Following several years
 
of invited public opinion,
 
which was consistently
 
in favor of
 
a continued moratorium,
 
the United States 
 
Food and Agriculture
 
Department recently
 
approved the unregulated
 
planting of Roundup 
 
Ready Alfalfa (RRA), 
 
a genetically modified 
 
alfalfa designed 
 
to survive the chemical 
 
herbicide Roundup, 
 
scientifically 
 
known as glyphosate. 
 
However, in a new study 
 
scientists have discovered 
 
for the first time 
 
a very tiny organism 
 
within these genetically 
 
modified crops 
 
that is self-replicating 
 
and appears to be able 
 
to cause disease in both 
 
plants and animals. 
 
With alfalfa being 
 
the fourth largest crop 
 
in the US, covering 
 
millions of acres of land, 
 
an independent group of 
 
scientists, farming, 
 
consumer, 
 
and food safety groups 
 
are now warning that 
 
the unregulated planting 
 
of genetically modified 
 
alfalfa is at particular risk 
 
of spreading disease 
 
because it also stands to 
 
contaminate natural crops. 
 
 
Specifically, 
 
the diseases associated 
 
with the organism found 
 
in the GMO alfalfa 
 
include a lethal disorder 
 
that can afflict soy plants 
 
as well as one 
 
that appears to cause 
 
late miscarriages 
 
in farm animals. 
 
These findings were 
 
presented by Professor 
 
Emeritus Don M. Huber (NFT: PhD) 
 
of Purdue University 
 
in the USA, 
 
who coordinates 
 
the Emergent Diseases 
 
and Pathogens committee 
 
as part of 
 
the US Department 
 
of Agriculture's National 
 
Plant Disease Recovery 
 
System. 
 
Warning that the 
 
cultivation of genetically 
 
modified alfalfa could 
 
cause irreparable damage 
 
to the food supply, 
 
Dr. Huber stated, 
 
“If indications hold true, 
 
we're set up for 
 
the greatest disaster 
 
that this country or 
 
the world has ever seen, 
 
that will dwarf any major 
 
famine or drought that 
 
has ever been recorded.” 
 
Previous studies 
 
have also linked the use 
 
of the herbicide 
 
glyphosate with 
 
damaging human health 
 
such as killing cells 
 
and causing infertility. 
 
Dr. Huber has called 
 
for more research on 
 
the effects of GMO crops 
 
before the irreversible 
 
decision about alfalfa 
 
goes into effect. 
 
Dr. Huber and 
 
fellow scientists, 
 
our sincere thanks for 
 
this urgent warning about 
 
genetically modified crops. 
 
Let us choose beneficial 
 
organic vegan farming 
 
methods for a world 
 
in which human, animal 
 
and environmental health 
 
prevail.  
 
Speaking 
 
during an October 2009 
 
videoconference 
 
in Hong Kong, 
 
Supreme Master Ching Hai 
 
mentioned the many hazards 
 
of genetically modified 
 
organisms 
 
along with the need 
 
to avoid their use
 
to ensure human welfare.
Supreme Master Ching Hai : Nowadays, 
 
many people try to do 
 
this so-called genetically 
 
modified food, 
 
so sometimes we eat 
 
vegetarian food and 
 
we don't even know 
 
that there are 
 
animal substances in it. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scientifically speaking, 
 
meat is being linked to 
 
diseases of all kind - 
 
with cholesterol, obesity, 
 
heart disease and strokes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So, if we put meat 
 
or animal substance into 
 
vegetables, then we will 
 
also have similar effects, 
 
more or less. 
 
I think we should not 
 
mess up with nature 
 
and play God. 
 
Whatever nature has 
 
already offered to us, 
 
that is good enough. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There might be 
 
more incurable diseases 
 
that come from GMOs
 
that we don't even know 
 
will happen yet. 
 
Right now, even if we 
 
just eat the normal meat 
 
and we have so many 
 
incurable diseases 
 
already;
 
if we mix it
 
with vegetables, 
 
maybe we will have more 
 
incurable diseases and 
 
more strange diseases 
 
that we don't even know 
 
how to deal with 
 
in the future. 
 
So, it's better to have 
 
organic vegan farming 
 
method. 
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