Understanding Genetic Engineering's Impact on Health

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The World's Most Vicious MACC Attack: Genetic Engineering is

the culprit.

 

TOTAL WELLNESS, Newsletter

by Dr. Sherry Rogers, M. D.

 

Up until now I never dreamed there could be anything worse than the

chemical catastrophes we have experienced in this century, but I was

wrong, for at least with chemical sensitivity you can find evidence

for it's bioacumulation in the body, and get rid of it.

 

On the other hand there is a newer plague that is nearly impossible

to detect and it is irreversible. Worse, it causes an unmistakable,

inescapable domino effect.

 

GENETIC ENGINEERING is the culprit.

 

You probably were first aware of genetic engineering when I told you

about Monsanto inserting genes from plants of unrelated species into

the soybean plant to make it resistant to the potent herbicide,

Roundup [glyphosate]. The Roundup resistant soybean seed can

now be heavily sprayed with Roundup to kill weeds, and never damage

the soybean.

 

However, the beans do pack quite a wallop for those who ingest them

because they are heavily con-taminated with the toxic herbicide,

Roundup. These genetically modified soybean products, which comprise

about 80% of the beans available, have been found in most baby

formulas including Carna-tion, Similac, Enfamil, Isomil, and Neocare

as well as Doritos, Fritos, vegetable oils, soybean oil, margarine,

and much more.

 

As well, one of the genes is from the petunia plant which is a

nightshade. That means folks with nightshade-induced arthritis can

now get arthritis from soybean products. When Monsanto inserted the

Brazil nut gene into soy, folks allergic to Brazil nuts were

suddenly anaphylaxis [serious life threatening reaction where one is

not able to breathe] from soybean. They quickly re-moved the

gene because the symptom was so dramatic.

 

Unfortunately, genetic engineering is not limited to a simple matter

of trying to improve upon a few species of plant food. For when a

gene from one species is placed in a wholly different animal or

plant, you need a vector, or something that will carry that gene into

the genetic factory of the unrelated or-ganism. Oftentimes a VIRUS is

used, since a virus is merely a piece of genetic material with a

protein coat that is so small that it can easily " infect " other

genetic material.

 

CANCER VIRUSES ARE DELIBERATELY INSERTED INTO YOUR FOOD Cancer in

chickens, often results from infection with the Rous Sarcoma virus.

Hold your seat, for you'll probably find this as difficult to

believe as I did. Scientists who make money for companies through

genetic engineering have decided there is no problem with using this

chicken cancer virus as a vector or carrier to implant the growth

hormone gene into farmed fish so they will grow faster.

 

The problem is that once inside the fish, this virus can persist and

infect the next host, you, that eats that fish. Scientists glibly

say that there is no danger here and can get away with it because

the U. S Government does not require any testing or proof of the

safety of genetically engineered foods. And the scary part is far

from over.

 

LEUKEMIA virus in chicken has been used as a vector to carry genes,

many of which are human, into developing poultry. In addition, a

retrovirus was used as a virus vector in pigs to insert human fetal

cells to grow aortas for transplantation into humans. These have led

to infections in humans with the pig's retrovirus. Have they lost

their minds and all ethics?

 

These viruses can also combine with one another to create new plant

and animal diseases. And more important, foreign genetic material

from these viruses can be absorbed through our intestines and

become incorporated into the cells of our own bodies creating new

diseases in us. Wow! What a sci-fi nightmare!

 

Genes inserted into plants are put there to make them resistant to

certain pests, pesticides, herbicides or antibiotics. But these

vectors or gene transporters can also infect the bacteria and other

organisms in our intestinal tracts.

 

Creating a new antibiotic resistance in them. How would you like to

be harboring Klebsiella or Candida in your gut that is resistant to

all treatments?

 

If that weren't enough of a problem, one of the most common genes

inserted into plants is the Bt gene. Bt stands for Bacillus

thuringiensis, a particular bacteria that secretes a toxin that

kills many types of pests that infect plants. The problem is that

this toxin, once inside some people makes them extremely ill. It can

mimic the symptoms of nightshades where you seemingly overnight have

to crawl to the bathroom for days because of such sore body muscles

and joints.

 

As with a nightshade attack [November 1999 issue] days or weeks

later it can end as precipitously as it began, baffling every

physician. The Bt gene has been put in potatoes, corn and not only

have soy-beans become Roundup resistant but so has the sugar beet

from which vitamin C powder can be made.

 

Genes have been put into tomatoes to change their ripening time,

into cotton [used in junk food oil called vegetable oil, as on

roasted nuts given out on airlines] to make that plant resistant to

pesticides. Canola oil is another product of genetic engineering and

should never be ingested.

 

In 1994 the U. S FDA approved the genetically engineered hormone

rBGH which is a growth hormone designed to increase milk production

in cows. This growth hormone caused increased mastitis and need for

antibiotics [which go into the milk] and as well over 800 farmers

using it reported adverse health problems in their cows.

 

Monsanto, the developer, tried to bribe Health Canada Govt. Oficials

with several million dollars to approve this hormone which is used

by about a third of U. S. farmers.

