ThePreBanMan wrote:wolverinebuckman wrote:ThePreBanMan wrote:DaveT1963 wrote:Ok I stand corrected cooking wont kill CWD. I still struggle to find one actual case where it was transferred by eating.... you would think predators would be dropping like flies? I still think it's a great idea to thoroughly cook all game and fish.
I'm not sure I'd eat a positive tested animal, but truthfully I dont worry about it and have never had an animal tested.
BTW, keep eating your potatoes, corn and other veggies.... or did you not here that most commercially grown vegetables have been modified with roundup in the seed.... so insects wont eat plants that have been modified like this.... no food source is safe these days unless you grow or raise it yourself. BTW all deer eat ag products heavily sprayed with the crap.
Roundup is an herbicide and it kills plants. Any farmer who likes money would not be modifying their crops with it. I think what you mean is cross breading... which is when, for example in the case of corn, they take 2 breeds of corn and plant the different breeds in alternating rows. When the corn grows to the point where it grows tops/tassels, they top the corn (cut off the top tassels) of the breed A they do not want to pollinate breed B. So what you're left with is breed B which then pollinates breed A. This is crossbreeding or sometimes referred to as GMO (genetically modified). They do it to bring out the desirable traits in different breeds. Like resistance to insects, higher yields, drought resistance, etc.
I think sometimes round up may be used to kill weeds in some agro use cases though. But they aren't mixing it with their cash crops. Not if they want to keep the farm. I think pesticides are much more of a concern. Some of them are pretty nasty.
All that said, why compound risky behavior by consuming disease-ridden meat?
About Roundup Ready CropsJean Roe - Fields
"Genetically Modified Food
Roundup Ready crops are crops genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup. Roundup is the brand-name of a herbicide produced by Monsanto. Its active ingredient glyphosate was patented in the 1970s. Roundup is widely used by both people in their backyards and farmers in their fields. Roundup Ready plants are resistant to Roundup, so farmers that plant these seeds must use Roundup to keep other weeds from growing in their fields.
The first Roundup Ready crops were developed in 1996, with the introduction of genetically modified soybeans that are resistant to Roundup. These crops were developed to help farmers control weeds. Because the new crops are resistant to Roundup, the herbicide can be used in the fields to eliminate unwanted foliage. Current Roundup Ready crops include soy, corn, canola, alfalfa, cotton, and sorghum, with wheat under development.
Roundup Ready crop seeds have notoriously been referred to as "terminator seeds." This is because the crops produced from Roundup Ready seeds are sterile. Each year, farmers must purchase the most recent strain of seed from Monsanto. This means that farmers cannot reuse their best seed. Read more about terminator seeds.
To read more about genetically modified food from a few different perspectives, check out the key players page. To learn more about the impact of Roundup Ready seeds, check out the impact page."
"If Roundup Ready® Corn is consumed, can roundup be detected in the human body shortly after consumption? Application of Roundup brand herbicides sometimes results in a small amount of glyphosate residues in crops and commodities intended for human and animal use. Regulatory agencies, particularly the U.S. EPA, take the potential for consumption of such residues into consideration. Regulatory agencies establish the maximum level of residues allowed in food and feed as well as the allowable daily intake of those residues. Most glyphosate that is consumed just passes through the digestive tract unabsorbed. The fraction that is absorbed is rapidly eliminated from the body and does not accumulate in our body; "
That's messed up. I had no idea they had round up resistant crops... That stuff destroys anything it touches. I can't imagine plants surviving it but I learned me suttin...
Bigger yields, but less nutritional value!!!!