11-18-2013, 09:02 AM
Obie and Pete – Answer this reasonably, please: What is more likely? 60 countries regulate GMOs for hysterical reasons, or the science is suppressed in the U.S., where a former Monsanto V.P. is in charge of food policy?
During the time that you claim no effects from GMOs in the U.S. food supply, our rates of food allergies have increased over 50%, and autism rates are also way up.
The American Academy for Environmental Medicine (a widely respected American scientific organization) says:
“Animal studies indicate serious health risks … including infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signaling, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen and gastrointestinal system.”
A 2011 study published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology showed that when Bt-toxin derived from Monsanto’s corn was exposed to human cells, the toxin disrupts the membrane in just 24 hours, causing certain fluid to leak through the cell walls. The authors specifically note, “This may be due to pore formation like in insect cells.” In other words, the toxin may be creating small holes in human cells in the same manner that it kills insects. The researchers “documented that modified Bt toxins [from GM plants] are not inert on human cells, but can exert toxicity.” 82 A 2011 Canadian study conducted at Sherbrooke Hospital discovered that 93% of the pregnant women they tested had Bt-toxin from Monsanto’s corn in their blood. And so did 80% of their unborn fetuses. 83
The British Medical Journal Lancet published several scientific, peer-reviewed studies, including one showing that rats fed GMO pototoes developed; Potentially pre-cancerous cell growth in the digestive tract; Smaller brains, livers and testicles; Partial atrophy of the liver; and Immune system damage. (Lancet, 1999)
Government of Austria found “increased infertility and lower birth weight” in rats in Nov. 2008.
Government of Italy in November 2008 found Multiple immune system responses In rats fed Bt corn.
L-trytophan produced by GMO bacteria killed about 100 people and caused
5,000-10,000 to fall sick.
Soon after GM soy was introduced into the British diet, researchers at the York Laboratory reported that allergies to soy had skyrocketed by 50% in a single year. The GMO soy was removed from the market by a concerned government.
I could go on but it won’t make any difference to closed minds.
Obie states that there is no way that Monsanto money influences legislators in our country. I’m sure Monsanto is donating millions of dollars to legislators out of benevolence.
Peteadams says “The push for GMO labeling is all about demonization, not information, much like the "Scarlet A" labeling employed by the Puritan witch hunters. Since there are no safety concerns regarding food consumption of GMOs … "safe shopping" is not rationally a concern either.”
“Witch hunters? No safety concerns?” I don’t know how one replies reasonably to this all-knowing being who is untouched by facts. I am out of here.
Gypsy and others, thank you!
Russell
During the time that you claim no effects from GMOs in the U.S. food supply, our rates of food allergies have increased over 50%, and autism rates are also way up.
The American Academy for Environmental Medicine (a widely respected American scientific organization) says:
“Animal studies indicate serious health risks … including infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signaling, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen and gastrointestinal system.”
A 2011 study published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology showed that when Bt-toxin derived from Monsanto’s corn was exposed to human cells, the toxin disrupts the membrane in just 24 hours, causing certain fluid to leak through the cell walls. The authors specifically note, “This may be due to pore formation like in insect cells.” In other words, the toxin may be creating small holes in human cells in the same manner that it kills insects. The researchers “documented that modified Bt toxins [from GM plants] are not inert on human cells, but can exert toxicity.” 82 A 2011 Canadian study conducted at Sherbrooke Hospital discovered that 93% of the pregnant women they tested had Bt-toxin from Monsanto’s corn in their blood. And so did 80% of their unborn fetuses. 83
The British Medical Journal Lancet published several scientific, peer-reviewed studies, including one showing that rats fed GMO pototoes developed; Potentially pre-cancerous cell growth in the digestive tract; Smaller brains, livers and testicles; Partial atrophy of the liver; and Immune system damage. (Lancet, 1999)
Government of Austria found “increased infertility and lower birth weight” in rats in Nov. 2008.
Government of Italy in November 2008 found Multiple immune system responses In rats fed Bt corn.
L-trytophan produced by GMO bacteria killed about 100 people and caused
5,000-10,000 to fall sick.
Soon after GM soy was introduced into the British diet, researchers at the York Laboratory reported that allergies to soy had skyrocketed by 50% in a single year. The GMO soy was removed from the market by a concerned government.
I could go on but it won’t make any difference to closed minds.
Obie states that there is no way that Monsanto money influences legislators in our country. I’m sure Monsanto is donating millions of dollars to legislators out of benevolence.
Peteadams says “The push for GMO labeling is all about demonization, not information, much like the "Scarlet A" labeling employed by the Puritan witch hunters. Since there are no safety concerns regarding food consumption of GMOs … "safe shopping" is not rationally a concern either.”
“Witch hunters? No safety concerns?” I don’t know how one replies reasonably to this all-knowing being who is untouched by facts. I am out of here.
Gypsy and others, thank you!
Russell
Russell