A company called Monsanto is
controlling genetically engineered crops.
They control about 90 percent of them and have turned it into a corporate monopoly.
Once GMOs are released into the open they can’t be controlled like they were in
the lab. If the GMO gene goes into a neighboring crop that doesn’t contain GMOs, the modified gene will contaminate the natural crop. This Monsanto makes farmers dependent on
their GMO seeds. The GMO seeds also contain herbicides and pesticides, but
animals can evolve and adapt to these chemicals in turn making more powerful
chemicals in future GMO seeds. These
crops also contaminate the soil. The
Monsanto monopoly control is very unfair in my opinion. They control 90 percent that is almost a
100. America is all about equal
opportunity and with Monsanto controlling almost all the GMO business there is not
much room for competition.
Posted By: Kami Kalandjian
Genetic Engineering:
The World's Greastest Scam? Perf. Green Peace. Genetic Egnineering: The World's Greatest Scam? GreenpeaceVideo, 11
Sept. 2009. Web. 21 Mar. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H9WZGKQeYg>.
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