US-grown GMO corn and soy can’t even get into other countries because they’re considered unsafe to eat
by: Ethan A. Huff
NaturalNews.com
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Just one day after much of the world celebrated Valentine’s Day this year, the nation of Russia enacted an embargo on all imports of corn and soy products originating in the U.S., say reports. Following through with promises earlier made in defiance of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will no longer accept transgenic corn and soy imports due to safety and environmental concerns.
In 2013, President Putin met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the issue, in which he expressed “extreme outrage” over the Obama Administration’s continued protection of bio-piracy corporations like Monsanto and Syngenta, which are spreading bootlegged seeds and crop chemicals throughout the world. One of President Putin’s biggest concerns is the continued decline in bee populations, which has been repeatedly linked to pesticide and herbicide use.
Russia’s hostile feelings towards GMOs and crop chemicals are also shared by China, which enacted its own embargoes in 2015 to protect its bees and food supply against contamination. All across the globe, countries that haven’t been taken over by multinational seed corporations are taking a stand against GMOs and crop chemicals, and it’s cutting into U.S. commodity exports in a major way.
“Restrictions will be imposed on imports starting from February 15,” Assistant Director of the watchdog group Rosselkhoznadzor, Alexey Alekseenko, is quoted as saying by Natural Society. “They (the U.S.) have to establish a system to ensure safety of products imported to Russia.”
That system currently doesn’t exist, warn critics, and likely never will due to heavy lobbying from chemical and seed-modifying corporations, which hold incredible power in Washington, D.C. Their lobbying efforts keep GMOs and crop chemicals from being effectively regulated, which is harming U.S. farmers, who are seeing decreased market potential for their transgenic offerings.
“Since the products shipped from the United States pose a real threat to Russia, and the US guarantees are not valid, we reserve the right to introduce temporary restrictions on imports of US corn and soybeans,” Alekseenko added in a quote cited by RT.com.
Russia: U.S. corn and soy low quality, unsafe
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