“Happy New Year!” To Mexican Corn Farmers After The Twin Ban To Import American Corn Which Is Genetically Modified (GM)

Eating corn and enjoying it? Stop right now and consider this: What you are eating may look the same as the one you are used to munching – but it may be an entirely different corn now, one tampered with by profit-minded scientists.

It may be genetically modified (GM) corn – engineered by plant scientists to defeat Mother Nature. I UP Los Baños agriculturist say they should know better!

The corn eaten around the world today originated in Mexico nearly 10,000 years ago; today, the Mexicans are treating the corn as a threat to their own health! (Miranda Lipton, “Mexico Is Treating Corn From The US As A Threat. Here's Why,” 28 Feb 2024, National Geographic, nationalgeographic.com). And the GM-corn Americans are treating the would-be GM corn ban as a threat to their companies’ health – of course.

Also from Ms Miranda:

“The corn eaten around the world today originated in Mexico nearly 10,000 years ago. From the ancient rituals of the Mayans and Aztecs, to the tortillas, tamales, esquites… corn is the centerpiece of culture, cuisine, and identity.”

So why did the Americans have to re-engineer the corn created by Mother Nature? For greater yields. The producers of GM corn will say that Americans cannot eat Mexican culture and identity!

“Supporters of GM crops, including corn, argue that (GM crops) have allowed farmers to boost production significantly and that studies have proven that they are not harmful to human health.” (22 Feb 2021, “Mexico Proceeds With Plan To Replace 16mn Tonnes Of GM Corn With Homegrown Variety,” MND Staff,  Mexico News Daily, mexiconewsdaily.com). I agriculturist ask:

“To the MND Staff: ‘Where are the studies that show long-term consumption of GM is not harmful to humans?’” You should know your journalism!

My journalism I call THiNK! Journalism:

True? If True, is it
Helpful? If Helpful, is it
Inspiring? If Inspiring, is it
Necessary? If Necessary, is it
Kind?
THiNK!

Let’s investigate some more.

(Deputy Agriculture Minister Victor) Suárez, an agronomist, long-term ally of President López Obrador and a key architect of the executive order, told Reuters that GM corn and glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Monsanto herbicide Roundup, are too dangerous to be permitted long term in Mexico. He said that Mexican … sustainable “agro-ecological” practices must take priority.

Whatever those agro-ecological practices are, why is an herbicide included in the “new corn agriculture” based on GM corn?

The American producers of GM crops insist that GM crops “are not harmful to human health.” My personal question: “Have the GM companies conducted long-term studies to be sure? Long-term, like 20 years.”

Genetically modifying a crop, any crop, is definitely tampering with Mother Nature – in time, how can anyone claim that there are no side effects observable in humans who consume them?

My final statement here is this: “Let the companies who produce GM corns show with the bodies of their employees that there are no side-effects even if these employees have consumed them for as long as 30 years!@517