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**Spread** · **Spread** More Washboard User ID: 118341 09-04-2012 07:09 AM **Posts: 11,723**

The battle over labeling genetically modified foods wages on. In Connecticut, HB Bill 5117 would require the labeling of products containing GMOs and in California proposition 37 is slated for a November vote with the hopes of doing the same.

To add more dissent to the GMO controversy, Walmart recently signed a deal with Monsanto to begin carrying a new corn variety, according to Business Insider. The corn is genetically modified to withstand excessive amounts of pesticides and herbicides. Specifically, those pesticides and herbicides manufactured by Monsanto itself.

The Monsanto Company is an agricultural biotechnology corporation that has cornered the market on producing genetically engineered (GE) seed. It also is the world’s leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, otherwise known as “Roundup," according to the company's website.

The Monsanto sweet corn that Walmart will be carrying also contains Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins. These toxins are lethal to certain insects. Bt is registered with the EPA as a pesticide. As such, it technically makes the corn itself a pesticide.

http://guilford.patch.com/articles/walma...s-bc587b01

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 118524 09-04-2012 07:11 AM

Walsanto.. evil bastards

**SpeaRitual** · **SpeaRitual** Courage User ID: 106706 09-04-2012 07:25 AM **Posts: 3,707**

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 99449 09-04-2012 08:09 AM

You gotta hand it to them though, they (Monsanto) know the triggers to pull in their target audience.

Quote: “Enables farmers to reduce their number of insecticide applications they make on their sweet corn by almost 85 percent. This reduces the chance for soil and groundwater contamination, which is important for farmers and their families. It also means sweet corn farmers don’t have to drive their tractors as often, which reduces their use of gasoline and minimizes greenhouse gas emissions.”

Never mind the monster weeds which require further chemicals, or the genetic abnormalities in animal studies, or even the gut bacteria in humans which begin producing those toxins within their host.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 99449 09-04-2012 08:11 AM

I like the headline on Business Insider better:

Walmart Is Going To Sell The Genetically Modified Corn That Its Competitors Rejected

http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-i...led-2012-8

**Tyche Unleashed**

**BloodRed**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Walsanto.. evil bastards

~ Monsmarto?? Bobby Fisher, I dunno, I dunno... =/

Blink

**Pope Barbie Imaculata**

How nice. That's like Darth Vader and Sauron becoming a couple.

**Emma Peel**

Quote:As such, it technically makes the corn itself a pesticide.

Forget electronics. Is this what we'll be fighting over on Black Friday?

**DanfromtheHills**

barbsat Wrote:

How nice. That's like Darth Vader and Sauron becoming a couple.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 118553 09-04-2012 12:56 PM

a match made in hell

**flintstone** lop guest User ID: 95037 09-04-2012 01:07 PM

f*ck chinamart. if all of their stores spontaneously combusted this country would be a hell of a lot better off. i wouldn't give them the time to piss on the ashes. and don't forget walmart went global. now they can spread their poison to the rest of the planet. as far as monsanto, well i'm all outa hate but i don't like them either.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 118556 09-04-2012 01:10 PM

Saw that coming from miles away!

Walmarts AND Monsantan can eat a dick!

**evilolive** · (This post was last modified: 09-04-2012 01:17 PM by evilolive.)

The two have been flirting with each other for long now. Expected.

Ding dong, ding dong!

**Ohio Dude**

I discovered something interesting this weekend. There is a village named Monsanto in Portugal that is very close to some of the most famous Knights Templar ruins in Europe. The town itself was managed by the Templars in the 12th century.

Coincidence? probably.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_(Idanha-a-Nova)