Comments on: Monsanto Tried to Block Research Showing GM Corn Causes Infertility

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Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:51:43 +0000

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By: Your Impact Matters

Your Impact Matters — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:54:38 +0000

Aaron, I understand where you are coming from, but I feel that your comment may be based in ignorance (perhaps, ignorance that Monsanto is promoting?) They ARE evil. Monsanto does whatever it can to not only keep information about the dangers of it’s products hidden, but they also are intent on spreading their “seed” over the entire planet and feeding the whole of the earth this tainted soylent green of a meal. I recently watched King Corn and was shocked to learn how much of our diet is corn. With that knowledge, and knowing the percentage of corn that is GM, it’s truly terrifying what the North American diet actually is.

I think that the monster Monsanto should be called upon by the North American governments to correct the potentially disastrous side effects of their GM foods, and to pay for the damages they have caused to the innumerable small farmers that they have put out of business with false claims of seed theft, and other trumped up charges.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:07:19 +0000

Although I understand the gist of what you are trying to say, there are still a few points that I need further clarification on….

By: Jason Cairns

Jason Cairns — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:11:50 +0000

These companies are ‘deionized’ because there has been numerous reports how GM food is currently not good for human consumption. Monsanto, instead of fixing this, tries to keep this information from the public. A company who cares about its customers would not do this.

Thanks for the comments.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:28:05 +0000

“Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest” -Napoleon Bonaparte

I personally do not understand why we try to demonize companies like Monsanto for trying to build their brand in an effort to grow profits. The failure in the system doesn’t lie with a company like Monsanto it lies in the lack of oversight by our world governments in our own food supply. GM seed bring about a lot of tough questions. GM seed has a lot of potential benefits and just like all things also pose a lot of potential problems. Like you have mentioned in this article. Monsanto does not have some evil agenda. Monsanto simply has a technology which it spent millions of dollars to develop which they are trying to protect & promote. A technology that could potentially eliminate world hunger and lower fertility in a over populated world may not be such a bad thing. Society will have to become creative in the production of food as the world population continues to grow and we continue to deplete the worlds natural resources.

Potential Positives of Genetically Modified Seed:
1. Giving poor countries located in drought stricken areas the ability to feed their own people.

2. Providing poor countries with natural resources they can export, potentially eliminating the uneven trade balance in world and creating a local economy.

Potential Problems of GM Seed:
1. Its a horrible technology that kills us all.

Love the debate, love the article, and love the blog. Keep up the good work.