Sunday, January 23, 2011

Genetically engineered danger



Almost all non-organic processed food or animal products in the U.S. today contain ingredients that come from genetically engineered crops
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Or from animals given genetically engineered feed, vaccines or growth hormones.
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Genetically engineered foods have not been tested to determine whether they are safe for human consumption.
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Genetically engineered foods are different from conventional and organic foods.
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A single serving of genetically engineered soy can result in 'horizontal gene transfer
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Where the bacteria in the human gut adopts the soy's DNA.
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Animals fed genetically engineered feed are different from animals fed conventional and organic feed.
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The third generation of hamsters fed genetically engineered soy suffered slower growth
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A high mortality rate
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And a bizarre birth defect, fur growing in their mouths.
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Many also lost the ability to have pups.
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The more genetically engineered corn was fed to mice, the fewer babies they had and the smaller the babies were.
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Biotech's scattershot technique of spraying plant cells with a buckshot of foreign genes that hit chromosomes in random spots would trigger the expression of new allergens and change the character of plant proteins.
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Scientists reviewing data from Monsanto's own studies "have proven that genetically engineered foods are neither sufficiently healthy or proper to be commercialized."
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The Convention on Biodiversity recognizes that genetic engineering is a threat to the amount and variety of life on the planet.
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We are playing with fire
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We are putting life on this planet in danger in ways that we do not understand
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There can be no excuse for this
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Money and the pursuit of profit is not an excuse for putting the planet at risk
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Poor fools those who hide and distort the information made available
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Their lives and ours are at risk
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At risk of things we have no idea about
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And all for money
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In the name of greed
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Shame on you

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