Uncovered, the 'toxic' gene hiding in GM crops: Revelation throws new doubt over safety of foods. EU watchdog reveals approval for GM foods fails to identify poisonous gene54 of the 86 GM plants approved contain the dangerous geneGene found in food for farm animals producing meat, milk and eggsBiotech supporters argue there is no evidence that GM foods are harmful By Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor Published: 23:20 GMT, 21 January 2013 | Updated: 11:03 GMT, 24 January 2013 A virus gene that could be poisonous to humans has been missed when GM food crops have been assessed for safety. GM crops such as corn and soya, which are being grown around the world for both human and farm animal consumption, include the gene.
A new study by the EU's official food watchdog, the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA), has revealed that the international approval process for GM crops failed to identify the gene. A new study conducted by the EU has shown that standard tests for GM foods may be missing a potentially poisonous gene for humans.
(93) Non-GMO Project. GMO Myths and Truths. Genetically modified (GM) crops are promoted on the basis of a range of far-reaching claims from the GM crop industry and its supporters. They say that GM crops: Are an extension of natural breeding and do not pose different risks from naturally bred crops Are safe to eat and can be more nutritious than naturally bred crops Are strictly regulated for safety Increase crop yields Reduce pesticide use Benefit farmers and make their lives easier Bring economic benefits Benefit the environment Can help solve problems caused by climate change Reduce energy use Will help feed the world.
However, a large and growing body of scientific and other authoritative evidence shows that these claims are not true. On the contrary, evidence presented in this report indicates that GM crops: Download a PDF of the full GMO Myths and Truths report. 10 reasons why we don’t need GM foods. Monsanto: herbicide powerhouse Tom Philpott GRIST, 16 Sep 2008 *The GMO seed giant expects Roundup to generate $1.8 billion in profits in 2008 Monsanto positions itself as a green company. "Using the tools of modern biology," its website informs us, "we help farmers grow more yield sustainably so they can produce more and conserve more. " Compare that twaddle to this bit from Monsanto's announcement on Tuesday: "[Monsanto's Chief Financial Officer Terry] Crews will indicate that Monsanto's Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides business is on track to be above $1.9 billion of gross profit for the 2008 fiscal year, ahead of the previous forecast.
" Wow. But the company isn't just churning out profit by peddling weed-killer. "Crews will also note that for the 2008 fiscal year, the company's corn business should exceed $2 billion in gross-profit generation for the first time. " Interesting. Links page. Ngin: FARMING NEWS. New U.S. Wheat Associates' Report A new U.S. Wheat Associates' report found that all representatives for Chinese, Korean and Japanese wheat buyers surveyed would not buy or use [GM] Roundup Ready wheat and that 82% of buyers from Taiwan and 78% of buyers from South Asia said they would reject the wheat that Monsanto has developed. 100 per cent of the Japanese buyers indicated that "regardless of government approval, contracts will stipulate no adventitious presence of GM wheat. " Japan is the largest buyer of US wheat.
For more on the report "Trusting Monsanto to decide when there's enough acceptance out there would be a foolish mistake. "I am going to ask you not to grow genetically modified wheat until we are able to sell the bread made from that wheat... if you do grow genetically modified or enhanced wheat, we will not be able to buy any of your wheat -neither the GM nor the conventional. " - Rank Hovis, in the North Dakota Wheat Commission's newsletter. GM crop data was not so rosy. Feeding the world.
Feeding the world? By Jules PrettyAn important analysis, by the Director of the Centre for Environment and Society at the University of Essex, of the biotech industry's claims to be global benefactors. Includes fascinating examples of the remarkable success of sustainable approaches to improving agriculture in both the developing and developed worlds. Article first published in SPLICE, Vol 4 Issue 6 "Better dead than GM fed? " by GRAINThere's a food aid crisis. The US says it's impossible to provide GM-free food aid to Southern Africa and that the people there must accept GM grain or starve. But non-GM grain is available in the US - more than 50% of US grain elevators can and do segregate GM and non-GM grains.
QUOTES ON THE FOOD AID CRISISThe Bush Administration is exploiting famine in Africa in an effort to support America's biotech industry. Indian farmers judge GM crops by Hugh WarwickSeldom are the people the biotech industry claim to be helping actually consulted. GOLDEN RICE? Articles of interest. Organic attack: bogus Stossel. Undefined How John Stossel falsified evidence Cultivating the Truth About Organics San Francisco Chronicle, August 2000 Report on Organic Foods Is Challenged New York Times, July 2000 Food Fight The Nation, January 2002 Cultivating the Truth About OrganicsThe San Francisco Chronicle AUGUST 21, 2000, BY Brian Halweil I WATCHED IN DISBELIEF as John Stossel, co-anchor of ABC's "20/20," delivered a half-hearted apology August 11 for falsifying evidence in a report that claimed organic produce is potentially more dangerous than food raised using toxic agrochemicals, antibiotics, added hormones, genetically engineered seeds and massive animal-feeding factories.
