On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about two recent GMO bans. A federal judge in Mexico recently banned genetically engineered corn, saying it was an ‘imminent threat’ to the environment. And Kauai’s City Council passed a law requiring agricultural companies to disclose which pesticides and genetically modified crops they are testing. GMO crops are grown widely in the United States. What does the science tell us about their effects? Join the conversation on the next Your Call with Holly Kernan and You.
Guests:
Paul Towers, organizing & media director at Pesticide Action Network North America
David Freedman, contributing writer at Scientific American, and author of the cover article: “The Truth about Genetically Modified Food.”
Resources:
NEWS
Salon: GMOs are tearing a tropical paradise apart
WNYC: The Battle Over GMOs in Hawaii
Food First: Mexican judge rules that GMOs are imminent threat
Voice of America: In Europe, Debate Intensifies Over GMO Food Imports from US
KCET: Mexico Bans GMO Corn, We Recommend Two Corn Tortilla Brands
Wall Street Journal: China Pushes Genetically Modified Food
CLCLT: Activists talk turkey ... and blast the dangers of GMO
Huffington Post: Huge GMO News
Navdanya: MEXICO BANS GMO CORN
True Activist: Hawaii and Mexico on Forefront of GMO Bans
Organic Consumers Association:Monsanto Bets $5 Million in Washington Fight Agsainst Labeling GMO Food
CONS
American Academy of Environmental Medicine: GMOs Dangerous
Environmental Commons: What You Should Know About Genetically Modified Foods!
Institute for Responsible Technology: Dangers to the Environment
Harvard Medical School: Genetically Modified Foods
American Academy of Environmental Medicine: Genetically Modified Foods
Pesticide Action Network: Pesticides in Paradise: Kaua’i Test Fields
PROS
Slate: GMOs Won’t Give You Cancer
Mother Jones: GMOs are Safe
FORBES: 2000+ Reasons Why GMOs are Safe to Eat
Scientific American: Labels for GMO Foods Are a Bad Idea
Scientific American: The Truth about Genetically Modified Food