DANGERS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS

1) Rats fed GM tomatoes developed stomach lesions (bleeding stomachs) and seven ouf
of the forty died within two weeks.
Pusztai, A. et al. (2003) Genetically Modified Foods: Potential Human Health Effects In: Food Salety: Contaminants and Toxins (ed. JPF D'Mello) pp. 347-372. CAB International, Wallingford Oxon, UK

2) A UK government-funded study demonstrated that rats fed a OM potato developed potentially pre-cancerous cell growth (1), damaged immune systems, partial atrophy of the liver, and inhibited development oftheir brains, livers and testicles(2) .
Ewen, SWB & Pusztai, A. (1999) Effects of diets containing genetically modified potatoes expressing Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine Lancet 354, 1727-1728. (2) JefITey Smith's personal communication with Dr Arpad Pusztai

3) Rats fed GM maize had problems with blood cell, kidney and liver formation.
French experts very disturbed by health effects of Monsanto GM corn (24/412004), Y'W~!!!.\:Y_aJ.~h9rw-archive2a!ill-'1ill:£iQ=3308, Translation of Le Monde article "L'expertise conlidentielle sur un inquietant maYs transgenique," Confidential report on a worrying GM corn by Herve Kempf, 22.04.04, www.lemonde.t.r/wcb/articie/01-0(@2-3226,36-36206I,0 .html Also see Spilling the Beans, June 2005, www.seedsofdeceptiolJ.com/Public/Ncwsletler/tl!l1CO.iGMCornHealtrJta.ng!.;.Lfu:;llQ.Scc!Lin!i~x.c!m

4) Mice fed GM soya had problems with liver cell formation.
Malatesta M, Caporaloni C, Gavaudan S, et al "Ultrastructural Morphometrical and Immunocytochemical Analyses of Hepatocyte Nuclei from Mice Fed on Genetically Modified Soybean". Cell Structure and Function Vol. 27 (2002), No.4, pp. 173-18

5) Mice fed GM soya had problems with pancreatic function.
Manuela Malatesta, et ai, Ultrastructural analysis of pancreatic acinar cells from mice fed on genetically modified soybean, Journal of Anatomy, Volume 201 Issue 5 p. 409, November 2002

6) The livers of rats fed OM canol a were heavier. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment, Advice on a notification for marketing of herbicide tolerant GM oilseed rape, www.defra.gov.uk/environment/acre/advice/pdtf/acre_advice36.pdf

7) Pigs fed GM maize on several American Midwest farms developed false pregnancies or steri I ity. www.savcicrrvscornorg/

8) Cows fed GM maize in Germany died mysteriously. And twice the number of chickens died
when fed GM maize compared to those fed natural maize.
Report for the Chardon LL Hearing, Non-Suitability of Genetically Engineered Feed for Animals, Dr. Eva Novotny, Scientists for Global Responsibility, May 2002, www.sgr.org.uk/GenEng/animalfeel_all.pdf

9) Soon after GM soy was introduced to the UK , soya allergies skyrocketed by 50 percent. Mark Townsend, "Why soya is a hidden destroyer," Daily Express, March 12, 1999

10) A gene from a Brazil nut inserted into soyabeans made the soya allergenic to those who
normally react to Brazil nuts (this was never commercialised).
J Ordlee, et ai, "Identification of a Brazil-Nut Allergen in Transgenic Soybeans," The New Englandd Journal of Medicine, March 14, 1996

11) The most common allergen in soya is called trypsin inhibitor. G M soya contains significantly
more trypsin inhibitor compared with natural soya. Stephen R Padgette and others, "The Composition of Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean Seeds Is Equivalent to That of Conventional Soybeans," The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 126, no. 4, April 1996 (Data was taken from the journal archives, as they had been omitted from the published study. It was reported by Barbara Keeler and Marc Lappe, "Some Food for FDA Regulation," Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2001)

From: Protect Yourself from Geneticallv £nlzineered Foods by Jeffrey M Smith author of Seeds of Decevtion http://www.seedsofdeception.com/DocumentFi les/32.doc
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