In his apology, Stossel did admit that some tests he relied on to support his conclusion had never been conducted. What wasn't mentioned is that most of the manure spread on land in the United States is, in fact, used by conventional farmers. Here are a few other things that weren't mentioned: Dr. The producer of the segment, David W. Organic attack: bogus research. Undefined While the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations reports numerous health and environmental benefits from organic farming practices, including reduced levels of contaminants in foods, a whole series of press articles and radio and TV programmes on both sides of the Atlantic have recently been reporting the exact opposite: that organic agriculture is actually more risky than industrial agriculture.
The items below show how these reports are actually part of an orchestrated campaign of disinformation involving industry-backed proponents of GM and how they are grounded in bogus research and a series of false claims. USDA official in organic attack has history of siding with big businesssThe Junkman's labeling lies More organic attacks in UK pressAn article by John Vidal in THE GUARDIAN (London) THE GODFATHERS: who's behind organicised crime? Dennis Avery: Big Daddy of the E.co-lie! Rightwing clique behind organic attacks But should it? Force feeding the world. Undefined Force-feeding the hungry:a primer on the food aid crisis "It's wicked, when there is such an excess of non-GM food aid available, for GM to be forced on countries for reasons of GM politics... if there is an area where anger needs to be harnessed it is here.
"UK Environment Minister, Michael Meacher, speaking at a briefing of British parliamentarians, November 27, "[UK Prime Minister] Blair's chief scientific adviser denounced the United States' attempts to force the technology into Africa as a 'massive human experiment'. In a scathing attack on President Bush's administration, Professor David King also questioned the morality of the US's desire to flood genetically modified foods into African countries, where people are already facing starvation in the coming months.
" The Observer, UK, Sep 1, 2002 "..there is no shortage of non-GMO foods which could be offered to Zambia by public and private donors. A story in quotations... "... main index. Royal society spin campaign. Undefined The Royal Society's spin doctoring campaign The Guardian, November 1st 1999 (see also letters to the Guardian below) Pro-GM scientist "threatened editor" Laurie Flynn and Michael Sean Gillard The editor of one of Britain's leading medical journals, the Lancet, says he was threatened by a senior member of the Royal Society, the voice of the British science establishment, that his job would be at risk if he published controversial research questioning the safety of genetically modified foods. Richard Horton declined to name the man who telephoned him. The Guardian has been told that an influential group within the Royal Society has set up what appears to be a "rebuttal unit" to push a pro-biotech line and counter opposing scientists and environmental groups.
Dr Horton said he was called at his office in central London on the morning of Wednesday October 13, two days before the Lancet published a research paper by Arpad Pusztai, the scientist at the centre of the GM controversy. Fav. quotes. These quotes have been judged 'Best Bull! ' by Professor Bullsh*t and his closest associates: Dr Halftruth and Professor Wilspin If you would like to submit other contenders for the Professor Bullsh*t 'Best Bull' awards please send them to Professor B To see Prof B's LEAST FAVOURITE QUOTES!
'Best Bull! ' award winners Prof Jonathan Jones, John Innes Centre scientist and reportedly an adviser to No. 10, on GM: "The future benefits (for consumers and the environment) will be enormous and the best is yet to come. Professor Wilspin comments: "Brilliant spinning here from JJ the boy wonder! Dr Roger Turner, head of SCIMAC who the Government have left to "police" the introduction of GM technology into UK agriculture, on GM: "No reservations at all. Doctor Halftruth comments: "This is well up to the required standard. "Many biotechnology detractors gain public support for their cause through the use of misinformation and emotional appeals... Professor Wilspin comments: "Best Bull US-style. Gm intro. Undefined GM Food: A Guide for the Confused Our thanks to campaigner and lecturer Luke Anderson, geneticist Dr Michael Antoniou, and Prof Joe Cummins, Professor Emeritus of Genetics at the University of Western Ontario, for helping us through the GM maze.
Q: What are genes? A: Genes are the inherited blueprints for the thousands of proteins that form the building blocks of all life, from bacteria to humans. Q: What is genetic engineering? A: Genetic engineering involves taking genes from one species and inserting them into another. Q: Is genetic engineering precise? A: No. Q: Isn’t GM just an extension of traditional breeding practices?
A: No - GM bears no resemblance to traditional breeding techniques. Traditional breeding techniques operate within established natural boundaries which allow reproduction to take place only between closely related forms. Q: Could this be dangerous? A: Potentially, yes. A: The minister is talking about the concept of "substantial equivalence". Professor Bullsh*t.
GMO multi-toxin crops continue to backfire as more insects become resistant to crop chemicals. (NaturalNews) Promises made by the biotechnology industry about the alleged robustness of its genetically modified (GM) crops are proving to be false, as research out of the University of Arizona (UA) uncovers a growing resistance by pests to even the most advanced crop chemical technologies in use today. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the new study explains how multi-toxin GM crops are quickly losing their ability to fend off pests, which could lead to a complete GMO failure in the very near future if alternate interventions are not enacted. The study evaluated specific GM crops like corn and cotton that have been infused with a genetic mutation involving the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), as well as several other toxins that grow inside the plant to target pests. But according to the UA report, insects and other pests are outsmarting this approach.
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