Our GM Nightmare
If ever there was anecdotal evidence of the stupidity of the human race and the evil of corporatocracy, the story of GM foods is it. The goverment-imposed ban on GM crops has been lifted in NSW and Victoria, the two most populous states in Australia, despite the fact that GM crops have failed in America. Why? Because a leading scientist has assured the Australian government that there's more money in it:
VICTORIA and NSW have lifted a longstanding ban on genetically modified crops after a report by eminent scientist Sir Gustav Nossal found there would by economic benefits worth millions.
The long-term effects of these foods on our bodies and the environment have not been tested, and once it's out there, we can't take it back. And if you're a farmer whose crop has been contaminated by Monsanto's designer label GM death-seeds, you can't sue them - they'll sue you. Monsanto's product will soon be everywhere, and they'll literally own the patents on our food. This is the beginning of our GM nightmare.
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Genetically Modified Foods: Toxins and Reproductive Failures
By Jeffrey M. Smith
Rhetoric from Washington since the early 1990s proclaims that genetically modified (GM) foods are no different from their natural counterparts that have existed for centuries. But this is a political, not a scientific assertion. Numerous scientists at the FDA consistently described these newly introduced gene-spliced foods as cause for concern. In addition to their potential to produce hard-to-detect allergies and nutritional problems, the scientists said that “The possibility of unexpected, accidental changes in genetically engineered plants” might produce “unexpected high concentrations of plant toxicants.”[1] GM crops, they said, might have “Increased levels of known naturally occurring toxins, . . . appearance of new, not previously identified” toxins, and an increased tendency to gather “toxic substances from the environment” such as “pesticides or heavy metals.” They recommended testing every GM food “before it enters the marketplace.”[2] But the FDA was under orders from the first Bush White House to promote the biotechnology industry, and the political appointee in charge of agency policy was Monsanto’s former attorney—later their vice president. The FDA policy ignored the scientists’ warnings and allowed GM food crops onto the market without any required safety studies.
From the few safety tests that have been conducted, the results are disturbing—lab animals fed GM diets show damage to virtually every system studied. Reports from farmers are even less encouraging—thousands of sick, sterile and dead animals are traced to GM feed.[3]
GM diet shows toxic reactions in digestive tract
The very first crop submitted to the FDA’s voluntary consultation process, the FlavrSavr tomato, showed evidence of toxins. Out of 20 female rats fed the GM tomato, 7 developed stomach lesions.[4] The director of FDA’s Office of Special Research Skills wrote that the tomatoes did not demonstrate a “reasonable certainty of no harm,”[5] which is their normal standard of safety. The Additives Evaluation Branch agreed that “unresolved questions still remain.”[6] The political appointees, however, did not require that the tomato be withdrawn.[*]
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GM nightmare unfolds
Female rats whose diets were supplemented with genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready soybeans gave birth to many severely stunted pups, with over half of the litter dead by three weeks, and the surviving pups were sterile [1] ( GM Soya Fed Rats: Stunted, Dead, or Sterile , SiS 33 ). This is the first time that anyone has investigated the effects of GM feed on reproductive function, foetal and neonatal development, in an experiment lasting more than 90 days, a period set by the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) [2], and the GM soya has been commercialised worldwide for food and feed since 1996.
Like a long string of scientists who have tried to tell the public what they have found, Dr. Irina Ermakova, senior scientist of the Russian Academy of Sciences who heads the investigation, has had her funding cut, and is now strongly discouraged from continuing with the research. She is pleading for other scientists to repeat her experiment to see if they can replicate her results.
Ermakova's findings are not an isolated case. They top a growing stack of evidence accumulated from all over the world, indicating that GM food and feed may be inherently hazardous to health (see Box 1). GM crops are also proving disastrous for agriculture [3, 4] ( Roundup Ready Sudden Death, Superweeds, Allergens... , Scientists Confirm Failures of Bt-Crops , SiS 28), which is all the more reason they should be banned.
Box 1
Accumulating evidence on the health hazards of GM food and feed
- Between 2005 and 2006, scientists at the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that female rats fed glyphosate-tolerant GM soybeans produced excessive numbers of severely stunted pups and more than half of the litter dying within three weeks, while the surviving pups are completely sterile (see main article).
- Between 2004 and 2005, hundreds of farm workers and cotton handlers in Madhya Pradesh, India, suffered allergy symptoms from exposure to Bt cotton [5] ( More Illnesses Linked to Bt Crops , SiS 30).
