History Of Genetically Modified Crops

 

The Real History Of Genetically Modified Crops

 

If you are aware of GMO’s and what they are, then you might have heard the FDA claim that Genetically Modified Foods are properly tested, safe to eat, and necessary to feed the world. But unfortunately their idea of testing either doesnt include the long term effects of these GMO’s, or they simply refuse to aknowledge that pesticide genes combining with our gut bacteria to create the BT pesticide is a problem.

Either way, Genetically Modified seed’s and food’s are something that we must avoid altogether. 

The problem’s surrounding GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organism) vary- from the way the FDA regulate’s testing to the long term effects these food products have on those that consume them. Its not just the fact that there are major problems with GMO’s ,  the fact that a huge percentage of people in our country and others, have absolutely no idea of the harm involved or even worse , have been lead to believe that GMO’s are approved by stringent testing performed by the FDA.

The brutal reality is that the FDA has absolutely no guidelines for GMO research and testing. The worst part , is that the FDA leaves all testing up to companies like Monsanto. Who’s Monsanto, you ask?

Monsanto is the company that GROWS Genetically Modified FOODS!

Do you see the problem with this? Since when does the FDA operate like this? 

Trusting the FDA becomes even harder after we see real test results performed by 3rd party researchers. 

 

What Are GMO’s?

 

1st of all, GMO’s are simply food’s grown from altered seed’s. The seed’s in question here are seed’s that have had the BT pesticide inserted into their gene’s. Growers do this as a lazy way to keep crop’s from being eaten by bug’s. Thus ensuring larger crop yields. Make sense?

But how could no-one think that injecting pesticides in our food supply might be dangerous?

Isnt that why we trust the mighty FDA? Honestly, GMO’s are just one of many problems that we are finding in our food supplies these days. But we’ll stick to the GMO’s for now.

Now, genetically modified ‘technology’ made its way through the door when Bush senior was in office way back when. When the White House mandated to the FDA to promote biotechnology. So who was in charge of developing the biotech policy?

A former Monsanto ATTORNEY!

Who eventually returned to Monsanto after his job in the White House was done. After the damage was done there would be nothing to stop companies like Monsanto from injecting pesticides and other chemicals into our food supplies. Obviously the lawyer created the policy that would leave it up to the same companies that created these biotechnologies, to test them as well. 

The FDA has claimed it was not aware of any information showing that GM crops were different “in any meaningful or uniform way,” from non-GMO crops and therefore didn’t require testing. But 44,000 internal FDA documents made public by a lawsuit show that this was a complete lie. The overwhelming consensus among the FDA’s own scientists was that GM foods were quite different and could lead to unpredictable and hard-to-detect allergens, toxins, new diseases and nutritional problems. It turns out that FDA scientists, who had urged superiors to require long-term studies, were ignored.

 

The Effects Of GMO’s To Our Health

 

I will use corn and a field of genetically modified cotton as an examples. Both of which are very real. 

Now , when these companies decided to create the self preserving crops by injecting the BT pesticides into the gene’s of seeds, their intentions were mostly good. Aside from a bit of laziness, and/or trying to make more money. The basic idea was to create crops that would create their own pesticides in order to ward off bugs and critters. That would mean more crops and less waste.

But without proper testing by the companies, we wouldnt find out that these BT pesticides would actually combine with our own Gut bacteria gene’s – thus creating this awful pesticide inside our own bodies! Even in small doses this has been proven to cause many different illnesses and other health risks.

This next part of my article was taken directly from a ‘Seeds Of Deception’ article. It reads as follows:

“In 1999, Dr. Arpad Pusztai, the world’s top GMO safety researcher at the prestigious Rowett Institute in Scotland was working on a UK government grant to design long-term testing protocols intended to become part of the official European GM food safety assessment process. When Pusztai fed supposedly harmless GMOs to rats, they developed potentially pre-cancerous cell growth, smaller brains, livers and testicles, partially atrophied livers, and showed signs of a damaged immune system.

