No one on Maui, other than Monsanto, currently is growing genetically modified crops, specifically because it is copyright infringement to grow their crops. Therefore, the initiative would not impact anyone not directly working for Monsanto.
Importantly Douglas believes that CAMCFB is lying about the threat of job losses, because “they [Monsanto] can always switch to growing hybrid seeds.” Douglas added “that now that China and Russia have joined Europe, Australia and New Zealand and much of the rest of the world in banning or limiting GMO’s, the market for GMO crops has peaked.”
…Most modern GMO crops have been engineered specifically to be resistant to Glyphosate, so that the crops can be protected from weeds by spraying the whole field with Glyphosate.
According to some studies housed in the US National Library of Medicine, Glyphosate has also been linked to Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in occupations that deal with spraying Glyphosate, and to breast cancer, due to its impact as an “endocrine disruptor.” One study suggested that Celiac Sprue (or gluten intolerance) could possibly be a direct result of contact with Glyphosate.
….The nearby Leilani Estates were filled with “acres and acres of papaya.” One person there told him that the trees there had stopped producing, also because they had been impacted by pollen drift by the Rainbow Papaya. He also learned that the farmers had been told that they would have to pay for whatever papaya they produced. This is because the gene strain of the Rainbow Papaya is actually trademarked, thus making any Rainbow Papaya the intellectual property of the industry.
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