Doctors Warn About Dangers of Genetically Modified Food

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Doctors Warn About Dangers of Genetically Modified Food

Thursday, February 25, 2010 by: Gutierrez, staff writer

http://www.naturalnews.com/028245_GM_food_side_effects.html

(NaturalNews) The American Academy of Environmental Medicine has warned that

the public should avoid genetically modified (GM) foods, stating, " There is

more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects.

There is causation. "

A large number of studies and incidents have implicated GM foods in a wide

variety of health problems, including accelerated aging, immune dysfunction,

insulin disorders, organ damage and reproductive disruption.

For example, female rats fed a diet of GM soy experienced a drastically

higher infant death rate, and their surviving infants were smaller and less

fertile than the offspring of rats fed on a non-GM soy diet. Male rats fed

the GM soy had their testicles change from pink to blue, and the GM soy was

also observed to damage the DNA of sperm and embryos. Fertility problems

such as abortion, infertility, premature delivery, prolapsed uteri, infant

death, and even delivery of unformed infants (bags of water) have been

observed in farm animals fed GM cottonseed and corn.

Animals consuming crops that have been genetically modified to produce the

pesticide Bt (approved for human consumption in the United States) have died

by the thousands, while animals grazing on a non-GM version of the same

crops remained unharmed. Upon autopsies, researchers have found black

patches in the animals' livers and intestines, internal bleeding and other

signs of Bt poisoning. Farm workers in India have begun developing allergic

reactions upon handling Bt corn, similar to the effects experienced by

people exposed to Bt spraying.

In addition to these risks, GM soy and corn contain significantly higher

concentrations of allergens than unmodified varieties. Evidence also

suggests that the genetic abnormalities of GM foods may transfer to bacteria

in the human gut, thereby exposing people to their detrimental effects long

after a food has been consumed.

Yet in spite of all this evidence and the prevalence of GM crops in the U.S.

food supply not a single clinical trial of any GM crop has ever been

published.

" The experiments simply haven't been done and we now have become the guinea

pigs, " said Canadian geneticist Suzuki. " Anyone that says, 'Oh, we

know that this is perfectly safe,' I say is either unbelievably stupid or

deliberately lying. "

Sources for this story include: www.sentienttimes.com.