In other words, his study suggested that the GM foods already on the market, which were created from the same process, might also create such effects. 

When Dr Pusztai expressed his concern he was fired from his job of 35 years and silenced with threats of a lawsuit. His 20-member research team was disbanded, all testing protocols were abandoned, and the pro-GM establishment embarked on an extensive disinformation campaign to discredit the study’s results to protect the reputation of GM foods already in the marketplace.

When an invitation to testify before Parliament allowed Pusztai to finally tell his alarming story, all hell broke loose. The outpouring of news coverage, said to one columnist, “divided society into two warring blocs” over the GM food issue. An industry wide rejection of GMOs was reached quickly thanks to the buying power of consumers who convinced manufacturers to keep GMOs out of the European Union, in spite of official approvals by the pro-GM European Commission.”

Amazing, right? Thats not all, read on.

But whats more amazing is the fact that you probably never even heard of this – and it happened in 1999, not too long ago. It was barely mentioned at all by our own United States media. Our media also failed to mention what happened in the only human GM test ever done. In this test it was discovered that the foreign genes inserted into the GM food crops can transfer into the DNA of our Gut bacteria. this means that long after we eat the GM cornchips , our intestinal flora might continue to manufacture the BT pesticide that the GM corn plants are engineered to produce. 

American media also failed to mention that 10,000 sheep died within 5-7 days of grazing GM cotton plants- that were also designed to create the BT-toxin.

I know it sounds unthinkable that we live in a society that either doesnt care to inform us, or even worse could be controlled by someone or something that would actually prevent this information from being seriously exposed.

Are only options as consumers is to avoid these GM foods. But the problem with that is that over 65% of all foods have been created with these GM technologies. eating completely Organic foods are our only way to safely avoid the toxic GMO’s that have invaded all major food supplies.

personally , I have found that buying Organic seed’s is a cheaper way to produce completely healthy organic food supplies. You can find these seed packs online. They usually range from $37-$100, depending on how big of a garden you wish to plant.

Its much cheaper than buying all your food from the organic stores, and you will know for sure that you are eating 100% organic foods. For more information on how you can start your own orgainc garden or atleast find out which foods are not genetically modified, simply follow tis link:

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Genetically Modified Foods Is Safe To Eat?

Genetically Modified Foods 

Recent studies have reproven the health risks and side effects of eating genetically modified foods. The studies done back in 1999 by  Dr. Arpad Pusztai, the world’s top GMO safety researcher at the prestigious Rowett Institute in Scotland was working on a UK government grant to design long-term testing protocols intended to become part of the official European GM food safety assessment process. When Pusztai fed supposedly harmless GMOs to rats, they developed potentially pre-cancerous cell growth, smaller brains, livers and testicles, partially atrophied livers, and showed signs of a damaged immune system. Moreover, the results clearly indicated that the cause of the problem was due to the unpredictable side effects arising from the process of genetic engineering itself.

Unfortunately these studies caused quite an uproar upon release. But whats worse, is that U.S media gave the GMO stories and research results practically no coverage. For some reason we as a nation were left in the dark, on more world wide information.

The fact that many of the genetically modified crops are modified by using the BT pesticide. The BT pesticide is injected into the genes of certain crops , such as corn, cotton, and other common food sources. The pesticide are created when the crops reach a certain size as a way to keep the crops from being eaten by insects and bugs that decrease the overall yield of crops.

Unfortunately further test’s have When the test was performed, it was proven that GM food crops can transfer into the DNA of our gut bacteria. This means that long after we stop eating GM corn chips, our intestinal flora might continue to manufacture the “Bt” pesticide that the GM corn plants are engineered to produce. That could be the most substantial research done so far. As if we needed that to know how dangerous pesticides could be to our health. 

As if this wasnt enough, our media still refuses to lend any attention to this evergrowing problem that we face on a daily basis. It is estimated that over 60% to 70% of our overall food crops are grown using genetically modified technologies. 

