GM Enviro-Pig Wont Go To Market; On To Humanely Solving an Environmental ProblemHeather Callaghan The way our regulatory agencies work is to keep pending approvals for genetically modified animals on file, in secret, until a decision determines if its suddenly in the stores unlabeled, or no, not yet. Its clear that consumers oppose GM animals so were relieved the project is being shelved. The GM pig was going to drive consumers away from eating pork if it was ever approved for market, said Paul Slomp, Youth Vice-President of the National Farmers Union. This GM pig fiasco could have permanently damaged our domestic and international pork markets. Dr. Cecil Forsberg, co-inventor of Enviro-pig agreed with Ontario Porks decision . . . for now. From NY Times, Forsberg says: [When the first such pig was created in 1999] I had the feeling in seven or eight or nine years that transgenic animals probably would be acceptable. But I was wrong. Its time to stop the program until the rest of the world catches up . . . and it is going to catch up. Dr. Forsberg is retaining Enviro-pig semen on the chance the world catches up with him and a company is willing to take on the GM pigs in the future. Mouse-pig or Franken-Swine could have been the very first GM animal for consumption bacon just wouldnt have been the same again; and, actually, it isnt. What About the Remaining Mess? Its the Circle of Death but the cycle is only beginning. For better animal treatment, environmental healing, and human health. Pigs need phosphorous for bone, teeth, and cell formation but their typical Bt corn and soybean diets leave them with 80% of their phosphorous in an non-digestible form. That and stuffing a thousand pigs into one facility is what caused the phosphorous mess. That phosphorous manure is then heaped on the GM corn and soy as fertilizer, further increasing the indigestible phosphorous diet. The Circle of Death continues. The answer to the environmental problem caused by GMOs is not more genetic modification! CBAN suggested the following: There are already many solutions to this problem including reducing the number of pigs raised in one place, changing feed ingredients, trucking liquid manure longer distances, dry composting manure, or expanding the area of land for spreading manure. Additionally, there is already the cost-effective, simple technological fix of a phytase supplement that can be added to hog feed. In 2002, a precedent for contamination was set when eleven GM piglets at the University were sent to a rendering plant and turned into animal feed (unapproved) instead of being destroyed as biological waste. They contaminated 675 tons of poultry feed that was sold to egg, turkey and chicken farmers in Ontario! Former vice president of research at the University of Guelph said of the incident, Things you dont expect to happen can happen. Again in 2004, experimental GM pharma-pigs from the Quebec company TGN Biotech were accidentally[?] turned into chicken feed instead of being safely destroyed. The media might bemoan the naysayers who tried to stop the good guys who already pumped millions into a misguided solution for the environment. Truthfully, the pigs, environment and farming markets are much safer with Enviro-pigs timely exit. With great hope, farmers will continue to alter the structure and move towards economical healthy feed and confinement changes. Otherwise, consumer sway will move to decentralize further and seek better treated pigs, leaving lots of poor farmers undeservedly holding the GMO feed bag. Additional Sources: Read other articles by Heather Callaghan here. You can support this information by voting on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/ru0aw/gm_enviropig_wont_go_to_the_market_on_to_humanely/ linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 