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REG MITCHELL's defence of ``Frankenfoods'' -- genetically engineered (GE)farm products -- in his Oct. 9 article ``So-called Frankenfoods have no more pathogens than are found in nature'' is a repetition of the mantra we hear daily from the global corporations that dominate agricultural biotechnology.
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.... crops. And there is a scramble by farmers to find non-GM seed for planting next year -- there may not be enough to meet the rising demand.
Mitchell tells us GM crops will reduce the use of herbicides and insecticides. In fact, the whole point of GM soya and canola is to allow any amount of Monsanto's weed killer ``Roundup'' to be sprayed on them without harming the crop.
Biotech corporations have engineered the naturally occurring Bt insecticide into every cell of crops of potatoes, corn and cotton, even though they know this guarantees Bt will be useless in a very few yea ....
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