We’ve talked quite a bit about GE alfalfa around here, and when I ran across this video from Deepak Chopra, I couldn’t resist sharing it with you guys.
Deepak Chopra, M.D. is an endocrinologist turned alternative medicine doctor, and I’m a huge fan of his work. In this conversation, Chopra gets into the issues and concerns surrounding this new genetically modified crop and GMOs in general.
Image Credit: Deepak Chopra. Creative Commons photo by Maximum Mitch
How USDA May Have Deregulated All GM Crops – Eat Drink Better
[…] Like alfalfa, grass cross-pollinates like mad. Because it spreads so easily, The Center for Food Safety had petitioned to have the plant treated like a weed, but USDA shot that down by reasoning that GM grass is no less a weed than regular grass, which people plant on purpose all the time. As Mother Jones points out: That’s highly debatable, since anyone who wants to address weed problems from conventional bluegrass can turn to Roundup, the nation’s most-used herbicide, whereas dealing with rogue Roundup Ready bluegrass means resorting to chemicals far more toxic […]