10 REASONS WHY we don’t need GM foods
两者都不的英语拒绝转基因食品的十个理由
来源：banGMfood
翻译：雅慧 嘉林
With the cost of food skyrocketing – hitting not just shoppers but the poor and hungry in the developing world – genetically modified (GM) foods are once again being promoted as the way to feed the world. But this is little short of a confidence trick. Far from needing more GM foods, there are urgent reasons why we need to ban them altogether.
随着食品价格飞涨，不仅消费者还包括发展中国家贫穷而饥饿的人们都受此打击。转基因食品以其提供食物的方式而再被推崇。然而这并不是保险的策略，相反，我们应当联合抵制转基因食品而不是加大对其的需求量。紧要原因如下：
1.GM foods won’t solve the food crisis
1.转基因食品不会解决食品危机
A 2008 World Bank report concluded that incread biofuel production is the major cau of the increa in food prices.[1]GM giant Monsanto has been at the heart of the lobbying for biofuels (crops grown for fuel rather than food) — while profiting enormously from the resulting food crisis and using it as a PR opportunity to promote GM foods!
2008年世界银行报告总结出食品价格上涨的主要原因是生物燃料生产的增加[1]。转基因巨头孟山都曾经是生物燃料（农作物主要用作燃料而非食物）游说的核心——与此同时，孟山都从由此导致的粮食危机中获得巨额利润并以此作为推销其转基因食品的机会。
“The climate crisis was ud to boost biofuels, helping to create the food crisis; and now the food crisis is being ud to revive the fortunes of the GM industry.” — Daniel Howden, Africa correspondent of The Independent[2]
气候危机曾被用来推动生物燃料的生产，进而产生粮食危机；如今粮食危机又被用来促进转基因行业的复苏——Daniel Howden, 英国独立报非洲通讯员[2]
严阵以待的意思
“The cynic in me thinks that they’re just using the current food crisis and the fuel crisis as a springboard to push GM crops back on to the public agenda. I understand why they’re doing it, but the danger is that if they’re making the claims about GM crops solving the problem of drought or feeding the world, that’s bullshit.” – Prof Denis Murphy, head of biotechnology at the University of Glamorgan in Wales[3]
“我愤世嫉俗的一面让我觉得他们只是利用当前的粮食危机和燃料危机作为跳板，推动转基因作物重回公共议程。我知道他们为什么这样做，但问题是他们声称转基因作物能解决干旱问题和粮食危机，这是胡说。”——Denis Murphy威尔士格拉摩根大学生物科技教授[3]
2. GM crops do not increa yield potential
2. 转基因食品不会增加土地潜在生产力
心灵禅语
Despite the promis, GM has not incread the yield potential of any commercialid crops.[4]In fact, studies show that the most widely grown GM crop, GM soya, has suffered reduced yields.[5]A report that analyzed nearly two decades worth of peer revie
wed rearch on the yield of the primary GM food/feed crops, soybeans and corn (maize), reveals that despite 20 years of rearch and 13 years of commercialization, genetic engineering has failed to significantly increa US crop yields. The author, former US EPA and US FDA biotech specialist Dr Gurian-Sherman, concludes that when it comes to yield, “Traditional breeding outperforms genetic engineering hands down.”[6]
故乡的歌谣简谱与承诺相反，商业转基因作物并未增加任何的潜在产量。[4]事实上调查表明最为广泛种植的转基因作物——转基因大豆反而遭受了产量的减少。[5]有报道分析了近20年的同业评审对主要的转基因作物大豆和转基因玉米产量的调查，调查显示，尽管进行了为期20年的研究和13年的商业推广，基因工程并没有显著增加美国的作物产量。该报道的作者，美国前环境保护局和食品及药物管理局生物科技专家Gurian-Sherman博士总结说：
“提到产量，传统的种植方式显然优于基因工程。”[6]
快乐情人节
“Let’s be clear. As of this year [2008], there are no commercialized GM crops that inherently increa yield. Similarly, there are no GM crops on the market that were engineered to resist drought, reduce fertilizer pollution or save soil. Not one.” – Dr Doug
Gurian-Sherman.[7]
“让我们看清问题，如2008年所见，没有商业化的转基因作物增加了产量。同样，市场上也没有转基因作物可以抵抗旱灾、减少化肥污染或保护土地资源。”——Doug Gurian-Sherman博士。[7]
3. GM crops increa pesticide u
3. 转基因作物增加了杀虫剂的使用
US government data shows that in the US, GM crops have produced an overall increa, not decrea, in pesticide u compared to conventional crops.[8]
美国政府数据表明，在美国，与传统作物相比，转基因作物导致了杀虫剂用量的增加而非减少。[8]
“The promi was that you could u less chemicals and produce a greater yield. But let me tell you none of this is true.” – Bill Christison, President of the US National Family Farm Coalition.[9]
“曾经转基因作物的承诺是使用更少的化学药剂生产更多的作物。但是我来告诉你们，这些都不是真的。”——Bill Christison，美国国家家庭农场联盟主席。[9]
4.There are better ways to feed the world
情开头的四字成语4.有更好的办法喂养这个世界
儿童帽子
A major UN/World Bank-sponsored report compiled by 400 scientists and endord by 58 countries concluded that GM crops have little to offer global agriculture and the challenges of poverty, hunger, and climate change, becau better alternatives are available. In particular, the report championed “agroecological” farming as the sustainable way forward for developing countries.[10]
一份联合国/世界银行经由400位科学家汇编、58个国家支持的报道总结说转基因食品并没有对全球农业和贫穷、饥饿、气候变化挑战作出多少贡献，因为已有替代解决办法。特别地，这篇报道拥挤“生态农业”耕作作为实现各国可持续发展的方法。[10]
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