 

The prestigious medical journal, Lancet [May 9,1998], shows that

breast cancer is SEVEN times higher in women with tiny increases in

growth hormone, Insulin like Growth Factor [iGF-1], which comes from

cows injected with BGH. In January 1996 the International Journal of

Health Sciences reported that IGF-1 concentrations are ten times

higher in BGH milk and can be absorbed through our intestines and

increase our risk of cancer.

 

As well, there is evidence that it has caused abnormal cysts on the

thyroid gland and in the prostate gland and a myriad of other

symptoms. There is no turning back. By forcing genes from one

species to another entirely unrelated species, we are creating new

entities.

 

This is another example of the arrogance and ignorance of man when

he thinks that he can one-up God and create an improved organism.

 

There are so many fallacies with this reasoning that over a dozen

books have already been written to begin to collate much of the

evidence against genetically modified organisms. The difficulty is

that there are not enough people even aware of the problem to make

a significant impact.

 

By the time the damage is done it will be to late. It's not like

cleaning up a lake from decades of pollution. Once we have [1] lost

thousands of species of plants, [2] driven all small farmers out of

business, [3] created Frankenstein foods, [4] super weeds resistant

to all herbicides, [5] plants resistant to pesticides, [6] new

viruses and new illnesses in humans, there will be no turning back.

 

You might be surprised as I was to find that there is no testing

required even after these and many more facts have come to light.

Genetically modified foods are already unavoidable and there is

absolutely no labeling required. We are already eating genetically

modified foods, as 60% of processed foods now contain at least one

genetically modified food.

 

A common snack might be chips with firefly gene or potato chips with

chicken gene [watch out for leukemia and sarcoma, muscle cancer,

virus genes]. Or perhaps you like salsa with tomato having a

flounder gene. A common meal might include creamy broccoli soup with

a bacteria gene and a salad made with canola oil, vegetable oil or

soybean oil, all GMO products.

 

People like myself who are nightshade sensitive are really out of

luck because the tobacco gene is used in lettuce and cucumbers and

the petunia gene is used in soybeans and carrots.

 

Folks with celiac disease might be fooled because walnuts can have

the barley gene in them. And some foods like strawberries

have " undisclosed genes " so all bets are off.

 

Would we expect anything different from an industry that has carte

blanche regulation-free control over our total food supply? You

might think cheese is a safe food but they've genetically

engineered bacterial rennet. Apple juice can have the silkworm gene

and grapes can contain a virus gene. Well including trout, salmon,

catfish, bass and even shrimp. In May of 1999, three giant

multinational food companies announced they would no longer market

genetically engineered foods or their ingredients in England,

because the Limeys were smart enough to protest, so guess who will

get the leftovers? U. S.

 

Proponents of GMO foods say they will lessen the amount of

pesticides that must be used, but that is not true. Didn't we

already fall for this line with the promise that new pesticides would

reduce the need for others?

 

First of all many of the toxins that plants have been genetically

manipulated or forced to produce also kill beneficial things like

ladybugs so that even more pesticides are needed to do the job that

they would have done. These genes can also spread from the crops to

the weeds making the weeds more resistant and stronger than ever,

creating an epidemic of super weeds.

 

Also disturbing is a report that Monsanto's Roundup ready resistant

GE soybeans have higher than normal levels of estrogen. Is this

something we want for male babies growing up on soybean formula? As

well, some of the viruses used as vectors for genes and inserted

into plants to make them virus resistant can be combined with genetic

material from another invading virus [as from a cold] forming a

brand new more virulent virus and creating a new fatal epidemic that

has never before been seen.

 

Clearly NAFTA has allowed our illegal " recycled " pesticides access

to us, while our FDA and USDA cannot police what they already have

on their plates, much less handle the billion dollar graft associ-

ated with genetic engineering that is so carefully documented

in BEYOND EVOLUTION.

 

The FDA has allowed Olestra into your foods, which has no proven

ability to decrease the rampant obesity. But it does decrease you

absorption of priceless nutrients like vitamin E, D, and K that

are ab-solutely crucial in inhibitingthe top two most common causes

of death and disease, arteriosclerosis and cancer. In the past we

have talked about how many people are not " Better Through Chemistry "

as DuPont's old motto suggested.

 

Because many have lost loved ones to cancer and other diseases

caused by environmental chemicals, they have become " bitter through

chemistry " . These chemicals are allowed in our air, food and water

so that multinational corporations can make huge profits. Now with

the wildfire spread of genetic engineering, small farms will fade

into extinction as multinational agriculture and chemical

corporations [MACC] gain control over all of your food.

 

Are you ready for the greatest MACC attack in the history of the

world? Worse than chemical pollution ever thought of being, genetic

pollution has the irreversible potential and probability of

changing the very nature of all of or food and even our own genetics.

As veterinarian, Michael W Fox, warns in his excellent and highly

recommended book, BEYOND EVOLUTION [which details and references the

dangers of GMO foods], our only chance to save ourselves and the

future is with people power.

 

But uninformed people are powerless. Multinational corporations are

changing our food and animals and they have free reign. They're not

accountable to anyone since they do not have to label their foods

and they are not required to do any safety testing. It is

irreversible, unstoppable and has the capability of snowballing

us into a veritable Jurassic Park.

 

You vote with your shopping basket and can make your voice heard by

letting your legislators know that you want all genetically

engineered food labeled and all engineering stopped until there

are appropriate studies done on the long range human side effects

and safety.

 

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