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Tests on animals show
liver and kidney damage within 3 months when fed GM corn by Monsanto and Dupont Posted By: Watchman , 21-Mar-2010
A
report published in the International Journal of Microbiology has verified once
again that Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) crops are causing severe health
problems. A legal challenge issued against Monsanto forced the multi-national
agriculture giant to release raw data revealing that animals fed its patented
GM corn suffered liver and kidney damage within just three months.
Adding to the mounting evidence that GM crops are dangerous all around,
this information provides a damning indictment against Monsanto which
continually insists that its GM products are safe. Not only are GM crops
proving disastrous for the environment, but study after study, including those
conducted by Monsanto itself, is showing that GM foods are detrimental to
health.
Monsanto's data indicated that the company had conducted tests on three
varieties of its GM corn, two of which contain the dangerous Bt protein, and
one designed specifically to resist Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. All three are
widely grown in the United States while only one is currently grown in Europe.
Dr. Gilles-Eric Seralini, a French researcher from the University of
Caen, was tasked with examining the data and providing a review. While stopping
short of declaring GM crops to be toxic, he did emphasize that chronic negative
effects were apparent and that there were "statistically significant"
indications of kidney and liver damage.
The specific effects observed in test rats included a buildup of
hormones in the blood, indicating that their liver and kidneys were not
functioning properly. One variety of the corn led to elevated blood sugar
levels and increased triglyceride levels in female rats given it.
Dr. Seralini concluded that, because GM crops are foreign substances
that have never been a part of a normal diet, there is no telling what the
long-term effects of consumption will be on people. In animals, significant
disruption of normal bodily function has been observed even in the short term.
Genetically manipulated food crops are not fit for human consumption and
should not be classified as food. No legitimate study has ever proven them to
be safe or nutritious. The burden of proof is on the producers of such crops to
verify their safety and, to date, all data has revealed that they are unsafe.
Claims that GM foods will end world hunger are baseless, propagated only by
those that have a financial interest in converting the world's food supply to
their own patented varieties in order to control it.
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