新教皇（据说是好人）严厉抨击转基因与农药损害环境与社会

阿根廷裔教皇弗朗西斯在其关于环境问题的文件中严厉抨击转基因与农药。教皇强调：“在许多区域，引入这些（转基因）作物，小农户的消失造成生产用地进一步集中在少数人手中，丧失了土地的小农被迫退出直接农业生产。”“丧失土地后，小农户中最为脆弱的人成为临时工，许多农场工人迁移，最终沦到悲惨的城市贫民区。这些（转基因作物）的传播摧毁了了错综复杂的生态系统，减少了农业生产中的生物多样性，而且对未来的区域性经济造成影响。某些国家发生了生产种子和种植所需的其他产品控制到寡头手中的发展趋势，不能再繁殖种子的生产加剧对这种趋势的依赖，迫使农民必须从寡头种业购买种子。”“为此有必要确保开展负责任的大规模科学和社会辩论，能够对所有可用的信息予以考虑，并且指名道姓称呼有关问题。”对于农药，教皇弗朗西斯声明：“我们生病，例如，由于吸入烹饪与加热用燃料产生的烟雾。化肥、杀虫剂、杀真菌剂、除草剂与有毒农药总的来说加剧了这样致病。与金融连接在一起的技术，声称仅仅在解决问题 ... 实际上是通过造成更多其他的问题来解决某一个问题。”“这样的农业技术，创建了人类干预解决问题却使整个状况进一步恶化的恶性循环情况。例如，这种农业技术创造的毒性农药造成许多鸟与昆虫死亡，这些鸟与昆虫原本对农业有益，它们的消失再由带来更多新危害作用的其他技术性干预的予以补偿 ...”

Pope Francis Slams GMOs and Pesticides for Environmental and Social Damage

教皇弗朗西斯严厉抨击转基因与农药称其损害环境与社会

转载自《可持续脉搏》网站：

http://sustainablepulse.com/2015/06/16/pope-francis-slams-gmos-and-pesticides-for-environmental-and-social-damage/

Posted on Jun 16 2015 - 2:06am by Sustainable Pulse

《可持续性脉搏》发布：2015-06-16 02:06

教皇文件全文（意大利文）下载网址：speciali.espresso.repubblica.it/pdf/laudato_si.pdf

中译文转载自《人民食物主权》：

http://www.shiwuzq.com/food/knowledge/gm/20150623/2280.html

翻译：人民食物主权志愿者翻译组校对：黄瑜

Pope Francis slams both GMOs and pesticides in a draft of his major environmental document that was leaked Monday. He has also called for the financing of independent and interdisciplinary research to study GMOs.

教皇弗朗西斯在一份关于环境问题的重要文件中严厉抨击转基因与农药，周一（6月15日）这份文件被媒体披露。教皇还呼吁要对转基因生物进行独立的、跨学科的研究，并呼吁各界提供资助。

You can find the full draft document here (In Italian):

教皇的文件全文（意大利文）下载网址：

speciali.espresso.repubblica.it/pdf/laudato_si.pdf

On the subject of GMOs Pope Francis states; “It is difficult to give an overall judgment on the development of genetically modified organisms (GMO), plant or animal, for medical purposes or in agriculture, since they can be very different and require different considerations.”

关于转基因的问题，教皇弗朗西斯声明：“目前，对于转基因生物体（包括动植物）在医学或者农业方面的研发，我们很难做出整体判断，每个物种彼此相异，因此考虑因素也大不相同。”

He continues; “Although we do not have definitive evidence about the damage that transgenic cereals could cause to humans, and in some regions their use has produced economic growth that has helped solve some problems, there are significant problems that should not be minimized. In many areas, following the introduction of these crops, there has been a concentration of productive land in the hands of the few, due to the gradual disappearance of small producers, who, as a consequence of the loss of cultivated land, have been forced to retreat from direct production.

他进一步指出：“尽管我们对于转基因谷物对人类造成的损害还没有明确的证据，而且在某些地区它们的种植带动了经济增长并有助于解决某些问题。然而，它们所引起的问题十分严重，不可忽视。许多地区引入这些作物后，小农渐渐消失，造成农地进一步集中在少数人手中，而这些丧失了土地的小农被迫退出直接的农业生产。”

“The most fragile among them become temporary workers and many farm workers migrate to end up in miserable urban settlements. The spread of these (GM) crops destroys the complex web of ecosystems, decreases diversity in production and affects the present and the future of regional economies. In several countries there is a trend in the development of oligopolies in the production of seeds and other products needed for cultivation, and the dependence deepens when you consider the production of sterile seeds, which end up forcing farmers to buy (seeds) from producers.”

“他们当中最为脆弱的人成为临时工，许多农场工人居无定所，最终沦落到破落的城市贫民窟。这些（转基因作物）的传播摧毁了复杂的生态系统，减少了农业生产中的生物多样性，而且对当前及未来的区域性经济造成影响。在一些国家，我们看到一种发展趋势，就是少数几个寡头正垄断种子和其他农资产品，而不育种子的使用加剧了农民对寡头的依赖，因为农民不得不从寡头种业购买种子。”

“No doubt there is a need for constant attention…to consider all ethical aspects involved. To this end it is necessary to ensure a scientific and social debate that is responsible and large, able to consider all the information available and to call things by their names.

“毫无疑问，我们需要对此进行持续关注 ... 需要考虑所涉及的所有伦理问题。为此有必要展开一场负责任的大规模科学讨论与和社会辩论，对所有已知的情况加以考虑，据实而言。”

“GMOs is an issue which is complex, it must be approached with a sympathetic look at all its aspects, and this requires at least one more effort to finance several lines of independent and interdisciplinary research… as we have seen in this chapter, the technique is unlikely to be able to …self-limit its power.”

“转基因的问题十分复杂，研究者必须带着同情心来看待所有各方面的问题，这就要求我们更大力地资助多项独立的、跨学科的研究 ... 如我们在这一章中看到的那样，这种技术不太可能能够…进行自我约束。”

On pesticides Pope Francis states; “We get sick, for example, due to inhalation of large amounts of smoke produced by fuels used for cooking and heating. This is added to by….fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and toxic pesticides in general. Technology that is linked to finance, claims to be only solving problems…this solves a problem by creating others.

对于农药的问题，教皇弗朗西斯声明：“例如，我们由于吸入做饭与加热产生的烟雾而得病。可是，化肥、杀虫剂、杀真菌剂、除草剂与有毒农药的使用会病情加重。服务与金融的技术，表面上声称只是在解决问题 ... 实际上在解决某一个问题的时候又带来更多的其他问题。”

“It creates a vicious circle in which the intervention of the human being to solve a problem often worsens the situation further. For example, many birds and insects die out as a result of toxic pesticides created by technology, they are useful to agriculture itself, and their disappearance will be compensated with another technological intervention that probably will bring new harmful effects… looking at the world we see that this level of human intervention, often in the service of finance and consumerism, actually causes the earth we live in to become less rich and beautiful, more and more limited and gray, while at the same time the development of technology and consumerism continues to advance without limits.”

“这造成了一个恶性循环，人类插手解决问题，却使整个状况进一步恶化。例如，由技术所发明的毒性农药造成许多鸟类与昆虫死亡，这些鸟类与昆虫原本对农业有益，随着它们的消失，我们需要发明另一项技术来进行补救，而这又会带来新的危害….放眼世界，我们看到，这种技术水平的人类干预往往服务于金融业与消费主义，但实际上却使我们生活的地球变得更加贫瘠与丑陋，变得越来越有限与灰白，与此同时，技术与消费主义却在无节制地发展。”