Cinema Libre announced
this past week that Genetically Modified Children will be making its domestic DVD
debut on June 5. Documentary filmmakers Stephanie Lebrun and
Juliette Igier deliver a horror show of frightening proportions with the
release of this film … it might just be a wake-up call that growers everywhere
need to examine!
Monsanto’s Roundup (Glyphosate)
has been around since 1974 and been the subject of numerous studies, which
pretty much come back as “it’s safe, but avoid prolonged exposure, etc., etc.,
etc.” Maybe so, but Lebrun and Igier
have discovered a potential nightmare anomaly in the tobacco producing areas of
Argentina that looks to be the beginning of an epidemic of childhood mutations,
cancer and skin diseases that have the local medical community baffled.
There are issues raised …
is Glyphosate and genetically-modified tobacco a deadly combination, and if so,
what other combinations might be about to manifest themselves. Oh sure, there are claims that the Chinese
are dumping inferior blends of Glyphosate around the world (they indeed have a
history of mass-producing defective products … lead-laced toys are a great
example), but is that just “deflection” from Monsanto?
There are more and more
reports that Roundup is producing resistant “weed” strains … which raises the
specter, is Monsanto secretly modifying the basic formula of Glyphosate to
increase the potency? Is Lebrun and
Igier’s film the smoking gun?
Is exposure a
generational thing? So many questions …
Genetically
Modified Children combines
plenty of examples of this “new plague” in Argentina with interviews with local
academics and medical officials to create a powerful case that something
horrible is taking place in the here and now.
Genetically Modified Children is presented in English and Spanish with English
subtitles.
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