Comments on: Monsanto Tries To Update Its Image http://jcarrot.org/monsanto-tries-to-update-its-image Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hilla Abel http://jcarrot.org/monsanto-tries-to-update-its-image/comment-page-1#comment-20372 Hilla Abel Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:46:21 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=9686#comment-20372 Hi Avi, I can provide some information, but it's a really involved topic that has been written about extensively elsewhere. Yes, there have been notable adverse effects from GMO (for example, you can google "Showa Denka tryptophan" or "Arpad Pusztai potato"), but the overall problem is that every genetically modified organisms has its own potential for harm. So just because one causes an adverse effect, doesn't mean that another organism will behave the same way. What ultimately happens is that human beings and nature end up being the guinea pigs. For an analytical overview of the potential concerns of GMO, checkout this article by the Union of Concerned Scientists: http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/impacts_genetic_engineering/risks-of-genetic-engineering.html The link in the article to The Center for Food Safety is also very helpful. Finally, I encourage you to watch a movie called "The World According to Monsanto" that you can find here: http://wideeyecinema.com/?p=105 Hope that helps. Hi Avi,

I can provide some information, but it’s a really involved topic that has been written about extensively elsewhere.

Yes, there have been notable adverse effects from GMO (for example, you can google “Showa Denka tryptophan” or “Arpad Pusztai potato”), but the overall problem is that every genetically modified organisms has its own potential for harm. So just because one causes an adverse effect, doesn’t mean that another organism will behave the same way. What ultimately happens is that human beings and nature end up being the guinea pigs.

For an analytical overview of the potential concerns of GMO, checkout this article by the Union of Concerned Scientists: http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and.....ering.html

The link in the article to The Center for Food Safety is also very helpful.

Finally, I encourage you to watch a movie called “The World According to Monsanto” that you can find here: http://wideeyecinema.com/?p=105

Hope that helps.

]]> By: Avi http://jcarrot.org/monsanto-tries-to-update-its-image/comment-page-1#comment-20369 Avi Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:14:35 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=9686#comment-20369 Hilla: Monstanto and Audubon do make strange bedfellows. I am a bit curious, though, what are these "potentially devastating effects to ecosystems, farming, and human health?" I have not seen any research that indicates that genetic modification affects human health or ecosystems above and beyond what large scale corporate farming does already, but if you have I would be interested in seeing it. Hilla: Monstanto and Audubon do make strange bedfellows. I am a bit curious, though, what are these “potentially devastating effects to ecosystems, farming, and human health?” I have not seen any research that indicates that genetic modification affects human health or ecosystems above and beyond what large scale corporate farming does already, but if you have I would be interested in seeing it.

]]> By: Hilla http://jcarrot.org/monsanto-tries-to-update-its-image/comment-page-1#comment-20364 Hilla Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:26:43 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=9686#comment-20364 Hannah Lee, thank you for sharing your perspective. It's not a black-and-white issue (which is what I think makes it interesting). Hannah Lee, thank you for sharing your perspective. It’s not a black-and-white issue (which is what I think makes it interesting).

]]> By: Hannah Lee http://jcarrot.org/monsanto-tries-to-update-its-image/comment-page-1#comment-20344 Hannah Lee Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:58:39 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=9686#comment-20344 Hilla, when Jews face Divine judgement on Yom Kippur, it's with a full complement of our past year's deeds, both the good and the bad (and no one is said to be completely evil). So, Monsanto tries to do some good for the environment. You and I can argue about whether it's enough to make amends for its past (or current) mis-deeds, but it is kapparah, of sorts. I would be more alarmed if Audubon printed editorials in favor of Monsanto. My husband says that the op-ed pieces in the newspapers are the truly honest articles, not disguised as factual reporting. Hilla, when Jews face Divine judgement on Yom Kippur, it’s with a full complement of our past year’s deeds, both the good and the bad (and no one is said to be completely evil). So, Monsanto tries to do some good for the environment. You and I can argue about whether it’s enough to make amends for its past (or current) mis-deeds, but it is kapparah, of sorts. I would be more alarmed if Audubon printed editorials in favor of Monsanto. My husband says that the op-ed pieces in the newspapers are the truly honest articles, not disguised as factual reporting.

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