Last year, doctors at Sherbrooke University Hospital in Quebec found Bt-toxin in the blood of:
93 percent of pregnant women tested
80 percent of umbilical blood in their babies, and
67 percent of non-pregnant women
The study authors speculate that the Bt-toxin was likely consumed in the normal diet of the Canadian middle class—which makes sense when you consider that genetically engineered corn is present in the vast majority of all processed foods and drinks in the form of high fructose corn syrup. They also suggest that the toxin may have come from eating meat from animals fed Bt corn, which most livestock raised in confined animal feeding operations (CAFO, or so-called "factory farms") are.
These shocking results raise the frightening possibility that eating Bt corn might actually turn your intestinal flora into a sort of "living pesticide factory"… essentially manufacturing Bt-toxin from within your digestive system on a continuing basis.
BT-TOXIN WHAT IS IT???
Monsanto's genetically modified "Bt corn" has been equipped with a gene from soil bacteria called Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), which produces the Bt-toxin. It's a pesticide that breaks open the stomach of certain insects and kills them.
The study you cite has been criticized for methodological mistakes. But let's assume its premise is true - that bt toxin shows up in those who eat Monsanto's GM strain.
Guess what, it is already known that bt toxin ends up in people because it has been used as a pesticide since the 1920's. What's more, it has always been approved for use on organic crops!
The real problem is that the new strain may so thoroughly expose bt toxin to insect populations, that new bt toxin-resistant pests may evolve.
That's the real worry, Amigo.
BTW, I'm sure, being a peanut butter fan and nutrition wiz, that you have heard of aflatoxin, right? The naturally occurring lethal poison that exists in trace amounts in peanut butter?
Do you still eat peanut butter? Because there is no debate on how toxic aflatoxin is.