Monsanto Still Testing GM WheatAt this point, weve all got to wonder did biotech giant Monsanto truly ever cease testing the companys genetically modified (GM) wheat? Beginning in 1998, Monsanto ran field trials in 16 states across the nation on a strain of wheat engineered to resist the companys signature Roundup glyphosate herbicide. Top wheat importing nations around the world, not to mention many wheat farmers, came forward en masse to publicly oppose any GM wheat sold then or ever. Seeing little profit in a product that obviously no one wanted to buy, Monsanto supposedly ceased its wheat trials in 2005. By then, the USDA had already approved Monsanto for over 100 field test sites of GM wheat in 16 states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. While the majority of corn, canola, soybeans and sugar beets in the U.S. are GM these days, genetically engineered wheat has never officially been approved for cultivation or sale. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did approve Monsantos GM wheat as generally recognized as safe which means little to begin with, but given that former Monsanto Vice President for Public Policy Michael Taylor is currently the FDAs Deputy Commissioner for Foods, this isnt saying much at all. After the huge public outcry that followed the discovery of Monsantos genetically engineered test wheat growing in an Oregon field last month, Japan and South Korea quickly responded by halting all American wheat imports. Supposedly GM wheat field tests in Oregon ceased in 2001, and the type of wheat found (Winter wheat) differs from the type Monsanto had been testing there anyway (Spring wheat), so there should be absolutely no reason Monsantos GM wheat should be found growing anywhere in the state today. Now it has come to light that Monsanto actually resumed testing of their GM wheat in 2011, and this new strain is currently growing in test plots in Hawaii and North Dakota. Common Dreams reports: Even if Monsantos claims about this specific wheat strain were proven true, Monsanto has resumed trials of other and very similar GM wheat seeds, according to information posted in a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) database. Monsanto planted 150 acres of GM wheat in Hawaii last year and 300 acres of GM wheat in North Dakota this yearmeaning the risk of genetic pollution from unapproved Monsanto wheat is even greater than most people are aware. How Mosanto could instantly know without a doubt the incident is isolated is a magical mystery. Carol Mallory-Smith, the Oregon State University weed science professor who initially tested the Monsanto GM wheat found randomly growing in her home state, says theres no way Monsanto can officially declare the incident is isolated: We dont know where in the whole chain it isI dont know how Monsanto can declare anything. University of Minnesota professor David Andow told Bloomberg Monsantos claims arent to be trusted either: Sure they tested it, but that doesnt mean its all clean, Andow said. It just means its not so widespread that it could be detected easily. Isnt it interesting that as more and more people are coming down with gluten intolerance and sensitivities in this country, more experts are coming out to say that this wont be the last we hear of Monsantos rogue GM wheat? Whatever the explanation for the contamination, its prima facie evidence the integrity of our nations food supply cannot be trusted when biotechnology is allowed to run rampant in our fields. MELISSA MELTONis a co-founder of TruthstreamMedia.com, where this article first appeared. She is an experienced researcher, graphic artist and investigative journalist with a passion for liberty and a dedication to truth. Her aim is to expose the New World Order for what it is a prison for the human soul from which we must break free. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 