Reply #26: It's the truth. The ugly, mutant truth. Deal with it. [View All]

I am unable to find it this morning, and I've got deadlines to meet, but before moving on I want to mention having recently read a specific report on a study showing that GMO crops cause mutation in soil organisms -- giving rise to 'novel' life forms in the soil. Those 'novel' life forms, which you and corporate (R) agronomists want everyone to merrily unthinkingly swallow under the claim that they will have no impact on the future health of human beings and their generations of children, are mutant. These genetically mutant entities live not only in the soil, but in your intestines.

Swallow the corporate propaganda if you wish, and the genetically mutant foods, too. That's your right. I choose clean food, and I am secure in my intellectual integrity.

Perhaps someone with more time can dig up the link on the report I reference -- or perhaps when my deadlines have come and gone I will re-visit.

Bon mutant appetite. - SH


These are not the report I reference, but are related...
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"given the nature of plants and the methods of genetic modification used, raises many other significant issues outside the realm of conventional pesticides that EPA has not fully addressed. Compared to conventional pesticides, plants genetically engineered to produce pesticides make risk assessment much more complex. As living engineered organisms, they reproduce and spread their DNA by wind or insect pollination, are extremely difficult to trace, and are impossible to recall.7 It can also be nearly impossible to fully identify how a crop has been modified, since gene insertion may result in unintended changes to an organism’s DNA.8 Some of those modifications may not become known until subsequent generations.

The methods of genetic modification are also highly problematic, despite the industry’s best efforts to downplay all the things that can go wrong when a gene from a distant or foreign species is inserted into a plant. For example, Stewart A. Newman, a professor of cell biology and anatomy, writes that when such a foreign introduction is made into the plant (”transgenesis”), it throws an entirely new component into the biological mix.

http://gmo-journal.com/index.php/2009/10/20/epas-flawed-regulation-of-gmos-examined/

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The Devastating Effects of GMOs on the Future of Soil
Written by Dr. Gregory Damato, Wellness Uncovered
Saturday, 07 March 2009 20:02

A recent study was conducted in Vidharbha, India to determine the effect of Bt (Bacillius thuringiensis) cotton on the microbial population of various soil micro-organisms. The results indicated a significant decline in total microbial biomass in the Bt soil. If current trends continue, the researcher estimated that 6.7 million hectares of planted Bt transgenic crops in India were in danger of becoming sterile and unable to grown anything within the next 10 years.

http://www.wellnessuncovered.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113:the-devastating-effects-of-gmos-on-the-future-of-soil&catid=34:articles-on-gmo-safety&Itemid=15