- Between 2005 and 2006, thousands of sheep died after grazing on Bt cotton crop residues in four villages in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh in India [6] ( Mass Deaths in Sheep Grazing on Bt Cotton , SiS 30).
- In 2005, scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Canberra Australia tested a transgenic pea containing a normally harmless protein in bean (alpha-amylase inhibitor 1), and found it caused inflammation in the lungs of mice and provoked sensitivities to other proteins in the diet [7] ( Transgenic Pea that Made Mice Ill , SiS 29)
- From 2002 to 2005, scientists at the Universities of Urbino, Perugia and Pavia in Italy published reports indicating that GM-soya fed to young mice affected cells in the pancreas, liver and testes [8] ( GM Ban Long Overdue , SiS 29)
- In 2003, villagers in the south of the Philippines suffered mysterious illnesses when a Monsanto Bt maize hybrid came into flower; antibodies to the Bt protein were found in the villagers, there have been at least five unexplained deaths and some remain ill to this day [8]
- In 2004, Monsanto's secret research dossier showed that rats fed MON863 GM maize developed serious kidney and blood abnormalities [9] (see main text).
- Between 2001 and 2002, a dozen cows died in Hesse Germany after eating Syngenta GM maize Bt176, and more in the herd had to be slaughtered from mysterious illnesses [10] ( Cows Ate GM Maize & Died , SiS 21)
- In 1998, Dr . Arpad Pusztai and colleagues formerly of the Rowett Institute in Scotland reported damage in every organ system of young rats fed GM potatoes containing snowdrop lectin, including a stomach lining twice as thick as controls [11]
- Also in 1998, scientists in Egypt found similar effects in the gut of mice fed Bt potato [12]
- The US Food and Drug Administration had data dating back to early 1990s showing that rats fed GM tomatoes with antisense gene to delay ripening had developed small holes in their stomach [11]
- In 2002, Aventis company (later Bayer Cropscience) submitted data to UK regulators showing that chickens fed glufosinate-tolerant GM maize Chardon LL were twice as likely to die compared with controls [13] ( Animals Avoid GM Food, for Good Reasons , SiS 21 ).
Many varieties of GM crops - soybean, tomato, maize, cotton, potato, pea - with different transgenes, fed to rats, mice, cows, sheep, chickens, or human beings, resulted in illnesses and deaths. The obvious suspect is the GM process and/or the artificial genetic material used. It is worth mentioning here that synthetic approximations of the natural genes are invariably used, and in new combinations that have no counterparts in billions of years of evolution.
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More:
Don't Believe The GM Apologists
Goliath and David: Monsantos Legal Battles Against Farmers
Monsanto 'Seed Police' Scrutinise Farmers
GM Foods In Australia Let Loose On Consumers Without Labeling
Australian Govt Rejects GM Report Due To Vested Interests
The World According To Monsanto: A Documentary That Americans Won't Ever See - link
This is the Biotech section of the IAASTD report, recently rejected by Australia:
1^Genetically modify all the ceo's and major investors into maggots!!
..that way they'll go out of business,
and we can make frankenfoods a thing of the past.
There are laws on the books that protect us from their gmo pollution, yet somehow the judicial system is working against the people. All about the sheckels.
The judicial and political bastards want to sell out us to corporate cancer, so i say they're committing CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, among many other crimes,
and should be punished most severely.
I think farmers should beat the living tar out of those little felches that show up threatening them, they really deserve it.
ALL FARMERS who deem themselves worthy of life,
should BOYCOTT ALL GMOs.
ALL CONSUMERS who want to live, should not ever buy commercial foods that are known to be GMOs.
Learn about high-fructose corn syrup,
in Japan they use stevia to sweeten Coke.
As for the monsanto ceo's and investors,
even maggots are way too good of a fate.
Your mom rocks COZ.
Pesticide laden crops, and crops that produce their own pesticides due to genetic tinkering, are very likely to contribute to sterility, in men and women.
Also, note that electro-magnetic frequencies (EMFs) also cause sterility: everything from power lines, cell-phones, cordless gadgets, radio, motors (especially DC), to your i-pod and computers. Pretty much anything that is electric will do this, causing cancer and fatigue too.
There are different things that claim to block EMF's that have been around since the sixties, made from copper and minerals, including clothes.
It all fits right into the population control plan.
Thanks bro. Yeah she kicks arse, I'm proud of her.