Russia has the United States beat in one department for sure. Russia has banned the cultivation of GMO crops. We are having a difficult time just getting laws passed to simply label GMOs, never mind banning them altogether!
“A senior Russian government member told reporters the cabinet decided that any food production in the country will completely exclude any genetically-modified organisms or parts thereof,” reports RT.com.
RT reports:
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“According to official statistics the share of GMO in the Russian food industry has declined from 12 percent to just 0.01 percent over the past 10 years, and currently there are just 57 registered food products containing GMO in the country. The law ordering obligatory state registration of GMO products that might contact with the environment will come into force in mid-2017.”
Most consumers around the world, when given a choice, prefer to eat non-GMO foods.
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In the United States, the Grocery Manufacturers of America, is desperately trying to block all GMO food labeling in order to keep consumers in the dark about what they’re eating.
Hungary is also working hard to produce GMO-free food products for its own people. As reported on GMO.news:
“Hungary’s Ministry of Agriculture believes that keeping Hungarian agriculture GMO-free is a matter of “extremely high strategic importance.”
In fact, Hungary’s Constitution states that:
“Hungary shall promote the effective application of the right referred to in Paragraph (1) by an agriculture free of genetically modified organisms, by ensuring access to healthy food and drinking water, by organizing safety at work and healthcare provision, by supporting sports and regular physical exercise, as well as by ensuring the protection of the environment.”
Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds along with the heavy use of cancer-causing Roundup (glyphosate), could have a far reaching negative impact on the heath of the human race. Glyphosate was shown in the Seralini study to cause the growth of massive tumors in lab rats, which you can see in the attached photo.
Here are some of the findings from the Seralini study which was, of course, viciously attacked by the Monsanto:
• Up to 50% of males and 70% of females suffered premature death.
• Rats that drank trace amounts of Roundup (at levels legally allowed in the water supply) had a 200% to 300% increase in large tumors.
• Rats fed GM corn and traces of Roundup suffered severe organ damage including liver damage and kidney damage.
• The study fed these rats NK603, the Monsanto variety of GM corn that’s grown across North America and widely fed to animals and humans. This is the same corn that’s in your corn-based breakfast cereal, corn tortillas and corn snack chips.
California has recently announced its intention to add glyphosate to its list of “known carcinogens,” and the World Health Organization recently declared glyphosate a “probable carcinogen.”