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http://rt.com/usa/toxic-study-gmo-corn-900/
Study reveals GMO corn to be highly toxic
Published time: April 15, 2013 18:53
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A leaked study examining genetically-modified corn reveals that the lab-made alternative to organic crops contains a startling level of toxic chemicals.
An anti-GMO website has posted the results of an education-based consulting company’s comparison of corn types, and the results reveal that genetically modified foods may be more hazardous than once thought.
The study, the 2012 Corn Comparison Report by Profit Pro, was published recently on the website for Moms Across America March to Label GMOs, a group that says they wish to “raise awareness and support Moms with solutions to eat GMO Free as we demand GMO labeling locally and nationally simultaneously.” They are plotting nationwide protests scheduled for later this year.
The report, writes the website’s Zen Honeycutt, was provided by a representative for De Dell Seed Company, an Ontario-based farm that’s touted as being Canadian only non-GMO corn seed company.
“The claims that ‘There is no difference between GMO corn and NON Gmo corn’ are false,” says Honeycutt, who adds she was “floored” after reading the study.
According to the analysis, GMO corn tested by Profit Pro contains a number of elements absent from traditional cord, including chlorides, formaldehyde and glyphosate. While those elements don’t appear naturally in corn, they were present in GMO samples to the tune of 60 ppm, 200pm and 13 ppm, respectively.
Honecutt says that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (FDA) mandates that the level of glyphosate in American drinking water not exceed 0.7 ppm and adds that organ damage in some animals has been linked to glyphosate exposure exceeding 0.1 ppm.
“Glyphosate is a strong organic phosphate chelator that immobilizes positively charged minerals such as manganese, cobalt, iron, zinc [and] copper,” Dr. Don Huber attested during a separate GMO study recently released, adding that those elements “are essential for normal physiological functions in soils, plants and animals.”
“Glyphosate draws out the vital nutrients of living things and GMO corn is covered with it,” adds Honeycutt, who notes that the nutritional benefits rampant in natural corn are almost entirely removed from lab-made seeds: in the samples used during the study, non-GMO corn is alleged to have 437-times the amount of calcium in genetically modified versions, and 56- and 7-times the level of magnesium and manganese, respectively.
These studies come on the heels of a recent decision on Capitol Hill to approve an annual agriculture appropriations bill, even though a provision within the act contained a rider that frees GMO corporations such as the multi-billion-dollar Monsanto Company from liability. The so-called “Monsanto Protection Act,” written by a lawmaker that has lobbied for the agra-giant, says biotech companies won’t need federal approval to test and plant GMO-crops, even if health risks are unknown.
“The provision would strip federal courts of the authority to halt the sale and planting of an illegal, potentially hazardous GE crop while the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) assesses those potential hazards,” reads a letter to the House of Representatives that was delivered to Congress last month with the signatures of dozens of food businesses and retailers, as well as interest groups and agencies representing family farmers. “Further, it would compel USDA to allow continued planting of that same crop upon request, even if in the course of its assessment the Department finds that it poses previously unrecognized risks.”
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They might just wipe us out so the population of earth can drop to one billion or two billion
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this is depressing news
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why isnt this on the news?
doesnt ron have any wang pull power in the media to get this story on the air ?
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why isnt this on the news?
doesnt ron have any wang pull power in the media to get this story on the air ?
I want to know why the fuck Bill Falcon isn't returning my telegrams.
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I want to know why the fuck Bill Falcon isn't returning my telegrams.
bill is a f@G like ron, they are only concerned with pro-fit's
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http://rt.com/usa/toxic-study-gmo-corn-900/
Study reveals GMO corn to be highly toxic
Published time: April 15, 2013 18:53
(http://rt.com/files/news/1e/bc/c0/00/corn.si.jpg)
A leaked study examining genetically-modified corn reveals that the lab-made alternative to organic crops contains a startling level of toxic chemicals.
An anti-GMO website has posted the results of an education-based consulting company’s comparison of corn types, and the results reveal that genetically modified foods may be more hazardous than once thought.
The study, the 2012 Corn Comparison Report by Profit Pro, was published recently on the website for Moms Across America March to Label GMOs, a group that says they wish to “raise awareness and support Moms with solutions to eat GMO Free as we demand GMO labeling locally and nationally simultaneously.” They are plotting nationwide protests scheduled for later this year.
The report, writes the website’s Zen Honeycutt, was provided by a representative for De Dell Seed Company, an Ontario-based farm that’s touted as being Canadian only non-GMO corn seed company.
“The claims that ‘There is no difference between GMO corn and NON Gmo corn’ are false,” says Honeycutt, who adds she was “floored” after reading the study.
According to the analysis, GMO corn tested by Profit Pro contains a number of elements absent from traditional cord, including chlorides, formaldehyde and glyphosate. While those elements don’t appear naturally in corn, they were present in GMO samples to the tune of 60 ppm, 200pm and 13 ppm, respectively.
Honecutt says that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (FDA) mandates that the level of glyphosate in American drinking water not exceed 0.7 ppm and adds that organ damage in some animals has been linked to glyphosate exposure exceeding 0.1 ppm.
