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    Cap the GMO Gene Spill

    CAP THE GENE SPILL from NO GMO on Vimeo.

    It’s been a year since we started watching BP’s oil spew into the Gulf day after day. Although that’s been plugged and cleanup is underway, a more insidious form of pollution continues without containment, with much longer term consequences. You might think I’m talking about Fukushima’s nuclear catastrophe. Actually, the pollution I’m referring to about can outlast even thousands of years of active nuclear waste.

    Watch this two-minute video Cap the Gene Spill, directed by Alex Bogusky, to find out how genes from genetically modified crops self-propagate and permanently alter the gene pool—for all future generations.

    Alex is described by Fast Company as “the Elvis of advertising,” a “pop-culture Houdini,” and the “daddy of 21st-century advertising.” He designed the Truth Campaign for tobacco, brought the king to Burger King, was crowned “Creative Director of the Decade” by Adweek, and was a partner at a $1.5 billion company that Advertising Age named “Agency of the Decade,”…and then he walked away. Alex realized he could no longer speak his truth.

    Now, under his own banner of The Fearless Revolution, he’s harnessing the power of truth to create “an educated and empowered consumer,” who will act as “a sudden and powerful counterbalance to corporate power.”

    Alex and I would like you to know the truth about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Enjoy this first in a series of videos, appropriately released on Earth Day.

    After viewing, please consider making a donation to our Institute for Responsible Technology, which works everyday to help cap the gene spill. Your donation will be doubled this month by a generous matching grant from Nutiva.

    Safe eating,

    Jeffrey Smith

    The following links provide examples of the runaway GMO contamination taking place around the world.

    GM Contamination Register This site records incidents of contamination arising from intentional or accidental release of GMOs.

    Experts: Contamination From GM Alfalfa Certain

    Genetically Modified DNA Contaminates Ancient Mexican Maize

    New study shows GM contamination of maize in Uruguay

    Western Australia records country’s first GM contamination

    Australia: Another case of GM contamination, this time caused by flooding

    Genetically Modified Cotton Contamination Caused More By Mishandling Than Cross-Pollination

    EU Succumbs to U.S. Pressure on GM Contamination
    Bayer Admits GMO Contamination is Out of Control

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