GM Food Safety
Question: Are there any scientific journals articles that test long term and short term problems in GM foods? or is it all done by the companies?
if there are articles links to - or names of them would be appreciated
Answer: I think they all got burnt by Monsanto.
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There is immense pressure on developing countries to adopt genetically modified (GM) crops in the shortest possible time to supposedly ensure food security and boost agricultural productivity. Being a signatory to the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights, however, Pakistan is obliged to protect intellectual property rights (IPRs) of multinational organisations introducing GM plant varieties into the country. Multinational giants like Monsanto have been in a tussle with the Punjab government over payment mechanisms for infringement of these IPRs before it expands it GM seed business.
While Bt cotton, introduced in Pakistan in 2010 , is surrounded by its own controversies, the prospect of producing GM corn in the country brings about additional concerns. Health concerns regarding GM food crops are not without substance. Even the European Union remains extremely reluctant to allow genetically modified organisms in agriculture. Yet, earlier this year, the Pakistan’s National Biosafety Committee (NBC) issued a press release announcing that its Technical Advisory Committee had approved a field trial for a Bt variety of Monsanto’s GM corn . The legitimacy of the NBC itself has been questioned given that the agency lacks sufficient funds and infrastructure to conduct independent research, relying on results produced by other laboratories such as the National Institute for Biology and Genetic Engineering, which is alleged to have a vested interest in GM commercialisation in the country.
Thomas Wittman of Ecofarm, whose Genetic Engineering Newslist keeps us informed about the state of the GMO mess, has sent a request for signatures for a nationwide petition to label GMO foods and and an article reporting the latest news on the costs of such labeling -- nearly zilch despite what the trogs at the Biotech Industry Association put out.
Thanks to Thomas' unremitting work over the last decade we also know that the dirty little story of GMOs is in: they don't cut down on pesticide demand, gene drift via pollen makes GMO-crop fields major contaminators of their regions, Monsanto and its weak sisters in the industry move with relentless barbarism through the courts to enforce their "patents on life," trying to create a Meek New World in which farmers will not save seed and will pay whatever the biotech corporations demand for genetically modified seed. And that's just for starters.
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Is Monsanto’s genetically modified food making us sick?
The buzz has been that genetically modified foods grow better, will solve the worlds hunger problems and are less likely to be ravaged by insects. Many of us eat genetically modified foods without knowing they have been modified. Over the last decade, it has been reported by CNN ( See here ) as well as other sources that emergency visits to hospitals for food allergies have doubled. Is there a connection between genetically modified food and our bodies rejecting these foods through allergies? A new article suggests this is the case.
Monsanto: ‘There is no need for, or value in testing the safety of GM foods in humans’
S. L. Baker January 19, 2012
There is a growing body of scientific evidence which proves that genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) are inherently different from natural organisms, including the way the body processes them, as well as how the immune system responds to them. But Monsanto, the largest purveyor of GMOs in the world, believes that GMOs are no different than natural organisms, and that GMO testing is both needless and valueless.
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Matthew Bell: The IoS Diary (12/02/12) "I spoke to David Cameron and he said the Conservative Party was against GM," Christie tells me. Tory MP Caroline Spelman, however, has said she is in favour of GM food. Christie is the heir to Glyndebourne, though he chose not to inherit the opera ... |
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Danger of Biological Warfare Made Worse by Genetically Modified Foods The irony comes from the fact that US producers of genetically modified foods are already creating an environmental scenario where the interactions between GM plants and nature itself may produce such deadly organisms – without the need for terrorist ... |
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Global layoffs hit workers at GM, Nokia and Pepsico “There is increasing frustration with Opel and a feeling the cuts two years ago did not go nearly deep enough,” the Wall Street Journal quotes an unnamed GM official as saying. “If Opel is going to get fixed, it is going to get fixed now and cuts are ... |
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Who pays to keep crops organic? A court may decide A Minneapolis co-op is featured in a New York Times story detailing the growing battle organic farmers are fighting against the genetically-modified seeds blowing over from their neighbors. The report focuses on the growth of transgenic seeds, ... |
