The Things That You Are Not Supposed To Know About Your Food

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<< Genetically Engineered Foods Pose Health Risk for Children

 

By Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception

 

In a study in the early 1990's rats were fed genetically

 

modified (GM) tomatoes. Well actually, the rats refused

 

to eat them. They were force-fed. Several of the rats

 

developed stomach lesions and seven out of forty died

 

within two weeks. Scientists at the FDA who reviewed

 

the study agreed that it did not provide a " demonstration

 

of reasonable certainty of no harm. " In fact, agency

 

scientists warned that GM foods in general might create

 

unpredicted allergies, toxins, antibiotic resistant

 

diseases, and nutritional problems. Internal FDA memos

 

made public from a lawsuit reveal that the scientists

 

urged their superiors to require long-term safety testing

 

to catch these hard-to-detect side effects. But FDA

 

political appointees, including a former attorney for

 

Monsanto in charge of policy, ignored the scientists'

 

warnings. The FDA does not require safety studies.

 

Instead, if the makers of the GM foods claim that they

 

are safe, the agency has no further questions. The GM

 

tomato was approved in 1994.

 

Americans eat genetically modified foods everyday.

 

Although the GM tomato has been taken off the market,

 

millions of acres of soy, corn, canola, and cotton have

 

had foreign genes inserted into their DNA. The new

 

genes allow the crops to survive applications of

 

herbicide, create their own pesticide, or both. While

 

there are only a handful of published animal safety

 

studies, those conducted by the biotech industry are

 

often dismissed by critics as superficial and designed to

 

avoid finding problems. Scientists who voice their

 

criticism or discover incriminating evidence have been

 

threatened, stripped of responsibilities, denied funding or

 

tenure, or fired. For example, a UK government-funded

 

study demonstrated that young rats fed a GM potato

 

developed potentially pre-cancerous cell growth,

 

damaged immune systems, partial atrophy of the liver,

 

and inhibited development of their brains, livers and

 

testicles. When the lead scientist went public with his

 

concerns, he was promptly fired from his job after 35

 

years and silenced with threats of a lawsuit.

 

Other research shows: Rats fed GM corn had problems

 

with blood cell formation. Those fed GM soy had

 

problems with liver cell formation, and the livers of rats

 

fed GM canola were heavier. Pigs fed GM corn on at

 

least 25 Midwest farms developed false pregnancies or

 

sterility. Cows fed GM corn in Germany died

 

mysteriously. And twice the number of chickens died

 

when fed GM corn compared to those fed natural corn.

 

Soon after GM soy was introduced to the UK, soy

 

allergies skyrocketed by 50 percent. This might be due

 

to the fact that the most common allergen in soy, called

 

trypsin inhibitor, is substantially elevated in GM soy. In

 

addition, GM soy contains a protein that was never

 

before part of the human food supply, and might be

 

allergenic. In fact, sections of that protein are identical to

 

those found in shrimp and dust mite allergens, which

 

should have disqualified GM soy from approval,

 

according to World Health Organization

 

recommendations. Moreover, since the sequence of the

 

gene that was inserted into soy has inexplicably

 

rearranged over time, the protein it creates is different

 

than the one intended, and was never subject to any

 

safety studies. It may be allergenic or toxic.

 

Without follow-up tests, we can't be sure if the

 

introduction of GM soy was the cause of the allergies,

 

but we do know that the composition of GM soy is

 

different. Ask the animals. Eyewitness reports from all

 

over North America describe how several types of

 

animals, when given a choice, avoided eating GM food.

 

These included cows, pigs, elk, deer, raccoons, squirrels,

 

rats, and mice.

 

Differences in GM food will likely have a much larger

 

impact on children. They are three to four times more

 

susceptible to allergies. Also, they convert more of the

 

food into body-building material. Altered nutrients or

 

added toxins can result in developmental problems. For

 

this reason, animal nutrition studies are typically

 

conducted on young, developing animals. After the

 

feeding trial, organs are weighed and often studied under

 

magnification. If scientists used mature animals instead

 

of young ones, even severe nutritional problems might

 

not be detected. Monsanto's study on their GM soybeans

 

used mature animals instead of young ones.

 

The UK government also sponsored a study on GM

 

soy—the only human feeding study ever conducted. It

 

showed that the gene inserted into soybeans

 

spontaneously transferred out of food and into the DNA

 

of gut bacteria. This has several serious implications.

