Sunday, June 12, 2011

Peru’s government has approved a moratorium on the importation of genetically altered organisms. The moratorium will ban transgenic seeds from the country for 10 years.They stand in contrast to Brazil that has been making motions to speed up the acceptance of GMOs. The move was not unanimous, however, some legislators pointed out that people are already consuming transgenic foods without apparent harm.

Most of us in N. America consume GMOs on an everyday basis now, unless your diet is strictly organic. That is organically labelled by a responsible agency like the Oregon Tilth, you are almost surely eating GMOs. Major crops like corn, soy beans, and canola are widely grown as GMOs. In Canada and the US there is no mandatory lablelling of genetically altered foods.

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