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| GM Genocide!
On 3 November 2008, The Daily Mail published Andrew Malone's essay, "The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian Farmers are Committing Suicide after Using Genetically Modified Crops".
Here is a brief extract: Quote:
Shankara's crop had failed - twice. Of course, famine and pestilence are part of India's ancient story. But the death of this respected farmer has been blamed on something far more modern and sinister: GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS.
Shankara, like millions of other Indian farmers, HAD BEEN PROMISED PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD OF HARVESTS AND INCOME IF HE SWITCHED FROM FARMING WITH TRADITIONAL SEEDS TO PLANTING GM SEEDS INSTEAD.
Beguiled by the promise of future riches, HE BORROWED MONEY IN ORDER TO BUY THE GM SEEDS. BUT WHEN THE HARVESTS FAILED, HE WAS LEFT WITH SPIRALLING DEBTS - AND NO INCOME.
So Shankara became one of an estimated 125,000 FARMERS TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE AS A RESULT OF THE RUTHLESS DRIVE TO USE INDIA AS A TESTING GROUND FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS...
When crops failed in the past, farmers could still save seeds and replant them the following year. But with GM seeds they cannot do this. That's because GM SEEDS CONTAIN SO-CALLED 'TERMINATOR TECHNOLOGY', MEANING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GENETICALLY MODIFIED SO THAT THE RESULTING CROPS DO NOT PRODUCE VIABLE SEEDS OF THEIR OWN.
As a result, FARMERS HAVE TO BUY NEW SEEDS EACH YEAR AT THE SAME PUNITIVE PRICES. For some, that means the difference between life and death...
Cruelly, it's the young who are suffering most from the 'GM Genocide' - the very generation supposed to be lifted out of a life of hardship and misery by these 'magic seeds'.
HERE IN THE SUICIDE BELT OF INDIA, THE COST OF THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED FUTURE IS MURDEROUSLY HIGH.
| The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide after using genetically modified crops | Mail Online For more of this article and my own finger-pointing take upon the matter, go here: I Am An Englishman  |
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