The worst part? The worst part is that the actual companies that use these GMO technologies, refuse to have genetically modified food sources served in there cafeterias. Believe me, this is documented. As a matter of fact one of the main companies that use the genteically modified grow techniques is Monsanto. And anyone can find out that they will not serve GM food to employee’s. 

That should say quite alot to anyone that thinks that there is not a genetically modified food problem. 

As a matter of fact, all testing aside, there is a documented case of over 10,000 Sheep died within 5 days of grazing on a gentocally modified food source. That is just one of many cases in which GMO’s have cause real harm.

We have limited options as people that wish to avoid eating these dangerous GMO’s. But we must stop buying food that is grown using genetically modified technologies.

Eating Organic food is 1 of 2 options we have if we want to stick to a safe diet and avoid gmo’s. The other is growing our own Organic food supply.

By using 100% organic seed’s, we will not only be able to eat healthy, but these organic seed’s arent like normal seed’s. You see, even the seed’s sold in most stores are modified. They are created so that you will only get 1 season out of each seed. When you use the organic seeds, you will never have to buy seed’s again.

Its cheaper, healthier, and you will not be forced into buying organic food at outrageous prices.

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Is Rheumatoid Arthritis A Genetic Disease?

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory type of arthritis. It affects more than 2 million Americans and is still a leading cause of both disability as well as days lost from work. RA is more common in women than men, and typical onset for the disease is between 25 and 50 years of age. Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include swelling, loss of movement, stiffness, and pain in joints, most commonly, the fingers and wrists.

RA is to be feared and respected because it is a systemic autoimmune chronic condition that affects internal organs as well as joints. While the cause of RA is still not completely known, a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine conducted by researchers in the United States and Sweden links a genetic region to rheumatoid arthritis.

A new study indicates a new genetic association with RA.

Researchers in the U.S. compared genetic material of 908 patients with RA from the North American Rheumatoid Arthritis Consortium with the genetic material of 1,282 individuals without RA. Swedish researchers compared DNA samples from 673 individuals without RA with genetic material from 676 individuals with RA obtained from the Swedish Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Both groups of researchers used the new genome-wide association approach, which allows researchers to examine 300,000 to 500,000 small discrepancies in genetic material. Researchers examined genetic material in blood samples of all individuals that were part of the study.

The researchers found two genes in chromosome 9 responsible for the inflammation associated with RA: TRAF1 and C5. TRAF 1 codes for tumor necrosis factor, a specific target for many of the new biologic drugs used to treat RA. C5 codes for complement, a protein that also plays a big role in inflammation. Other genetic predisposing factors have been identified previously. These include HLA-DRB1 and PTPN22.

Elaine F. Remmers, Ph.D. in the Genetics and Genonics Branch of the NAMS Intramural Research Program and one of the authors of this study stated in a press release, “TRAF1-C5 showed association not only in the sample that we did with the North American Rheumatoid Arthritis Consortium but also independently in the Swedish group. By combining our information, we were able to make a much stronger case. The combined evidence was pretty impressive.”

The researchers are unclear as to both how these genes are connected to RA as well as to which gene is causing the condition. Remmers added, “Actually, both genes are very interesting candidates. They both control inflammatory processes that really are relevant for the disease, so we could easily envision either of them playing a role – or both.”

The authors hope that future research can reveal more about how these genes are linked to RA. They also hope that by learning more about the genes’ connection to the disease, they will become closer to producing more effective treatment for the condition.

Remmers went on to say, “We are hoping that we will find variants in either of the genes that will lead us to new targets for therapy. Once we understand how the RA-associated variants work, we may be able interfere with the pathways the variants are influencing and either prevent the disease or block its progression.”

Author’s note: While the subject seems to be pretty dry, this is actually pretty exciting stuff. Soon… or at least I hope soon, we will be able to biopsy patients with RA when they come in, identify the genetic markers they have, and put these patients immediately on the therapies that hopefully will either put them into complete remission or even cure them.