Dangers of GM Foods

[Guest guest]

Dangers of GM Foods

" Normally you wouldn't expect a fish to mate with a tomato, " said

Jeffrey M. Smith (seedsofdeception), a researcher who was the sounding

the alarm about genetically modified (GM) foods, when he appeared on

Tuesday's program. " We let the genie out of the bag way too soon, "

with a large percentage of such crops as soy, corn and cotton now being

GM, Smith noted.

 

While companies such as Monsanto claim the benefits of biotech farming

are " real and compelling, " and lead to increased productivity, Smith

warned that GM foods could create any number of harmful unintended side

effects. " Super diseases " that are resistant to antibiotics could arise

and " even worse, " he said genetically engineered " promoters " could lead

to uncontrolled, possibly cancerous cell growth.

 

Smith said that biotech industry tests showing GM safety were rigged

and advocated for people to become politically involved in such agendas

as thecampaign.org which seeks to have all genetically engineered food

labeled, and the Biosafety Protocol, a program being ratified by the

United Nations.

[Guest guest]

---the FLAVR SAVR tomatoes were prominately marked in 91

have not seen any that were marked as such since 93

but! they are on the shelves at your local grocer

there are two main types

1) cod fish + tomato

2)artic moth +tomato

they were designed to prevent the plant from dying during frost

there are also some other varieties which were developed and

discarded

GMO archives

 

http://www.connectotel.com/gmfood/

 

 

In , Anna Webb <electricwind@e...>

wrote:

>

> Dangers of GM Foods

> " Normally you wouldn't expect a fish to mate with a tomato, "

said

> Jeffrey M. Smith (seedsofdeception), a researcher who was the

sounding

> the alarm about genetically modified (GM) foods, when he appeared

on

> Tuesday's program. " We let the genie out of the bag way too

soon, "

> with a large percentage of such crops as soy, corn and cotton now

being

> GM, Smith noted.

>

> While companies such as Monsanto claim the benefits of biotech

farming

> are " real and compelling, " and lead to increased productivity,

Smith

> warned that GM foods could create any number of harmful unintended

side

> effects. " Super diseases " that are resistant to antibiotics could

arise

> and " even worse, " he said genetically engineered " promoters " could

lead

> to uncontrolled, possibly cancerous cell growth.

>

> Smith said that biotech industry tests showing GM safety were

rigged

> and advocated for people to become politically involved in such

agendas

> as thecampaign.org which seeks to have all genetically engineered

food

> labeled, and the Biosafety Protocol, a program being ratified by

the

> United Nations.