“Glyphosate is a strong organic phosphate chelator that immobilizes positively charged minerals such as manganese, cobalt, iron, zinc [and] copper,” Dr. Don Huber attested during a separate GMO study recently released, adding that those elements “are essential for normal physiological functions in soils, plants and animals.”
“Glyphosate draws out the vital nutrients of living things and GMO corn is covered with it,” adds Honeycutt, who notes that the nutritional benefits rampant in natural corn are almost entirely removed from lab-made seeds: in the samples used during the study, non-GMO corn is alleged to have 437-times the amount of calcium in genetically modified versions, and 56- and 7-times the level of magnesium and manganese, respectively.
These studies come on the heels of a recent decision on Capitol Hill to approve an annual agriculture appropriations bill, even though a provision within the act contained a rider that frees GMO corporations such as the multi-billion-dollar Monsanto Company from liability. The so-called “Monsanto Protection Act,” written by a lawmaker that has lobbied for the agra-giant, says biotech companies won’t need federal approval to test and plant GMO-crops, even if health risks are unknown.
“The provision would strip federal courts of the authority to halt the sale and planting of an illegal, potentially hazardous GE crop while the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) assesses those potential hazards,” reads a letter to the House of Representatives that was delivered to Congress last month with the signatures of dozens of food businesses and retailers, as well as interest groups and agencies representing family farmers. “Further, it would compel USDA to allow continued planting of that same crop upon request, even if in the course of its assessment the Department finds that it poses previously unrecognized risks.”
Any opinions on this TA?
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Mean spirited engineering - not even Falcon punches can stop the seeds from polluting healthy crops.
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What's even more fucked up is that I think it's safe to say that 75%+ of ALL FOODS in an average supermarket contain corn based material. High fructose corn syrup is just one example. They biosynthesize SOOOO many things from corn. It's disgusting.
I really wish I could do something to help change things. I fucking hate monsanto and its sad that so many governing bodies that are supposed to protect us from stuff like this are bought and paid for.
The only thing we can really do is raise awareness. Until then we don't have enough people (power) to stop this. And real shit, there was a case of a man growing an extra thumb on his hand because they were testing the effect of GMO's on humans. I'll try to find it.
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There is nothing wrong with GMO foods. The anti-GMO crowd are almost like religious zealots where mother earth is their god and Monsanto is the devil. There arguments are based on pseudo science and most of all emotion.
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There is nothing wrong with GMO foods. The anti-GMO crowd are almost like religious zealots where mother earth is their god and Monsanto is the devil. There arguments are based on pseudo science and most of all emotion.
This.
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There is nothing wrong with GMO foods. The anti-GMO crowd are almost like religious zealots where mother earth is their god and Monsanto is the devil. There arguments are based on pseudo science and most of all emotion.
it says its a real study
you must be a paid poster?
in "life" we can have all kinds of foods
some that are totally healthy, some that are half healthy half harmful because of selective breeding, its possible that not all food is meant to be good
this leads us to another question. If these poisons seem bad to us now could they benefit (the poisons) us in the future by somehow turning on the bodyies immunity becoming super effeciant?
we dont realy know the whole story either way gotta think like a falcon
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There is nothing wrong with GMO foods. The anti-GMO crowd are almost like religious zealots where mother earth is their god and Monsanto is the devil. There arguments are based on pseudo science and most of all emotion.
This
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This
but the study says...?
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but the study says...?
What study? Link please.
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why isnt this on the news?
One name:
MONSANTO
>:( :-X >:(
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Total Nonsense since the Corn used was purely Animal Feed not meant for anything other than to bulk up Livestock for a quick slaughter. It was not made to meet their nutritional requirements and it is NOT intended for human consumption.
Stupid Alarmist nonsense.
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newsflash; everything you dont grow in your own garden is somewhat chemically modified to sell with little to no care about how healthy it is in the long term for human comsuption.
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One name:
MONSANTO
>:( :-X >:(
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vHjRU7Ue0EA/TyHsfSFULtI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/5O0OxEcR6-k/s640/monsanto3.jpg)
Fuckin' A. The revolving door between them and the FDA is super spooky.
I'm sure they're a wonderful company who just want to feed the starving. ::)
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What study? Link please.
look at the post its in the link stud
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look at the post its in the link stud
They link is to a news site. Who did this study, how was it done, what are the details. Has it been through peer review?
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is potato still safe?
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newsflash; everything you dont grow in your own garden is somewhat chemically modified to sell with little to no care about how healthy it is in the long term for human comsuption.
Newsflash, everything you grow in your garden is genetically modified.
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They link is to a news site. Who did this study, how was it done, what are the details. Has it been through peer review?
Its a Bullshit "study" that has ZERO to do with any human product. 3 Animal Feed varieties were compared and fed to rats. The Varieties are meant to put on as much weight on livestock as possible for a quick slaughter and nothing else.
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Newsflash, everything you grow in your garden is genetically modified.
no
There's a big difference between GMO and selective seed breeding.
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Newsflash, everything you grow in your garden is genetically modified.
by natural selection yes, which is a totally different and natural way.
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no
There's a big difference between GMO and selective seed breeding.