 

First, it means that the bacteria inside our intestines,

 

newly equipped with this foreign gene, may create the

 

novel protein inside of us. If it is allergenic or toxic, it

 

may affect us for the long term, even if we give up

 

eating GM soy.

 

The same study verified that the promoter, which

 

scientists attach to the inserted gene to permanently

 

switch it on, also transferred to gut bacteria. Preliminary

 

results also showed that the promoter transferred into rat

 

organs, after they were fed only a single GM meal.

 

Research on this promoter suggests that it might

 

unintentionally switch on other genes in the DNA—

 

permanently. This could create an overproduction of

 

allergens, toxins, carcinogens, or antinutrients. Scientists

 

also theorize that the promoter might switch on dormant

 

viruses embedded in the DNA or generate mutations.

 

Kids are regularly fed GM soy-based infant formula.

 

The digestive capacity of small children is less than

 

adults, suggesting that more GM DNA might survive

 

with more transgenes ending up inside gut bacteria or

 

possibly inside organs.

 

What about corn genetically engineered to create its own

 

pesticide? If the inserted gene were to transfer from the

 

corn that children eat into their gut bacteria, it could

 

theoretically transform their intestinal flora into living

 

pesticide factories. Preliminary evidence shows that

 

thirty-nine Philippinos living next to a pesticideproducing

 

cornfield developed skin, intestinal, and

 

respiratory reactions while the corn was pollinating.

 

Tests of their blood also showed an immune response to

 

the pesticide. Mice fed the pesticide developed an

 

immune response equal to cholera toxin, misshapen and

 

excessive cell growth in their small intestines, and an

 

increased susceptibility to allergens.

 

GM corn and most GM crops are also inserted with

 

antibiotic resistant genes. FDA scientists described this

 

as " A SERIOUS HEALTH HAZAARD. " They, and

 

health organizations worldwide, are concerned about the

 

possibility that these might transfer to pathogenic

 

bacteria inside our gut and create new, antibiotic

 

resistant super-diseases. The biotech industry countered

 

these fears by insisting that the DNA was fully destroyed

 

during digestion and therefore no such transfer of genes

 

was possible. The human feeding study described above,

 

published in February 2004, overturned this baseless

 

assumption. Unfortunately, children prone to ear and

 

other infections may be at risk of facing antibiotic

 

resistant strains of bacteria, due to the use of antibiotic

 

resistant genes. The British Medical Association cited

 

this as one reason why they called for a moratorium of

 

GM foods.

 

No one monitors human health impacts of genetically

 

modified foods. If the foods were creating health

 

problems in the US population, it might take years or

 

decades before we identified the cause. One epidemic in

 

the 1980's provides a chilling example. A new disease

 

was created by a brand of the food supplement Ltryptophan,

 

which had been produced through genetic

 

modification and contained tiny traces of contaminants.

 

The disease killed about 100 Americans and caused

 

sickness or disability in about 5-10,000 others. The only

 

reason that doctors were able to identify that an epidemic

 

was occurring, was because the disease had three

 

simultaneous characteristics: it was rare, acute, and fast

 

acting. Even then it was nearly missed entirely.

 

Children are more susceptible to problems with milk

 

Milk and dairy products from cows treated with the

 

genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH)

 

contain an increased amount of the hormone IGF-1,

 

which is one of the highest risk factors associated with

 

breast and prostate cancer. The Council on Scientific

 

Affairs of the American Medical Association called for

 

more studies to determine if ingesting " higher than

 

normal concentrations of [iGF-1] is safe for children,

 

adolescents, and adults. " Sam Epstein, M.D., Chairman

 

of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and author of eight

 

books, wrote, " rbGH and its digested products could be

 

absorbed from milk into blood, particularly in infants,

 

and produce hormonal and allergic effects. " He

 

described how " cell-stimulating growth factors . . . could

 

induce premature growth and breast stimulation in

 

infants, and possibly promote breast cancer in adults. "

 

Dr. Epstein pointed out that the hormones in cows could

 

promote the production of " steroids and adrenaline-type

 

stressor chemicals . . . likely to contaminate milk and

 

may be harmful, particularly to infants and young

 

children. "

 

Schools can protect children

 

Our entire population is being fed GM foods daily,

 

without knowing the impact of these foods on our health,

 

our behavior, or our children. Thousands of schools

 

around the world, particularly in Europe, have decided

 

not to let their kids be used as guinea pigs. They have

 

banned GM foods.

