Mainland Spain on alert for contamination of GM crops advancing unchecked.

SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES IN ARAGON AND CATALONIA HAVE REQUESTED MAGRAMA TO CARRY OUT RIGOROUS MONITORING.

The authorities of the countries of the European Union are quite concerned about this situation, especially since two studies recently show that European biodiversity is in serious danger from GMOs. Which, in addition to causing an irreversible ecological disaster, would cause a strong blow to the economy.

It is not new to say that genetically modified crops can wreak havoc on agriculture when they affect or contaminate native plantations.. Although in Europe several countries have prohibited the use and entry of genetically modified organisms, OMG, Not even these have been saved from the uncontrolled proliferation of weeds that come from GMOs that can reproduce..

Although defenders of GMOs assure that contamination by transgenic pollen is minimal, reality shows otherwise. Many populations of wild rapeseed with transgenic DNA have been found in countries such as Japan and Switzerland.; this despite the fact that this cultivation is strictly prohibited in these nations and throughout Europe.

Even so, this species is used for experimental crops and experts assure that, in addition to pollination, It only takes a few seeds to fall during transportation to generate an entire plague of these crops..

In Spain, several municipalities have requested that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAGRAMA) monitor certain modified species with which trials are carried out, especially sugar beets, whose pollen can reach great distances, turning hybrid fields miles from where they are grown..

transgenic corn, allowed in Spain and not in the rest of Europe, It has already caused several problems in Catalonia and Aragon where thousands of hectares have been contaminated.