Today, the reality is that it is very difficult to know how many GM there are and in which countries. At present, most of them has opened its borders to this type of food. And as consumers few alternatives: environmentally friendly products and consume foods of the season. GM crops, moreover, are not sustainable crops. Disappears the biodiversity of the area, pollute the fields and soil and crops become increasingly resistant to the pesticides use. Once released genetically modified seeds they can not be controlled and it is entered into an irreversible process.
A field of corn contaminated by other transgenic will now never give first class of corn. Genetic transformation forever, I could not return to the starting point. For the first time in the history of mankind, famines are not produced by natural disasters or a bad harvest. The current food crisis comes speculation with food from large food processing companies and the increase in the price of food. Only in 2008, the price increased by 40%. And the rich countries of the North are willing to help the impoverished provided does not touch to its national interests. Agriculture has become today an industry, in a business however, foods that are essential for life. Ana Munoz alvarez journalist ccs@solidarios.
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