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Sugar beet farmers in the U.S. will soon decide whether to plant genetically engineered sugar beets. A new genetically engineered strain of sugar beet created by Monsanto and designed to resist Roundup, an herbicide also created by Monsanto, is the latest available option approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2005. The final decision will be largely determined the type of sugar food manufacturers such as McDonald's, Campbell Soup, Kellogg, Kraft Foods, Sara Lee, PepsiCo and Hershey's commit to buying for use in their production of foods in 2009. Sugar is added to most processed foods, including candy, cereals, health bars, beverages, juices, bread, candy bars, frozen foods, dressings, fast foods, etc. It might be difficult to find items to which sugar isn't added. It's commonly known that high intake of sugar is unhealthy but unless we eat mostly homemade meals from scratch, we end up consuming large quantities of sugar whether we want to or not. Take a moment to keep GM sugar off our food.
Comments (7)
It is so true, sugar IS difficult to escape.
The presence of sugar is some food is mind-boggling
Posted by Richard | March 5, 2008 3:11 PM
and corn too
Posted by Rob | March 5, 2008 4:16 PM
So....I saw no explanation at all why this is any more bad for a person than sugar in general.
Posted by Surfer Gurl | March 5, 2008 4:24 PM
The problem is that Monsanto locks farmers into using only their seeds. They prevent the farmers from using any of the crops as seeds for the next year. They file lawsuits against farmers who fail to buy Monsanto seed the next year and have any crop with the same genetic engineered traits. They are doing this all around the world; creating genetically engendered seed junkies who have to come back to the pusher for their next fix.
Posted by Joe | March 5, 2008 4:55 PM
i think genetically modified plant and animal will destroy the environment and is so dangerous for human health.
thank you for excellent post
Posted by Mahdi | March 9, 2008 7:09 PM
Roundup can also break down into the carcinogen acrylamide
http://www.mail-archive.com/bdnow@envirolink.org/msg03515.html
Posted by Dand | March 11, 2008 3:33 AM
Roundup can also break down into the carcinogen acrylamide
http://www.mail-archive.com/bdnow@envirolink.org/msg03515.html
Posted by Dan | March 11, 2008 3:33 AM