Dr. Ramon Seidlers CV er ikke at kimse med. Han var professor for mikrobiologi ved Oregon State University i 16 år inden han arbejdede for EPA.Han har også holdt mange ærespositioner, deriblandt at være listed af International Biographical Centre i Cambridge, England som en ud af de 2,000 fremragende verdensvidenskabsmænd i det 20. århundrede.
Mens Seidlers ansættelse ved EPA, foretog han (sammen med andre forskere) GMO eksperimenter som var afgrænsede til indendørs omgivelser. Meningen med eksperimenterne var at mimik, hvad der sker udendørs, ligesom når en landmand har plantet en GMO afgrøde i Idaho, Michigan, eller California. Genoverførselsevnerne og overlevelseskvotienten af genetisk modificerede frø blev iagttaget. Han iagttog også transgenetisk DNA og Bt gift produkter i landbrugsmæssige økosystemer.
Hvad han og hans forskerkolleger fandt var at GE bakteria overlevede i årevis i jorden, selv efter at det var fjernet fra planterne.
Den forhenværende professor erklærede at GE afgrøder ikke yder nogen betydelig forøgelse i afgrødeudbytte, men udgør adskillige andre store bekymringer: nemlig kryds-pollinering af ikke-GM species, og har negative impakt på miljøet. Han kalder disse 'bivirkninger' for brudte biotek løfter.
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He also points out that one-third of the world already has the choice to 'opt-out' of GMOs because their food is labeled, and though Americans overwhelmingly want GM foods to be labeled, they are not.
As other scientists have pointed out, Seidler mentions the fact that very little true research has been conducted by independent scientists at any American universities. Biotech has restricted these studies by requesting that professors sign an agreement prior to the research being completed which forces them to send all results to the biotech companies before being published - ostensibly - to be vetted and discounted should it paint their GM seed in any negative light.
The former scientist says this is nothing short of censorship, and individuals who have conducted years of research are unable to publish their findings in any reputable journals because biotech would simply veto the results.
Seidler also details how the biotechnology industry has parroted the claim that "pesticide use has declined' since they introduced GMOs, but he states this is absolutely untrue. He commented:
"Initially, insecticide use declined due to the effectiveness of Bt toxin in controlling pest insects. However, as time went on glyphosate use increased some 13-fold to control weeds and other non-genetically engineered synthetic chemicals were introduced to control insects as the Bt toxin became ineffective.This 'pesticide treadmill' as Seidler has dubbed it, has all of us sick, and our soil contaminated.
Glyphosate has been extensively applied to hundreds of millions of acres of genetically engineered crops, and the residues are in our air, water, and human bodies.
Now virtually all of genetically engineered seeds are coated with insecticides and fungicides and these chemicals have increased some 10-fold in the last 10 years.
When seed coated pesticides are added to those pesticides that are injected into the soil at seed planting, pesticide use climbed back to where it was approximately 10-12 years ago."
To read more about a former EPA's stance on GMOs, read the entire interview here.
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