ONE MORE VOICE ALERTING US TO THE DANGERS OF GMOS

Safety Concerns about GMO

As GMOs have become more prevalent since they were first introduced in the mid-1970s, scientists have studied the impact of these new organisms on our environment and health. While research is not conclusive, many experts have associated GMO foods with increases in allergies, resistance to antibiotics, and even deficiency of nutrients in crops while other natural plant substances become too concentrated and therefore toxic.2

Such concerns are true for pets, as well as humans. Veterinarian Dr. Michael W. Fox has reviewed the rise in certain pet health conditions over the same years GMOs have become more prevalent. He reports that veterinarians are now diagnosing and treating more allergies, atopic dermatitis, irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. Further supporting his hypothesis that GMOs are to blame, the animals’ symptoms often disappeared soon after they were transitioned to a diet containing no genetically-modified GM ingredients.

http://natureslogic.blogspot.com/2012/01/genetically-modified-ingredients-how...



I was alerted recently to the work of Dr. Michael Fox on GMOs.

Here is an article he wrote for OCA:


Conclusions: Contamination of the "life stream" by naked recombinant DNA,
by transgenic viral vectors, and antibiotic resistant genes is probably
already taking place. Since a recall is impossible, our best hope if it is
not already to late to control genetic pollution, is a five-year worldwide
moratorium on the creation and release of all genetically engineered living
entities and products, from new vaccines, to transgenic crops, so that
science-based risk assessments can be properly completed.
POSTSCRIPT The British Medical Association released an interim statement
on "The Impact of Genetic Modification on Agriculture, Food and Health",
citing a critical need for more data on allergenicity and possible toxicity
of GM foods. This statement included the following points concern:
1. Information about the effect of genetic modification on the chemical
composition of food, and in particular its safety is needed urgently.
2. Adverse effects are likely to be irreversible; once GMO's are released
into the environment they cannot be subject to control.
3. The BMA rejected the notion that GM foods should be assumed to be safe
when they are said to be substantially equivalent to their conventional
counterparts, which is the basis of U.S. regulation of biotech foods. "This
concept does not account for gene interaction of unexpected kinds, which
may take place in GM foods," the statement asserts. "The possibility that
certain novel genes inserted into food may cause problems to humans is a
real possibility, and 'substantial equivalence' is a rule which can be used
to evade this biological fact."
4. Among several recommendations, the BMA urged that:
* the precautionary principle should be applied in developing genetically
modified crops or foodstuffs, as we cannot at present know whether there
are any serious risks to the environment or to human health involved in
producing GM crops or consuming food products.
* Careful consideration needs to be given to the effect of GMO's on
farming practices, the countryside and wildlife and we therefore recommend
a moratorium on the commercial planting of GM crops in the UK. The
moratorium should continue until there is scientific consensus (or as close
agreement as reasonably achievable) about the potential long-term
environmental effects.
* GM foodstuffs should be segregated at source, to enable identification
and traceability of GM products.
* There should be a ban on the use of antibiotic resistance marker genes
in GM food, as the risk to human health from antibiotic resistance
developing in micro-organisms is one of the major public health threats
that will be faced in the 21st Century.
* The risk that GM crops may increase the use of herbicides and pesticides
in the environment needs to be comprehensively assessed to determine their
full environmental impact.


http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/gedangerfox.cfm



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December 14, 2012

 

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