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[quote=”maravilla”]This is the article that appeared in CR News this morning.
http://news.co.cr/costa-ricans-putting-up-a-tough-fight-against-monsanto-gmos-today/18139/
i hope they kick monsanto out of here. we don’t want no stinkin’ gmo corn in costa rica. look what it did to mexico. ugh greedy, nasty, horrible company is what monsatan is. they were just kicked out of india, so there is hope.[/quote]Guess what? Monsanto already “left” CR:
http://news.co.cr/monsanto-left-costa-rica/2449/This is one hard to beat monster. God help us all. But as you know first we must help ourselves.
The only way, as I see it, is if significant number of consumers educate themselves on the subject AND stop buying all products containing GMOs.
The lists are easy to find online. Take care!GMO in Costa Rica
CR imports GMO crops from the USA. Please read and share this information: http://www.costaricasouth.com/index.php/news/crs-area-news/50-pz-area-news/424-did-you-know-you-may-be-consuming-gmoas-in-costa-rica
In Costa Rica, so far, there has been a ban on growing GM corn. Any corn grown in Costa Rica is most likely safe from being a GM crop. Yet, Costa Rica imports plenty of GM corn from the United States (the largest producer of GM corn). This corn is often sold as animal feed (not to mention the multitude of imported food items made with US grown GM corn). The majority of “concentrado” or “alimento” (feed) for chickens, pigs, cows, goats, sheep, horses, and other domestic animals includes GM corn and soy. If you are eating eggs, dairy, and/or meat from animals fed “concentrado” then you are consuming GMOs. Many of the laying hens raised in Costa Rica, even on small family farms, are genetically modified birds. These birds have been designed (by humans) to only lay eggs when fed GM feed (“concentrado”). I have found, by asking most of the vendors who sell eggs at our local feria, that most all of them feed their chicken’s concentrado (regardless if they raise GM birds or a more “heirloom” variety). It stimulates the chicken to lay more eggs more often. Most vendors selling milk and cheese feed their cow’s concentrado. It helps the cows produce a larger quantity of milk. Most of the vendors selling goat’s milk or goat cheese feed their goat’s concentrado, for the same reasons I listed above. I have not found a vendor selling chicken for meat that does not feed their bird’s concentrado. Pigs are pretty much always fattened up in a small confined area and fed plenty of concentrado. Beef cows and sheep in Costa Rica spend most of their life grazing on grass in the sunshine; some are fed small amounts of concentrado, you need to ask when purchasing beef. Costa Rica does not commonly inject their cows with growth hormones such as rbGH. Also, “farm” raised fish are often fed GM feed. Tilapia and trout are commonly farmed fish in Costa Rica. I visited one trout farm (“truchera”) in San Gerardo de Rivas and witnessed the owner throwing handfuls of fish feed into the ponds.
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Zahrah Raay Aguila 2011-06-09:
As of today I just discovered that Costa Rica is producing GM rice. Perhaps you already knew this, but in 3 years of studying GMO´s in CR I had not come across this info. According to various sources, store bought rice is GM, unless of course it states organic or non-GMO.Nice hotel with a pool in San Isidro: Los Crestones; clean, friendly, safe, with Internet, A/C…
BTW: V. Guerrero was a no show in my case; was chatty in his emails, recommended properties he is going to show me, I’ve made a very long trip, but he was nowhere to be found. Learned my lesson fast! Victor and another gringa “realtor” made me a huge favor, without even knowing/intending it. I went my own way, bought directly from a Tico owner. I can’t be more satisfied with the outcome, and those amateurs did not get a penny of my money.
Well, when in Costa Rica do as Ticos do: buy/sell property directly; they have a good reason for doing so.All the best!
No Scott, you were not very polite; not according my standards. You were argumentative, and you gave me your attitude.
Of course you can write about what you want “on your own site”-inline with your values, motivation and “if you feel qualified”.
Obviously I have had too high expectations of you and (as you said on their behalf) 99% non-qualified VIP members.Maybe remaining 1% of “qualified members” understood what my intention was.
Maybe they understood even more then what was said here explicitly…
FarewellWell Scott, we all make choices what we want and don’t want to know, what our priorities are…We do not need to be experts to be open-minded, to learn, to get informed and to use what we know and what we can in helping each other.
