Hey! A New Potentially Apocalyptic Consequence of GMOs

Super! From the company who's main product is death in one form or another comes another heart stopping reason why you really shouldn't fuck with shit you don't understand.

In a letter from Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University sent to Tom Vilsack, the US Secretary of Agriculture in January, Dr. Huber lays out some serious conclusions he's reached concerning a heretofore unknown micro-organism:

A team of senior plant and animal scientists have recently brought to my attention the discovery of an electron microscopic pathogen that appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals, and probably human beings. ... This previously unknown organism is only visible under an electron microscope (36,000X), with an approximate size range equal to a medium size virus. It is able to reproduce and appears to be a micro-fungal-like organism. If so, it would be the first such micro-fungus ever identified. There is strong evidence that this infectious agent promotes diseases of both plants and mammals, which is very rare.

Based on a review of the data, it is widespread, very serious... 

Wow. A new fungus that can cause disease in you and your corn flakes. Super!  But wait... it is widespread, very serious, and?

...and is in much higher concentrations in Roundup Ready (RR) soybeans and corn-suggesting a link with the RR gene or more likely the presence of Roundup... It is found in high concentrations in Roundup Ready soybean meal and corn, distillers meal, fermentation feed products, pig stomach contents, and pig and cattle placentas.

The letter goes on to warn that this micro-organism, new to science mind you, could be linked to outbreaks of plant disease and animal reproductive failure and recommends that this situation be treated as an emergency. He concludes with this:

I have studied plant pathogens for more than 50 years. We are now seeing an unprecedented trend of increasing plant and animal diseases and disorders. This pathogen may be instrumental to understanding and solving this problem. It deserves immediate attention with significant resources to avoid a general collapse of our critical agricultural infrastructure.

OK. Sounds straightforward enough. Let's stop the insanity and ban the use of GMOs and Roundup until we can get a handle on this craziness (if that's even possible anymore).

Meanwhile, the Canadian Government presses on with it's 'Whatever the Corporations Tell Us To Do' policy.