(NaturalNews) A recent
two-day protest in Northern California against genetically-modified
organisms (GMOs) led to the complete shutdown of a Monsanto corporate
office for an entire day, according to reports. On Friday, March 16,
2012, activists affiliated with the Global Days of Action to Shut Down Monsanto
began rallying in front of the Davis, Calif., office of Monsanto, where
they held up banners, gave speeches, and set up tents in front of the
Monsanto building on Fifth Street, which caused the biotech giant to
shutter its operations.
"In the course of the two-day event,
activists held up signs, gave speeches to inform and inspire each other
and solidify the movement, drafted a resolution about Monsanto with
many proposed solutions to be presented to the California legislature,
celebrated each other and went "freeway blogging" - displaying a large
hand made banner that said, "Shut Down Monsanto" on the Pole Line Road
overpass over I-80," writes Mark Graham of Food Freedom. "Thousands of drivers were shown this message."
Sponsored by The Anti-Monsanto Project, the Peace & Freedom Party, and various chapters of the Occupy
movement from around Northern California, the weekend rally in Davis
serves as a template for activists in other cities to follow. All it
took to shut down Monsanto, after all, was a few dozen people standing
in front of the building -- imagine what hundreds, or even thousands, of
activists could together accomplish?
Awareness about GMOs and
the fact that they continue to remain unlabeled in the American food
supply is becoming a forefront issue in the public spotlight. And
evidence of this is being fleshed out in California, Connecticut,
Washington and nearly a dozen other states where mandatory GMO labeling
laws have been proposed or are currently making their way through the
legislative process.
The truth about the dangers and
ineffectiveness of GMOs, as well as the extreme toxicity of Roundup
(glyphosate) and the other chemical pesticides and herbicides used on
GMOs, are also gaining national attention. A recent study published in
the Journal of Toxicology in Vitro, for instance, revealed that even very low levels of Roundup destroy testosterone and lead to male infertility (http://www.naturalnews.com/035135_Roundup_herbicide_testosterone.html).
In 2009, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine
(AAEM) concluded that GMOs "pose a serious health risk," and called for
an immediate moratorium on their cultivation and use in food. Credible
scientific studies continue to show that consumption of GMOs is linked
to organ damage, gastrointestinal disorders, autoimmune illnesses, and
infertility. GMOs also do not perform any better than natural or
hybrid crops.
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