Yep. GMO is far superior at making crops so you DON`T have to use ANY pesticides and you get LARGER yields. Less Pesticide and higher crop yields are good things.
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"an education-based consulting company". Sounds legit.
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Yep. GMO is far superior at making crops so you DON`T have to use ANY pesticides and you get LARGER yields. Less Pesticide and higher crop yields are good things.
Corn, soybeans, canola, cotton, sugar beets and alfalfa are all Roundup Ready crops. :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X
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Monosanto - building the mutants of tomorrow.
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This
So it's conspiracies when it topics YOU agree with.....interesting postion for an 'intellectual' to take.
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So it's conspiracies when it topics YOU agree with.....interesting postion for an 'intellectual' to take.
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Read a little about who conducted the "study". I did. It makes perfect sense why they would be "studying" feed corn.
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glyphosate is the active ingredient in roundup lol. Of course it would be found on roundup ready corn ::)
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glyphosate is the active ingredient in roundup lol. Of course it would be found on roundup ready corn ::)
Yeah...and? It is still fucking toxic idiot.
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Yep. GMO is far superior at making crops so you DON`T have to use ANY pesticides and you get LARGER yields. Less Pesticide and higher crop yields are good things.
Except and correct me if I'm wrong GMO crops generally have lower % of micronutrients ( vitamins ) then non GMO crops.
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Yeah...and? It is still fucking toxic idiot.
Probably a scrub crop not meant for human consumption that was bought in bulk on the cheep for animal feed. The company who conducted the corn study is an agricultural consultant group.
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Except and correct me if I'm wrong GMO crops generally have lower % of micronutrients ( vitamins ) then non GMO crops.
The initial purpose was to produce a more nutritious product at a higher yield requiring little to no pesticide via Genetic Modification (GMO`s are also much cheaper as a failed crop will be an expensive crop-the consumer will pay for it). So in fact they will be MORE Nutritious.
Pros
Better Pest and Disease Resistance
Genetic modification of crops can produce varieties that are more resistant to pests and diseases, reducing losses and lessening the dependence on pesticides. For example, a gene that gives resistance to a fungal infection in a wild plant can be inserted into a food plant that lacks this protection. The crop is then less susceptible to this disease.
Improved Stress Tolerance
Genes that give greater tolerance of stress, such as drought, low temperatures or salt in the soil, can also be inserted into crops. This can extend their range and open up new areas for food production.
Faster Growth
Crops can be altered to make them grow faster, so that they can be cultivated and harvested in areas with shorter growing seasons. This again can extend the range of a food crop into new areas or perhaps allow two harvests in areas where only one is currently practical.
More Nutritious Crops
Plants and animals can be engineered to produce larger amounts of essential vitamins and minerals, such as iron, helping to solve nutrition problems in some parts of the world. They can also be altered to change the amounts of protein, carbohydrates, and saturated and unsaturated fats that they contain. This could lead to the production of foods designed specifically for a healthy diet for all consumers.
Production of Medicines and Vaccines by Crops
It may be possible to have plants and animals produce useful medicines and even vaccines, so that prevention and treatment of human diseases in some places can be achieved cheaply and efficiently through the diet.
Resistance to Herbicides
Crops can be modified to be resistant to specific herbicides, making it much easier to control troublesome weeds. Farmers can simply apply the weed killer to a crop field, killing the unwanted plants and leaving the food crop unaffected. For example, GM oilseed rape — the source of canola oil — is resistant to one chemical that's widely used to control weeds.
Better Tasting Foods
Foods can be engineered to taste better, which could encourage people to eat more healthy foods that are currently not popular because of their taste, such as broccoli and spinach. It may be possible to insert genes that produce more or different flavors as well.
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Except and correct me if I'm wrong GMO crops generally have lower % of micronutrients ( vitamins ) then non GMO crops.
Improved nutrition
The GM oilseed crops on the market today offer improved oil profiles for processing or healthier edible oils.[54] The GM crops in development offer a wider array of environmental and consumer benefits such as nutritional enhancement and drought and stress tolerance. GM plants are being developed by both private companies and public research institutions such as CIMMYT, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre.[55] Other examples include a genetically modified cassava with lower cyanogen glucosides and enhanced with protein and other nutrients,[56] while golden rice, developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), has been discussed as a possible cure for Vitamin A deficiency.[57] An international group of academics has generated a vitamin-enriched corn derived from South African white corn variety M37W with 169x increase in beta carotene, 6x the vitamin C and 2x folate – it is not in production anywhere, but proves that this can be done.[58]
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Except and correct me if I'm wrong GMO crops generally have lower % of micronutrients ( vitamins ) then non GMO crops.
Don`t let Liberal Loons misguide or Conservative Right Wingers Hood Wink you. Just go with the Science and you will be perfectly fine. 8)
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Don`t let Liberal Loons misguide or Conservative Right Wingers Hood Wink you. Just go with the Science and you will be perfectly fine. 8)
If GMO is legit...why the special legislation for immunity from prosecution?
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If GMO is legit...why the special legislation for immunity from prosecution?
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As long as it can be identified in the shit of 10's what's the issue here?