Genetically Modified Foods
Why GMO's Will Only Make the Global Food Crisis Worse
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 06/26/2008
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When genetic engineering of plants and animals began in the mid-1970s, scientists were secure in the belief that the characteristics of organisms are simply hardwired in their genome. But geneticists soon discovered that the genome is actually remarkably dynamic and fluid. Genetic engineering in the laboratory is crude, imprecise and invasive. The rogue genes inserted into a genome to make a GMO can land anywhere, scrambling and mutating the host genome. Ultimately, genetic modification doesn’t work and is also dangerous.
Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear
- By Donald Bartlett & James Steele
- Published 05/3/2008
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Monsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically
modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as
frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against
small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.
This Company May Be the Biggest Threat to Your Future Health
- By Gary Franchi
- Published 05/2/2008
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Monsanto puts pressure on farmers, farmers’ co-ops, seed
dealers, and anyone else it suspects may have infringed its patents of
genetically modified seeds. To do this, Monsanto relies on a shadowy
army of private investigators and agents. They secretly videotape and
photograph farmers, store owners, and co-ops. They infiltrate community
meetings. They gather information from informants about farming
activities.
Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 01/3/2008
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Since 2000, the federal government has paid at least $1.3 billion in subsidies for rice and other crops to people who do no farming, an analysis by The Washington Post found. The money comes from a misguided 1996 farm law that was meant to phase out farm subsidies that began during the Depression. Though the subsidies helped farmers who were facing low prices, they imposed strict controls on crops to be grown, which still existed into the early 1990s.Genetically Altered Plants Might Alter You
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 01/2/2008
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Fears that genes for antibiotic resistance could jump from genetically modified foods to bacteria in the gut may be fueled by new research from the Netherlands. The results show that DNA lingers in the intestine, and confirm that genetically modified bacteria can transfer their antibiotic-resistance genes to bacteria in the gut. Using an "artificial gut", researchers showed that DNA remains intact for several minutes in the large intestine. Health Risks of Genetically Modified Foods
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 01/2/2008
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Crops genetically modified to have reduced susceptibility to pests are promoted as a solution to low food yields in developing countries. The motive of these promoters is profit, not altruism. Monsanto, one of the largest developers of genetically modified crops, has developed a grain that gives an improved crop and is sterile, so instead of keeping back some seeds for the next year's sowing, farmers must return to the supplier for more. In view of this unbridled commercial approach to genetic modification, it is perhaps not surprising that companies have paid little evident attention to the potential hazards to health of genetically modified foods. The GMO Food Guide
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 09/18/2007
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The next time you’re at the supermarket, you can use The True Food Shopping Guide to decipher which foods contain genetically engineered ingredients and which do not. The True Food Network, the grassroots network of the Center for Food Safety, compiled this essential list. Scientists Plan To Wipe Out Malaria With GM Mosquitoes
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 08/8/2007
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Scientists fighting malaria are preparing the ground for one of the most audacious attempts ever to wipe out disease: genetically modifying an entire animal species in the wild. In laboratories around the world, there is increasing confidence that scientists will acquire the ability to spread a synthetic gene throughout the populations of dangerous mosquitoes, making it impossible for them to pass malaria on to humans. The Damage GM Foods Can do to Your Body
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 08/2/2007
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For a long while, I've been warning you about the blight of genetically modified (GM) crops on our world's food supply, always concerned about their effect on your bodies and health. Now, we have another clue about their potential dangers.
Are GM Crops Spurring the Creation of Super Weeds?
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 08/2/2007
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Genetically modified crops are designed by transferring genes from a plant or animal into a plant. Frequently the "goal" is to eliminate the use of pesticides and make farming more productive and affordable. Evidence has emerged that transgenic oilseed rape, used to make canola oil, is interbreeding with related wild species, raising fears that herbicide-tolerance could spread among weeds. 
