{"id":7303,"date":"2015-06-21T20:46:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T01:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=7303"},"modified":"2015-06-21T20:48:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T01:48:21","slug":"1-day-left-to-comment-to-the-usda-on-gmos-pitch-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/1-day-left-to-comment-to-the-usda-on-gmos-pitch-in\/","title":{"rendered":"1 day left to comment to the USDA on GMOs. Pitch in!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"comment<\/a>Here’s my comment to the USDA about GMOs in less than the 1024 characters allowed. I hope you will add yours<\/a>!<\/p>\n

GMO plants:
\n1 Kill whole ecosystems.
\n2 Many GMO crops have pesticides in them. Insects that survive eating them become immune to pesticides and descend on other farmers’ land like locusts, consuming everything.
\n3 GMO seeds are patented and are bankrupting farmers. Seeds are investments for farmers and many do not understand that GMO seeds must be “re-purchased” every year. In India, every 30 minutes a bankrupted farmer drinks pesticide to commit suicide.
\n4 In silent GMO forests pesticides built into the trees’ DNA poison everything except the trees. Nothing else lives: no insects, birds, animals big or small. No undergrowth.
\n5 We do not know the long term effect that GMOs will have on human bodies.<\/p>\n

I urge the USDA to place strong mandatory regulations on GMO crops to protect our environment, farmers and food supply. The public needs to know what we’re ingesting & feeding our families. Big chemical companies that profit from selling GMO crops should not be allowed to influence laws. Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s my comment to the USDA about GMOs in less than the 1024 characters allowed. I hope you will add yours! GMO plants: 1 Kill whole ecosystems. 2 Many GMO crops have pesticides in them. Insects that survive eating them become immune to pesticides and descend on other farmers’ land like locusts, consuming everything. 3 … <\/p>\n

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