Since the idea is to write aobut some news we are interested in, I will choose my concern at the moment. Unfortunately, it is something negative I have mentioned. A couple of weeks ago a new law was voted. And the majority voted in favor of something that makes no sense to me. The law forces all agricultors and peasants to hand in all their seeds to an American, yes ! An American company to take over the agricultural business. What will happen is that agricultures and peasants in the future will have to buy the seeds from “monsanto” (An american company)which has a reputation for increasing the price of the seeds. But most importantly, that they are genetically modified seeds. Ok, we know that at the moment most of the corn, soya and some tomatoes are GM, but this law will mean that in two years time, we will all be eating ONLY GM food, which is just CRAZY. We don’t really know the effects this has on people, but we Do know that “round up”, the pesticide agricultures are forced to buy when monsanto takes over, is extremely strong, has caused a lot of deformities in babies born of women who work the fields. There is evidence that once the soil absorbs the pesticide, it cannot be used for any other type of crop. We also know that bees are disappearing from our planet because of the same product. There is a lot more information about this that I could list now and unfortunately, nothing is too positive. Those who support this law argue that GM crops are more productive, but those against say otherwise. And how crazy is it we are going to buy our own seeds from Americans at the price they decide on ?and to eat who knows what! I am sorry but with this, our politicians once again have shown the class they are. Especially taking advantage of the Hydroaysen controversy to pass the law. And the media has also reminded us how controlled information is.
Some links to look at
http://chilesintransgenicos.cl/

http://www.democraciadirecta.cl/s/

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