"Everything you wanted to know about GMO's but were afraid to ask"
This article packs so much information about GMO "foods" that it deserves its own thread.
sott.net/article/277281-Everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-GMOs-but-were-afraid-to-ask
Here's an excerpt:
<b>Pusztai had been commissioned to study GMO foods. However, his shocking findings were not welcomed by giant agribusinesses that foresaw mega-fortunes in cornering the market on GMO crops through patents, nor by the politicians to stood to profit from the success of such monopolistic tactics. Pusztai's findings documented that:

In May of 2009, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) urged doctors to instruct their patients to avoid GMO foods and called for a moratorium on GMO foods. According to AAEM's position paper, authored by Amy Dean, D.O. and Jennifer Armstrong, M.D., "Several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food." These risks include accelerated aging, infertility, insulin regulation, immune problems, and changes in the gastrointestinal system and in the major organs. "There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects. There is causation," wrote Dean and Armstrong.
Numerous studies, including Pusztai's, have documented changes in the pancreas, spleen, and livers in multiple animal studies. Mice fed GM corn, including Monsanto's immensely prevalent Bt corn, expressed infertility and lower birth weights. Additionally, over 400 different genes in the GM corn fed to the mice were altered, many of these genes having to do with, according to genetic researchers Aysun Kilic and M. Turan Akay, the "control [of] protein synthesis and modification, cell signaling, cholesterol synthesis, and insulin regulation."
A 2008 study by Alberto Finamore revealed "...intestinal damage in animals fed GM foods, including proliferative cell growth," and a concurrent study by M. Malatesta discovered a "disruption of the intestinal immune system" in mice. According to top French toxicologist G. E. Seralini, Monsanto's own study showed evidence of poisoning in the major organs of rats fed Bt corn.
The first published human study by Trudy Netherwood and colleagues in 2004 revealed that the genes inserted into GM soybeans and used in soy products transfer into the DNA of human intestinal bacteria (the "good bacteria" that allows us to eliminate toxins properly and promote a healthy immune system), and it remains continuously active. In other words, the GMOs we ingest today become part of our genetic makeup, turning our beneficial intestinal bacteria into veritable pesticide factories, possibly for life. The paper concludes: "...because of the mounting data, it is biologically plausible for Genetically Modified Foods to cause adverse health effects in humans... GM foods pose a serious health risk in the areas of toxicology, allergy and immune function, reproductive health, and metabolic, physiologic, and genetic health..."
With such compelling revelations surfacing, public pressure has been mounting on the U.S. federal government to follow the EU's lead in mandatory labeling of all GMO food products. </b>
This article packs so much information about GMO "foods" that it deserves its own thread.
sott.net/article/277281-Everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-GMOs-but-were-afraid-to-ask
Here's an excerpt:
<b>Pusztai had been commissioned to study GMO foods. However, his shocking findings were not welcomed by giant agribusinesses that foresaw mega-fortunes in cornering the market on GMO crops through patents, nor by the politicians to stood to profit from the success of such monopolistic tactics. Pusztai's findings documented that:

Rats fed GM potatoes had smaller livers, hearts, testicles and brains, damaged immune systems, and showed structural changes in their white blood cells making them more vulnerable to infection and disease compared to other rats fed non-GMO potatoes.
It got worse. Thymus and spleen damage showed up; enlarged tissues, including the pancreas and intestines; and there were cases of liver atrophy as well as significant proliferation of stomach and intestines cells that could be a sign of greater future risk of cancer. Equally alarming, results showed up after 10 days of testing, and they persisted after 110 days that's the human equivalent of 10 years.
Pusztai was fired shortly after publishing his findings. It got worse. Thymus and spleen damage showed up; enlarged tissues, including the pancreas and intestines; and there were cases of liver atrophy as well as significant proliferation of stomach and intestines cells that could be a sign of greater future risk of cancer. Equally alarming, results showed up after 10 days of testing, and they persisted after 110 days that's the human equivalent of 10 years.
In May of 2009, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) urged doctors to instruct their patients to avoid GMO foods and called for a moratorium on GMO foods. According to AAEM's position paper, authored by Amy Dean, D.O. and Jennifer Armstrong, M.D., "Several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food." These risks include accelerated aging, infertility, insulin regulation, immune problems, and changes in the gastrointestinal system and in the major organs. "There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects. There is causation," wrote Dean and Armstrong.
Numerous studies, including Pusztai's, have documented changes in the pancreas, spleen, and livers in multiple animal studies. Mice fed GM corn, including Monsanto's immensely prevalent Bt corn, expressed infertility and lower birth weights. Additionally, over 400 different genes in the GM corn fed to the mice were altered, many of these genes having to do with, according to genetic researchers Aysun Kilic and M. Turan Akay, the "control [of] protein synthesis and modification, cell signaling, cholesterol synthesis, and insulin regulation."
A 2008 study by Alberto Finamore revealed "...intestinal damage in animals fed GM foods, including proliferative cell growth," and a concurrent study by M. Malatesta discovered a "disruption of the intestinal immune system" in mice. According to top French toxicologist G. E. Seralini, Monsanto's own study showed evidence of poisoning in the major organs of rats fed Bt corn.
The first published human study by Trudy Netherwood and colleagues in 2004 revealed that the genes inserted into GM soybeans and used in soy products transfer into the DNA of human intestinal bacteria (the "good bacteria" that allows us to eliminate toxins properly and promote a healthy immune system), and it remains continuously active. In other words, the GMOs we ingest today become part of our genetic makeup, turning our beneficial intestinal bacteria into veritable pesticide factories, possibly for life. The paper concludes: "...because of the mounting data, it is biologically plausible for Genetically Modified Foods to cause adverse health effects in humans... GM foods pose a serious health risk in the areas of toxicology, allergy and immune function, reproductive health, and metabolic, physiologic, and genetic health..."
With such compelling revelations surfacing, public pressure has been mounting on the U.S. federal government to follow the EU's lead in mandatory labeling of all GMO food products. </b>
