We’ve been warning about GM contamination risks for a while at Natural Society, but the USDA doesn’t seem to want to contain the issue. This, while three major countries jointly issue a warning that genetically modified organisms pose too large a risk for contaminating other plants. This follows the EUs recent authorization of 17 new GMOs meant for animal feed and human consumption.
The contamination risk looms large since even unapproved GM crops have been found growing where they shouldn’t be. One strain of genetically modified wheat was discovered in Oregon several years ago. The Roundup Ready strain was nixed in 2005 when global resistance to Monsanto forced the company to stop working on it. It was never approved for use, let along growing and exporting, but there it was growing in the middle of the US.
Civil society organizations from Canada, Australia, and Japan visited Europe’s GMO-FREE EUROPE Conference 2015 in Berlin 6-8th May, carrying this warning. Jessica Harrison, Coordinator of the GM-Free Australia Alliance (GMFAA), said:
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