Not long ago it was believed this planet was a flat surface…Shortly ago it was believed no bacteria can live in stomach acid…
The fact is that those bacteria exist in majority of world population causing gastritis, ulcers, cancer…And that alarming number of Costa Ricans suffer from stomach cancer.I never said you are familiar with this topic-I know you are not. Unfortunately. In my first post I invited everyone to become familiar. Why such lack of interest? Because you and others think you are not infected, so it is not “your business” and you do not care if others are?
I would like to believe that you said: “I have ZERO respect for the traditional field of medicine and the disgustingly money hungry drug companies…” without much thinking. Please re-think such a strong statement, then we can start on this one separately.
In this situation drug companies will keep making even more money-your approach is only feeding their hunger: patients continue buying all sorts of their products which ARE NOT the cure!
“and send me a well written article – linking to lots of authoritative, expert articles to back up your case” This is not “my case” and I don’t need to back up anything. The doctors who discovered bacteria already received the Nobel Prize. And, I already sent you two links. The rest is your keyboard away – simply use your Internet search, IF you want to know.
I never asked you to publish anything “for me”. Kicking this ball back to me is just your excuse Scott, and we both know it.
I can not believe how this thread went stray and kept going off, all the way to Canadian climate and Tim Horton’s…
Hello, anybody home? The question was why Costa Rican population is that greatly affected by stomach cancer.
I did respond with scientifically proven medical reason and what happened? Nothing at all! Only one person commented, but not a single soul said “…yes, I looked up, this is extremely important…I will do….” Stomach cancer, so deadly and so prevalent in Costa Rica, did not spark any interest on the website called WE LOVE COSTA RICA! (???)I am sorry I did not include anything of your interest to spice this subject up and maybe get your attention that way. How about if I told you that A.B. celebrity is just diagnosed, and C.D. hot chick is dying from it?
Scott, where are you? You always find time and energy to get involved when it comes to real estate, economy, politics…What about well-being and lives of the people who welcomed us to their country so warmly and graciously? I challenge you now to get involved in this cause, utilize this website and all your contacts in starting a country wide campaign fighting Helicobacter pylori. I know you’ll be glad you did…
Helicobacter Foundation: http://www.helico.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori
Pura vida!
P.S. get real, $2 more at the Starbucks would end up in other pockets but not in coffee grower’s
I can not believe how this thread went stray and kept going off, all the way to Canadian climate and Tim Horton’s…
Hello, anybody home? The question was why Costa Rican population is that greatly effected by stomach cancer.
I did respond with scientifically proven medical reason and what happened? Nothing at all! Only one person commented, but not a single soul said “…yes, I looked up, this is extremely important…I will do….” Stomach cancer, so deadly and so prevalent in Costa Rica, did not spark any interest on the website called WE LOVE COSTA RICA! (???)I am sorry I did not include anything of your interest to spice this subject up and maybe get your attention that way. How about if I told you that A.B. celebrity is just diagnosed, and C.D. hot chick is daying from it?
Scott, where are you? You always find time and energy to get involved when it comes to real estate, economy, politics…What about well-being and lives of the people who welcomed us to their country so warmly and graciously? I challenge you now to get involved in this cause, utilize this website and all your contacts in starting a country wide campaign fighting Helicobacter pylori. I know you’ll be glad you did…
Helicobacter Foundation: http://www.helico.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori
Pura vida!
P.S. get real, $2 more at the Starbucks would end up in other pockets but not in coffee grower’s
Hello everyone,
for the first time I feel truly compelled to say something on this forum…
Yes, all those chemicals are harmful, no doubt, but when it comes specifically to stomach problems many people are not aware that bacteria are causing their gastritis, ulcers, cancer…Please look up Heliobacter Pylori.
I can not explain why so little is known about this, and why there is no huge campaign in raising public awareness. Unfortunately, many physicians don’t consider a simple lab test even when patients are reporting persistent symptoms for long time, yet accurate diagnostics and antibiotic treatment are available.
Please get tested if you have symptoms, and P L E A S E spread the word: most likely someone you know-your family member, friend, co-worker, neighbor…is affected. Bacteria are wildly spread among certain ethnic groups, including Latino, which is another reason I am so compelled to post this information here…
Pura vida!