 

With the epidemic of obesity and diabetes and with the

 

results in some schools showing that food influences

 

student behavior, parents and schools are waking up to

 

the critical role that diet plays. When making changes in

 

what kids eat, removing genetically modified foods

 

should be a priority.

 

To become more informed of the dangers of GM foods and to learn how to

avoid buying and eating GM foods,

 

see

 

www.seedsofdeception.com. © Copyright Jeffrey M. Smith. Permission is

granted to reproduce this article in whole or in part.

 

http://www.saynotogmos.org/risks-to-children.pdf

 

 

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Genetically Engineered Foods Pose Health Risk for Children

By Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception

In a study in the early 1990's rats were fed genetically

modified (GM) tomatoes. Well actually, the rats refused

to eat them. They were force-fed. Several of the rats

developed stomach lesions and seven out of forty died

within two weeks. Scientists at the FDA who reviewed

the study agreed that it did not provide a " demonstration

of reasonable certainty of no harm. " In fact, agency

scientists warned that GM foods in general might create

unpredicted allergies, toxins, antibiotic resistant

diseases, and nutritional problems. Internal FDA memos

made public from a lawsuit reveal that the scientists

urged their superiors to require long-term safety testing

to catch these hard-to-detect side effects. But FDA

political appointees, including a former attorney for

Monsanto in charge of policy, ignored the scientists'

warnings. The FDA does not require safety studies.

Instead, if the makers of the GM foods claim that they

are safe, the agency has no further questions. The GM

tomato was approved in 1994.

Americans eat genetically modified foods everyday.

Although the GM tomato has been taken off the market,

millions of acres of soy, corn, canola, and cotton have

had foreign genes inserted into their DNA. The new

genes allow the crops to survive applications of

herbicide, create their own pesticide, or both. While

there are only a handful of published animal safety

studies, those conducted by the biotech industry are

often dismissed by critics as superficial and designed to

avoid finding problems. Scientists who voice their

criticism or discover incriminating evidence have been

threatened, stripped of responsibilities, denied funding or

tenure, or fired. For example, a UK government-funded

study demonstrated that young rats fed a GM potato

developed potentially pre-cancerous cell growth,

damaged immune systems, partial atrophy of the liver,

and inhibited development of their brains, livers and

testicles. When the lead scientist went public with his

concerns, he was promptly fired from his job after 35

years and silenced with threats of a lawsuit.

Other research shows: Rats fed GM corn had problems

with blood cell formation. Those fed GM soy had

problems with liver cell formation, and the livers of rats

fed GM canola were heavier. Pigs fed GM corn on at

least 25 Midwest farms developed false pregnancies or

sterility. Cows fed GM corn in Germany died

mysteriously. And twice the number of chickens died

when fed GM corn compared to those fed natural corn.

Soon after GM soy was introduced to the UK, soy

allergies skyrocketed by 50 percent. This might be due

to the fact that the most common allergen in soy, called

trypsin inhibitor, is substantially elevated in GM soy. In

addition, GM soy contains a protein that was never

before part of the human food supply, and might be

allergenic. In fact, sections of that protein are identical to

those found in shrimp and dust mite allergens, which

should have disqualified GM soy from approval,

according to World Health Organization

recommendations. Moreover, since the sequence of the

gene that was inserted into soy has inexplicably

rearranged over time, the protein it creates is different

than the one intended, and was never subject to any

safety studies. It may be allergenic or toxic.

Without follow-up tests, we can't be sure if the

introduction of GM soy was the cause of the allergies,

but we do know that the composition of GM soy is

different. Ask the animals. Eyewitness reports from all

over North America describe how several types of

animals, when given a choice, avoided eating GM food.

These included cows, pigs, elk, deer, raccoons, squirrels,

rats, and mice.

Differences in GM food will likely have a much larger

impact on children. They are three to four times more

susceptible to allergies. Also, they convert more of the

food into body-building material. Altered nutrients or

added toxins can result in developmental problems. For

this reason, animal nutrition studies are typically

conducted on young, developing animals. After the

feeding trial, organs are weighed and often studied under

magnification. If scientists used mature animals instead

of young ones, even severe nutritional problems might

not be detected. Monsanto's study on their GM soybeans

used mature animals instead of young ones.

The UK government also sponsored a study on GM

soy—the only human feeding study ever conducted. It

showed that the gene inserted into soybeans

spontaneously transferred out of food and into the DNA

of gut bacteria. This has several serious implications.

