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Technology Won't Feed the World's Hungry
Currently Low-risk
- Tomatoes
- Potatoes
- Salmon
- Pigs
High-risk Crops
- Alfalfa
- Canola
- Corn
- Cotton
- Papaya
- Soy
- Sugar Beets
- Zucchini
- Yellow Summer Squash
Environmental Effects
- Increased use of toxic herbicides
- Cross-pollination
- "super weeds" and "super bugs"
World Hunger
GMO
- Genetically modified organisms
- 80% of processed food in US
Health Risks
- Immune problems
- Accelerated aging
- Insulin deregulation
- Infertility
- Other changes in major organs and gastrointestinal system
Anuradha Mittal
- Born in India
- Founder and executive director of the Oakland Institute
- Several areas of expertise
- Most Valuable Thinker
- Writer and editor
- Nonprofit organizations
- Ben & Jerry's
America's Vote
- 91% want GMO products labeled
- 53% would not knowingly buy GMO products
Effect on Farmers
- Pressured to switch to GMO crops
Patents on GMOs
Cross-pollination
Sue farmers
Motivation
- Out of 800 million hungry in world, 200 million are in India
Main Points
- GMOs are not the solution to Third World hunger
- Actually excess food in India in 2000
- organizations like IMF keep food from needy
"It's appalling that even today the debate in developed countries offers the Third World the option of either dying or eating unsafe foods."
Anuradha Mittal