Monsanto’s Fading Grasp – Group Calls on South Africa to Ban GMO Corn

Monsanto’s Fading Grasp – Group Calls on South Africa to Ban GMO Corn







Anthony Gucciardi
Activist Post

Following in the footsteps of nations like France and Russia, South
Africa may soon be the latest nation to enact a ban on Monsanto’s GMO
corn that was recently linked to tumor development and organ damage in rats. South Africa’s African Centre for Biosafety
(ACB), a watchdog organization that was created to protect consumers
from various biotechnology dangers, is now calling on South African
authorities to enact a ban on Monsanto’s tumor-linked maize crop known
as NK603.

This is particularly important when it comes to South Africa as white
corn is a large staple food, making up for 80% of the harvest just last
year. In the event that the maize were to be banned, it would be a major
hit for Monsanto and an even larger victory for the 50,586,757 people
who live in South Africa. If authorities take the advice of ACB, then it
would not only ban the cultivation of the GMO corn, but the import and
export as well. In a letter to the South African minister of
agriculture, the ACB said:
<blockquote class="tr_bq">We urge the South African government to take the necessary steps to protect its citizens.</blockquote>Nations
around the world are currently passing or requesting bans on Monsanto’s
crops following the study, which is one of hundreds of studies to
identify the dangers of both Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup and GMOs.
Coinciding with previous pieces
of research that have linked Roundup with conditions such as cancer and
infertility, the French GMO study found that around 50% of the males
and 70% of the females fed 100% GMO corn died prematurely.

It was also dubbed the most thorough research on the prolonged effects of GMOs and Roundup on rats.


As expected, Monsanto has not taken this news lightly. Previously being busted for paying United States diplomats to extend its campaign for global seed domination and killing over
500,000 innocents with its ‘safe’ Agent Orange weapon, Monsanto’s
corruption has been repeatedly exposed by whistleblowers and alternative
news media. Each time, however, Monsanto continues to assert that its
creations are perfectly safe. Just as it did with Agent Orange, Monsanto
is now on the defensive of GMOs despite having only been tested for 90 days before unleashed on the public.

More nations around the globe will continue to call for and enact GMO
crop bans around the globe until Monsanto is either banned or labeled
(via California’s GMO labeling bill Prop 37) out of existence. It is
important that we support and highlight the countries who are making
efforts on this front such as South Africa’s ACB.

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Source:-
http://www.activistpost.com/2012/10/monsantos-fading-grasp-group-calls-on.html