Guest guest Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Dr Shiv Chopra was a Health Canada scientist who was fired from his job after raising concerns over the potential approval of Monsanto's GM "bovine growth hormone" in Canada. In a talk at Powell River, Chopra said that while GM food is "the latest beast on the block," there are other serious issues about foodsafety. Those issues include hormones, antibiotics and rendered material going into animal feed. "They all have to be stopped," Chopra said. "They must all be taken out of food." Hormones initiate and promote cancer in animals, Chopra said. "Even a single molecule of a cancer-causing chemical attached to a sensitive cell in the body can start cancer. Hormones also cause reproductive disorders in people and it's all happening through the food supply." Widespread use of antibiotics in animals to prevent disease causes bacteria to become drug-resistant, he said. "People are dying because we have nothing left to treat them with. The bugs have become resistant." Antibiotics have been in the food supply system for more than 30 years, he said. If these practices were banned in Canada, Chopra said, it would create a level playing field. "Food would automatically become organic," he said. "If we did this, it would generate jobs, create healthy food and a large export market." Organic farmers shouldn't have to fight for the changes, Chopra added. "It's the public that should demand these things be taken out." http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5347 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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