GMO SAFETY,
HEALTH AND RISK QUESTIONS
GMO health and GMO risks are the starting point for most people,
setting
them on a path that leads to a greater understanding of the entire GMO
debacle.
Genetic Chile, the only GMO
movie that goes into great detail in the way GMOs are tested and
approved, is a 'must see' documentary film about the GMO patent regimes
and the risks to the health of humanity and the world that they pose.
Genetically Engineering the food supply, and then patenting the seeds
for profit, has lead to greater poverty, unemployment, starvation and
death thrughout the world. I'm not the only one saying that, The World
Bank, the United Nations and the World Health Organization put out a report in 2008 (a four year
study) that sums up the effect GMOs have had on agriculture: Less than
five percent of farmers (mainly giant, multinational corporations) see
positivie, short term economic effects from GMOs.
The other ninety-five percent of farmers are put at a detriment by GMO
patent
laws.
And that's before the increased
use
of
pesticides caused by GMOs and other GMO health risks are
evaluated. That's before evaluation can be done on the new crop of GMOs
that have as many as eight
engineered
traits. That's before looking into the industry's return
to diquat, paraquat and Atrazine in Genetically Modified seeds.
What we do know for certain is that GMO health, GMO risks and GMO
safety cannot be definitively known. This is because independent
testing for GMO food safety is forbidden by law.
You cannot test a seed (like Consumer Reports does cars and toasters)
for GMO safety because Monsanto won't allow it. Monsanto does the GMO
safety evaluation testing in secret, even the results of the studies
are held back from the public.
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That's right, you cannot test your own food to see if it's safe. We are
all left to the good
graces of Monsanto to test the food for GMO health risks.
Here is
a stunning primer on the GMO health and safety issue written by a
former
lawyer for the USDA.
The author goes into detail about the rise of the concepts of
'substantial equivalence' and 'Generally Recognized As Safe' (GRAS or
G.R.A.S.) that the
government regulatory agencies use to avoid independent, long term, GMO
safety studies of GMO products as regards health and risks.
Other GMO health and risk links:
Gil
Seralini in his own words
Russain
researcher due to publish in a peer reviewed journal in July 2010
found that his hamsters fed GMO soy went sterile after a few
generations.
Links to secret FDA
documents release as the result of a lawsuit.
Scientific
American
dissects
GMO
gene
patents.
Vanity
Fair
on
real
Monsanto.
GMOs
risk
Roundup
weed
resistance
Genetic Engineering is not
normal plant breeding
GMO health is
naturally unpredictable, risky.
Organic
farmers
sue
Monsanto
GMO
Alfalfa now legal
GMOs
propogate
naturally
Texans
sue
Bayer
Russian
scientist suggests GMOs unsafe
ACLU
fights
gene
patents
The laboratory
is a poor substitute of the chaotic, natural world
I'm trying to provide only links and information from industry
professionals, so if you know of an independent, long term food safety
study, please see my contact page and forward the information. |
