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One of the persistent myths about GMOs are that they are all about pesticides. The mythmakers know that there are crops genetically engineered to fend of devastating plant diseases like the Papaya Ringspot Virus, yet, they make this claim anyway. Now we have a handy graphic for telling people how these resistant crops work, and to help bust the myths about what this technology is being used to accomplish. Spread it far and wide!
We teamed up with Layla Katiraee - Biochica and The Mad Virologist to bring you this awesome #GMOsRevealed infographic that explains how virus-resistant genetically engineered crops work. Go to the infographic page to download a hi-res copy and to learn more about it. www.biofortified.org/info/gmo/virus/ Read Alma Laney's detailed article explaining plant viruses and the science behind these traits. www.biofortified.org/2017/07/how-virus-resistance-works-gmos/ You can even get yourself a poster of this graphic! Along with other graphics in this series. www.redbubble.com/people/franknfoode/works/27388427-gmos-revealed-virus-resistance-v1-0?asc=u
Hershey's is stirring up food fears for short-term profits. They replaced sucrose from sugar beets with sucrose from sugar cane. It's exactly the same! They justify this by saying that it's now non-GMO, but that's just a health Halo and pandering to pseudoscientific myths.
Science advocates are also giving them hell in the comments. Add your voice!
What else can we do, give them a call?
Keep it simple! Hershey’s Simply 5 Syrup is made with just 5 simple ingredients and no GMOs, so you know exactly what you’re stirring up. #WelcomeHappy
Should we buy the Fishy Corn Car? Or do something else? Jump on this poll before the sale ends Saturday!
Poll: An anti-GMO corporate propaganda mascot is up for sale - tell us what we should do! The corporate funding for fearmongering might be starting to dry up. Evidence? The "Fishy Corn Car" is up for sale on Ebay! www.ebay.com/itm/034-World-039-s-Best-Hood-Ornament-034-Fishy-Corn-outdoor-road-worthy-sculpture-... Commissioned by a corporate-funded PR operative in DC who was funded by Dr. Bronners and the Non-GMO Project, the Fishy Corn was meant to scare people and make them upset about genetically engineered foods to advocate for GMO labeling. There was a "fearmongering fleet" of these, including a "Fishy Beet", "Fishy Soybean", and a "Fishy Tomato", but they have all been poorly maintained and rusting out - including one that is already non-operational. The first of these mascots - the Fishy Corn - is currently being auctioned at $1,076. One way or another, this is a very intriguing opportunity - and we want YOUR input on what we should do! Sale ends Saturday (tomorrow), so hop on this poll right away!
We at MAMyths are excited about this film, mostly because it's the first comprehensive feature-length look at the world of agricultural genetic engineering, and also because our badass 2015 Chicago counter-protest is featured in the movie!
Food Evolution Movie Challenges Public Fear Of GMOs
forbes.com
The Food Evolution documentary navigates the thorny landscape of a debate that often casts GMOs as a scapegoat for myriad perceived ills of modern agriculture.
What's up with the "Children's March for Humanity"? A new anti-vaccine event is going on today, organized by some of the same people who organized the March Against Monsanto. We already knew that the anti-GMO and anti-vax movements have become the same movement, so what is different about this one? This time they are putting their children out in front as political pawns because they don't have the science to back them up.
MAMyths' own Karl J. Haro von Mogel was interviewed for a story about the CMfH for a local paper in Texas, and he talked about how anti-vax parents make their decisions, and what the real harm is when people listen to the claims made by this movement.
m.panews.com/2017/06/16/anti-vaxx-march-to-be-held-in-port-neches/
Anti-vaxx march to be held in Port Neches | Port Arthur News
panews.com
The vaccination debate will be coming to Port Neches today. Children’s March for Humanity is a movement that urges individual choice for vaccinations. The group is opposed to vaccines. This puts the organization at odds with most of the medical community and with conventional wisdom. CMFH will hold…