First, it means that the bacteria inside our intestines,

newly equipped with this foreign gene, may create the

novel protein inside of us. If it is allergenic or toxic, it

may affect us for the long term, even if we give up

eating GM soy.

The same study verified that the promoter, which

scientists attach to the inserted gene to permanently

switch it on, also transferred to gut bacteria. Preliminary

results also showed that the promoter transferred into rat

organs, after they were fed only a single GM meal.

Research on this promoter suggests that it might

unintentionally switch on other genes in the DNA—

permanently. This could create an overproduction of

allergens, toxins, carcinogens, or antinutrients. Scientists

also theorize that the promoter might switch on dormant

viruses embedded in the DNA or generate mutations.

Kids are regularly fed GM soy-based infant formula.

The digestive capacity of small children is less than

adults, suggesting that more GM DNA might survive

with more transgenes ending up inside gut bacteria or

possibly inside organs.

What about corn genetically engineered to create its own

pesticide? If the inserted gene were to transfer from the

corn that children eat into their gut bacteria, it could

theoretically transform their intestinal flora into living

pesticide factories. Preliminary evidence shows that

thirty-nine Philippinos living next to a pesticideproducing

cornfield developed skin, intestinal, and

respiratory reactions while the corn was pollinating.

Tests of their blood also showed an immune response to

the pesticide. Mice fed the pesticide developed an

immune response equal to cholera toxin, misshapen and

excessive cell growth in their small intestines, and an

increased susceptibility to allergens.

GM corn and most GM crops are also inserted with

antibiotic resistant genes. FDA scientists described this

as " A SERIOUS HEALTH HAZAARD. " They, and

health organizations worldwide, are concerned about the

possibility that these might transfer to pathogenic

bacteria inside our gut and create new, antibiotic

resistant super-diseases. The biotech industry countered

these fears by insisting that the DNA was fully destroyed

during digestion and therefore no such transfer of genes

was possible. The human feeding study described above,

published in February 2004, overturned this baseless

assumption. Unfortunately, children prone to ear and

other infections may be at risk of facing antibiotic

resistant strains of bacteria, due to the use of antibiotic

resistant genes. The British Medical Association cited

this as one reason why they called for a moratorium of

GM foods.

No one monitors human health impacts of genetically

modified foods. If the foods were creating health

problems in the US population, it might take years or

decades before we identified the cause. One epidemic in

the 1980's provides a chilling example. A new disease

was created by a brand of the food supplement Ltryptophan,

which had been produced through genetic

modification and contained tiny traces of contaminants.

The disease killed about 100 Americans and caused

sickness or disability in about 5-10,000 others. The only

reason that doctors were able to identify that an epidemic

was occurring, was because the disease had three

simultaneous characteristics: it was rare, acute, and fast

acting. Even then it was nearly missed entirely.

Children are more susceptible to problems with milk

Milk and dairy products from cows treated with the

genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH)

contain an increased amount of the hormone IGF-1,

which is one of the highest risk factors associated with

breast and prostate cancer. The Council on Scientific

Affairs of the American Medical Association called for

more studies to determine if ingesting " higher than

normal concentrations of [iGF-1] is safe for children,

adolescents, and adults. " Sam Epstein, M.D., Chairman

of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and author of eight

books, wrote, " rbGH and its digested products could be

absorbed from milk into blood, particularly in infants,

and produce hormonal and allergic effects. " He

described how " cell-stimulating growth factors . . . could

induce premature growth and breast stimulation in

infants, and possibly promote breast cancer in adults. "

Dr. Epstein pointed out that the hormones in cows could

promote the production of " steroids and adrenaline-type

stressor chemicals . . . likely to contaminate milk and

may be harmful, particularly to infants and young

children. "

Schools can protect children

Our entire population is being fed GM foods daily,

without knowing the impact of these foods on our health,

our behavior, or our children. Thousands of schools

around the world, particularly in Europe, have decided

not to let their kids be used as guinea pigs. They have

banned GM foods.

With the epidemic of obesity and diabetes and with the

results in some schools showing that food influences

student behavior, parents and schools are waking up to

the critical role that diet plays. When making changes in

what kids eat, removing genetically modified foods

should be a priority.

To become more informed of the dangers of GM foods and to learn how to avoid

buying and eating GM foods,

see

www.seedsofdeception.com. © Copyright Jeffrey M. Smith. Permission is granted

to reproduce this article in whole or in part.

http://www.saynotogmos.org/risks-to-children.pdf

 

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