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Meegaande artikel uit die "Citizen" van 03 September 2002 plaas dinge
(ietwat) in perspektief - verskoon die Engels:
"The Citizen" Tuesday 3 September 2002
by Andrew Kenny
ARE you for life or are you for death? The honest answer from some of the
greens would be: for death.
The biggest eye-opener for me at the WSSD was on Genetically Modified (GM)
Crops. My training is in physics and engineering and so I do not know much
about the biological sciences. I had listened vaguely to arguments for and
against GM crops, thinking on balance that they were probably quite a good
thing. But now I have changed my mind.
What changed it was listening to three small farmers, one from the
Philippines, one from India and one from northern KwaZulu-Natal (one Mr
Buthelezi). They were part of discussions held by the Sustainable
Development Network. All three told the same story, and the story startled
me.
They are all small farmers, depending for survival on little crops of maize
and cotton. Their crops were attacked continuously by two ruthless enemies,
the bollworm and the corn borer. They devastated the crops. To try to
control them the farmers used large amounts of pesticides, which destroyed
all the beneficial insects, poisoned the soil, damaged their health and
killed one of their workers. The farmers were desperate. And then they were
given GM seeds.
It changed their lives. They were Bt seeds (Bacillus thuringiensis) which
provide the plants with a natural defence against the pests. The crop yields
doubled or trebled. They did not have to use pesticides any more, which
saved them money and improved their health. Beneficial insects came back.
For the first time ever, these small farmers began to make enough money to
improve their living standards. They benefited and the environment
benefited.
That night on the TV, I saw a sleek, rich, young white British woman from
Greenpeace being interviewed on the subject of GM crops. She said they
should not be used until we had done years more testing. The message of
death from Greenpeace was clear: "You darkies must go hungry, poison your
soil and destroy your biodiversity until we, the wise white Bwanas from
Europe, decide that GM crops are acceptable."
The sickening, condescending, callous, racist arrogance of Greenpeace!
Meanwhile, I have changed by mind on GM crops. I used to believe they were
probably a good thing. I now believe they are a wonderful thing.
Here's to science, life and GM crops! Here's to a healthy planet for all our
people, plants and animals!
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| Re: Geneties gemanipuleerde voedsel - Deel II [boodskap #65995 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #65994] |
Wed, 04 September 2002 17:12  |
Arthur
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"Jonas" schreef...
> It changed their lives. They were Bt seeds (Bacillus thuringiensis) which
> provide the plants with a natural defence against the pests. The crop yields
> doubled or trebled. They did not have to use pesticides any more, which
> saved them money and improved their health. Beneficial insects came back.
> For the first time ever, these small farmers began to make enough money to
> improve their living standards. They benefited and the environment
> benefited.
En daar is geen nadelige effekte wanneer mens daardie kos eet nie?
Ek het ooit 'n artikel gelees oor aartappels wat geteel (die tradisionele
vorm van genetiese modifikasie) was om -sonder die gebruik van insektisides-
'n goeie oogs te gee. Ek glo dit was in Kanada. Dit het baie goed gewerk,
maar die aartappels het hulle eie insektiside gemaak en was dus ongeskik vir
menslike konsumsie ....
Groete,
Arthur
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