by Arjun Walia.
http://rt.com/news/russia-import-gmo-products-621/
http://rt.com/news/gmo-ban-russian-scientists-293/
http://www.gmo-free-regions.org/gmo-free-regions/russia/gmo-free-news-from-russia/news/en/28934.html
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev recently
announced that Russia will no longer import GMO products, stating that
the nation has enough space, and enough resources to produce organic
food.
If the Americans like to eat GMO products, let them eat it then. We don’t need to do that; we have enough space and opportunities to produce organic food.” – Medvedev
Russia has been considering joining the
long list (and continually growing) of anti-GMO countries for quite
some time now. It does so after a group of Russian scientists urged the
government to consider at least a 10-year moratorium on GMOs to
thoroughly study their influence on human health.
“It is necessary to ban GMOs, to impose moratorium (on) it for 10 years. While GMOs will be prohibited, we can plan experiments, tests, or maybe even new methods of research could be developed. It has been proven that not only in Russia, but also in many other countries in the world, GMOs are dangerous. Methods of obtaining the GMOs are not perfect, therefore, at this stage, all GMOs are dangerous. Consumption and use of GMOs obtained in such way can lead to tumors, cancers and obesity among animals. Bio-technologies certainly should be developed, but GMOs should be stopped. We should stop it from spreading. ” – Irina Ermakova, VP of Russia’s National Association for Genetic Safety
A number of scientists worldwide have
clearly outlined the potential dangers associated with consuming GMOs. I
recently published an article titled “10 Scientific Studies Proving
GMOs Can Be Harmful To Human Health,” you can read that in full here.
These are just a select few out of hundreds of studies that are now
available in the public domain, it seems that they continue to surface
year after year.
Russia completely banning GMOs, such a
large, developed nation is a big step forward in creating more awareness
with regards to GMOs. Ask yourself, why have so many nations banned
GMOs and the pesticides that go with them? It’s because evidence points
to the fact that they are not safe, they are young, and we just don’t
know enough about them to safely consume them. They just aren’t
necessary, so why produce them?
Within the past few years, awareness
regarding GMOs has skyrocketed. Activism has played a large role in
waking up a large portion of Earths population with regards to GMOs.
People are starting to ask questions and seek answers. In doing so, we
are all coming to the same conclusion as Russia recently came to.
In February, the State Duma introduced a
bill banning the cultivation of GMO food products. President Putin
ordered that Russian citizens be protected from GMOs. The States
Agricultural Committee has supported the ban recommendation from the
Russian parliament, and the resolution will come into full effect in
July 2014.
This just goes to show what we can do
when we come together and demand change and share information on a
global scale. Change is happening, and we are waking up to new concepts
of our reality every day. GMOs are only the beginning, we have many
things to rid our planet of that do not resonate with us and are clearly
unnecessary. We are all starting to see through the false
justifications for the necessity of GMOs, no longer are we so easily
persuaded, no longer do we believe everything we hear and everything
we’re presented with. Lets keep it going!
For more CE articles on GMOs, click here.
For more CE articles on glyphosate, click here.
Sources:http://rt.com/news/russia-import-gmo-products-621/
http://rt.com/news/gmo-ban-russian-scientists-293/
http://www.gmo-free-regions.org/gmo-free-regions/russia/gmo-free-news-from-russia/news/en/28934.html
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