The evidence that genetically modified foods are harmful

I give below book titles and links to websites where you can read (for example) reports of pieces of university research and government studies into GM safety.

They paint a clear picture of the harmful nature of GM foods including

• animal feeding studies that demonstrate the harmful nature of GM foods,

• an incident in which about 100 people died and between 5,000 and 10,000 became ill when a factory producing a food supplement by bacterial fermentation switched to using GM bacteria,

• explanations of the flawed nature of the science upon which GM technology is based

In the US, genetically modified food is widely consumed, but it is unlabelled. Therefore there is little direct evidence, either way, that the health of the general population has or has not been harmed. That is simply because when someone becomes ill, it is not known which genetically modified foods that person has consumed.

Books

The books that opened my eyes to the dangers of GM foods are both by Jeffrey M. Smith, with forwards by Michael Meacher MP, who was Minister of State for the Environment in the UK from 1997 to 2003.

They are "Genetic Roulette", published in 2007, and "Seeds of Deception", published in 2004. For details, see www.seedsofdeception.com

Some extracts from Genetic Roulette can be read at that site. Click on "About the book" then choose the excerpts from the menu on the left.

Both of the books describe the incident involving the 100 deaths referred to above.

Websites

Just to start you off. Use Google etc. to find more.

Austrian Government Study
Austrian government study confirms that genetically modified crops threaten human fertility and health safety

GM Corn MON863 found to be harmful to health
Monsanto's GM corn MON863 showed kidney and liver toxicity in animal feeding study

Russian research demonstrates dangers
Russian researchers present new data on negative influence of GMO on human health

Ban GMOs now
An overview of the dangers of GM foods

GM technology is wrong and obsolete
A rather technical explanation by a scientist of why the science behind GM technology is wrong and obsolete

GM genes 'can spread to people and animals'

Agrobacterium and Morgellons Disease, a GM Connection?
(rather technical)

A brief non-technical outline of why you should avoid GM foods

GM crops are even more harmful than I outlined originally

You will find in your reading that GM crops are even more harmful than I outlined here.

For example, pollen from gm crops can fertilise crops in the fields of neighbouring farmers who are growing conventional crops. The plants take in the harmful GM genes. Customers of the non-GM farmer eat his food and are harmed.

In fact it's even worse than that. Pollen from GM crops can fertilise wild plants. The wild plants can then continue with the harmful GM genes for generation after generation, perhaps for ever, all the while producing pollen that can fertilise non-GM crops. So even if the use of GM technology were stopped immediately, the harm to humans could continue for ever.

Questions

The real reason that genetically modified foods are dangerous
It's not what most people think.

Are our governments doing enough to protect us from the dangers of GM foods?

What can we do to protect ourselves?

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