The Plants That Will Not Die

[lizbud]

A field of genitically modified wheat has somehow planted itself into a farmers field. 90% of all wheat grown in America is for export & gen-mod wheat
is banned from import in most European countries & it isn't approved for use in USA either. Workers tried to kill the plants, but they are resistant to all known pesticides.
Thanks a lot Monsanto.


http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article...n_Oregon_field

[Catty1]

Wheat is an annual plant. Mow it down. It sure won't grow back then!

[Karen]

I dislike all the fear-mongering around genetically modified food - farmers have been selectively breeding plants for generations, but no one screamed then.

I know it isn't the same thing, but do some scientific, independently monitored and rigorously scientifically sound studies before we panic, folks. It ain't the boogie monster, it's a plant. And of course it "will die" - if ya yank it up, it'll die, instead of dumping chemicals on it that will get into the groundwater and then us, it will most assuredly die.

[Alysser]

Let me guess, Monsanto has something to do with it?

[lizbud]

Suspicious minds want to know.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/wary...rts-6C10141005

[Lady's Human]

And once again emotion and propaganda thrash sound science.

I'm not a fan of Monsanto's techniques, as they involve mass quantities of pesticide and herbicide to prep fields, but the GMO scare is assinine.