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“We’re all part of a large, uncontrolled experiment,” says a genial elderly doctor, one of the many physicians and scientists who discuss the dangers of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in the 2012 documentary, Genetic Roulette.

The film, directed and produced by consumer advocate Jeffrey M. Smith, is based on his 2007 book of the same name.  It describes the way GMO food plants, plants which have been genetically altered when DNA has been extracted from another species and injected into its DNA, are “new organisms that were not part of the evolutionary process.”  The film argues that the human body has a profoundly inflammatory reaction to the unfamiliar components in GMO food and suggests that this is a major contributor to the skyrocketing rates of heart disease, kidney disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancer – and many other serious afflictions – in our country.

Genetic Roulette will be presented as part of Salem’s Progressive Film Series on February 14.  After the showing, three speakers will engage with the audience; Ken Roseboro who publishes The Non-GMO Sourcebook, George Kimbrell, senior attorney for the Center for Food Safety’s office in Portland and Kim Goodwin, director of Oregonians for Farm and Food Rights.

Source: WilliametteLive.com

by Larry Cyna

Many experts as well as concerned customers want to know if GMO foods are safe. A few troubling reports have been released. A study published in the International Journal of Biological Sciences revealed the parameters of 60 different biochemicals in rats. Rats fed genetically modified corn were compared to their parents who had been fed non-GM corn. The results clearly showed a difference between the two groups. . Only 9 percent of the offspring of rats fed non-GM soy died.

In addition, 36 percent of the rats in the GM-fed group were underweight, compared with only 6.7 percent of the control group. In another study, groups of rats were fed GM tomatoes for 28 days. Seven of 20 developed bleeding stomachs, and seven out of a group of 40 rats died within two weeks.

Opponents Fear GM foods could: • Trigger the emergence of new diseases due to the use of viruses and bacteria to modify some GM foods. These new diseases could be resistant to antibiotics....

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