resistant “superweeds” have taken over farms and countryside in the Midwest and Southeast, and widespread use of 2,4-D will spur more of the same.
Genetic material from 2,4-D corn will contaminate non-GE corn. Corn is wind-pollinated which means contamination is inevitable. You cannot put a GE genie back in the bottle.

http://www.panna.org/current-campaigns/24D

By: WesternFarmer

WesternFarmer — Sat, 10 May 2014 06:25:00 +0000

I’m a US farmer who has been in Costa Rica There are two visits I remember well, and both would benefit greatly from GMO products.

One visit was with two brothers who, by hand, were farming onions and potatoes. Their crude chemical application made me wince. They would be helped greatly by not having to apply as much or as toxic chemicals.

The other was a lady who was raising four children without a husband. She lived in a home no glass in her windows and a dirt floor. She was raising corn, and hoped to buy some concrete when she sold her corn.

GMO’s could make their life easier and safer by reducing the need for pesticides.

I was there in 2011, beautiful people, beautiful country.

By: DoubleCheck

DoubleCheck — Sat, 10 May 2014 01:11:00 +0000

So you say. If you truly have all that experience then you should have documented support for it.