GM Crops can confer genes via pollination to related species, causing major problems: A good example is Roundup Ready GM canola (a Brassica); A Swedish study published in April 2008 has shown that RR Canola seeds will transfer their resistance genes to other related Brassica's such as wild radish, wild turnip and charlock, weeds that already troublesome in the Australian environment, creating superweeds that will demand the use of dangerous herbicides to control.. Do we really need to be applying 2,4 D and 2,4,5 T (related to Agent Orange) to our soils ?

GM canola has also been classed as a weed, its seeds can lay dormant for over 10 years in the soil, so one crop can contaminate for generations, as it germinates continually as a volunteer.

Herbicide use has increased by a large percentage since the introduction of GM crops, although the manufacturers claim that chemical use would be reduced, and yield of the GM crops has been shown to be substantially below that of either conventional or organic/Biodynamic crops.

Contamination of neighbouring non GM crops is also a major ethical, and legal issue, as been shown in the well publicised “Schmeiser case”

Contamination of non GM product destined for GM sensitive markets will happen due to intentional or unintentional mixing of product during harvesting (contaminated machinery)

Impacts on such important creatures as bees and butterflies has been shown to be detrimental. they are natures gift! We need to protect them