After more than ten-year moratorium, the European Commission approves new GM crops in Europe. Although it looks like a normal potato, has been Amflora developed in the laboratories of the German company BASF, which has introduced into its DNA genes that increase the production of starch and make it resistant to antibiotics. This potato has caused a change of policy on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) promoted by the European Commission has approved the cultivation of Amflora even though many EU countries ban these crops or that agencies such as WHO The European Parliament or the European Medicines Agency have warned of the risks of introducing foods with antibiotic resistance genes. Chemical company BASF
aims to produce a potato starch which has been modified for easy use in the manufacture of paper, detergents, adhesives and other industrial products.
The manipulation of food crops to modify its composition, adapted to the needs of industry, clearly demonstrates the fallacy of the promises of the biotech industry of this technology as the solution to world hunger. Transgenic crops that are traded in the world are not designed to feed the world, but primarily to benefit the agrochemical industry, as evidenced by the fact that over 80% are herbicide-resistant varieties. It is estimated that in America this type of farming has increased the use of herbicides 173.5 million kilos in the past 13 years, leading to the emergence of weeds resistant to herbicides, which are already threatening to turn into a nightmare for farmers ... and generating big business for big transnational agrochemical.
The BASF potato is further proof of what are the priorities of the biotech industry, and agriculture and what model of power seeks to impose. Only one of every four potatoes grown in the European Union are for human consumption. About half goes to animal feed, and the remaining quarter is used as feedstock in the production of starch, alcohol and other products industrial.
Moreover, the authorization of a GM crop for industrial opens the door to a new generation of transgenic plants, a major concern: the varieties designed to produce starch, plastics and all kinds of chemicals for industrial and so-called "pharma "that produce drugs for the pharmaceutical industry. The possibility of contamination of the food chain for these products has made the U.S. the first approvals of such crops have attracted considerable rejection. In the case of the BASF potato, it is expected that their waste is used for animal feed and contamination of the food chain is almost inevitable, with consequent health risks.
With 76,000 hectares, Spain is the EU country with the largest area of \u200b\u200btransgenic crops. Most of these plantations are in Catalonia and Aragon.
some time and more from now, farmers are dedicated to producing energy, cooks fed us with chemicals and animals serve as guinea pigs. And hunger will continue its journey around the world.
aims to produce a potato starch which has been modified for easy use in the manufacture of paper, detergents, adhesives and other industrial products.
The manipulation of food crops to modify its composition, adapted to the needs of industry, clearly demonstrates the fallacy of the promises of the biotech industry of this technology as the solution to world hunger. Transgenic crops that are traded in the world are not designed to feed the world, but primarily to benefit the agrochemical industry, as evidenced by the fact that over 80% are herbicide-resistant varieties. It is estimated that in America this type of farming has increased the use of herbicides 173.5 million kilos in the past 13 years, leading to the emergence of weeds resistant to herbicides, which are already threatening to turn into a nightmare for farmers ... and generating big business for big transnational agrochemical.
The BASF potato is further proof of what are the priorities of the biotech industry, and agriculture and what model of power seeks to impose. Only one of every four potatoes grown in the European Union are for human consumption. About half goes to animal feed, and the remaining quarter is used as feedstock in the production of starch, alcohol and other products industrial.
Moreover, the authorization of a GM crop for industrial opens the door to a new generation of transgenic plants, a major concern: the varieties designed to produce starch, plastics and all kinds of chemicals for industrial and so-called "pharma "that produce drugs for the pharmaceutical industry. The possibility of contamination of the food chain for these products has made the U.S. the first approvals of such crops have attracted considerable rejection. In the case of the BASF potato, it is expected that their waste is used for animal feed and contamination of the food chain is almost inevitable, with consequent health risks.
With 76,000 hectares, Spain is the EU country with the largest area of \u200b\u200btransgenic crops. Most of these plantations are in Catalonia and Aragon.
some time and more from now, farmers are dedicated to producing energy, cooks fed us with chemicals and animals serve as guinea pigs. And hunger will continue its journey around the world.
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