GMOs regulation illnesses: Tayor

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Excerpt from an important essay (despite its title):

" When the FDA was constructing their GMO policy in 1991-2, their

scientists were clear that gene-sliced foods were significantly

different and could lead to " different risks " than conventional foods.

But official policy declared the opposite, claiming that the FDA knew

nothing of significant differences, and declared GMOs substantially

equivalent.

" This fiction became the rationale for allowing GM foods on the market

without any required safety studies whatsoever! The determination of

whether GM foods were safe to eat was placed entirely in the hands of

the companies that made them -- companies like Monsanto, which told us

that the PCBs, DDT, and Agent Orange were safe.

" GMOs were rushed onto our plates in 1996. Over the next nine years,

multiple chronic illnesses in the US nearly doubled -- from 7% to 13%.

Allergy-related emergency room visits doubled between 1997 and 2002

while food allergies, especially among children, skyrocketed. We also

witnessed a dramatic rise in asthma, autism, obesity, diabetes,

digestive disorders, and certain cancers. "

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J. 's essay calls attention to adverse effects of GMOs and to the

appointment of a regulatory honcho who seems unconcerned with adverse

effects. The essay's title is odd even as the essay's contents are

important.

Posted: July 23, 2009

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/youre-appointing-who-plea_b_243810.h\

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{see also}

KEY FDA DOCUMENTS REVEALING

(1) HAZARDS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS--AND

(2) FLAWS WITH HOW THE AGENCY MADE ITS POLICY

Alliance for Bio-Integrity

http://biointegrity.org/list.html

*/About the Documents/*

You will see scanned reproductions (exact copies) of some of the Food &

Drug Administration's (FDA) internal memoranda about the hazards of

genetically engineered foods. These documents became available through

the Alliance for Bio-Integrity's lawsuit (Alliance for Bio-Integrity et

al., vs. Shalala, et al.) to gain mandatory safety testing and labeling

of these foods. The large numbers on the bottom of each page (i.e.

18952) are the Administrative Record (A.R.) numbers affixed by the FDA...

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