GM Foods are Inherently Unsafe, Warns American Academy of Environmental Medicine
As nations around the world ban GMOs
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) doesn’t buy Monsanto’s claim that GM foods are ‘safe.’ In fact, the agency states, “several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food.” So why are we still being force-fed unlabeled GM foods by big multinational food companies?
The AAEM reports that GM foods can cause multiple adverse health conditions including “infertility, immune problems, accelerated aging, faulty insulin regulation, and changes in major organs and the gastrointestinal system.” The AAEM has even asked physicians to tell their patients to avoid GM foods. Does your doctor tell you to avoid genetically modified organisms? Does your doctor even know what GMOs are?
The AAEM also states that:
“Before the FDA decided to allow GMOs into food without labeling, FDA scientists had repeatedly warned that GM foods can create unpredictable, hard-to-detect side effects, including allergies, toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged long-term safety studies, but were ignored.”
Since the time of the FDA’s negligence, the Institute for Responsible Technology points out numerous other troubling findings:
“Thousands of sheep, buffalo, and goats in India died after grazing on Bt cotton plants
Mice eating GM corn for the long term had fewer, and smaller, babies
More than half the babies of mother rats fed GM soy died within three weeks, and were smaller
Testicle cells of mice and rats on GM soy change significantly
By the third generation, most GM soy-fed hamsters lost the ability to have babies
Rodents fed GM corn and soy showed immune system responses and signs of toxicity
Cooked GM soy contains as much as 7-times the amount of a known soy allergen
Soy allergies skyrocketed by 50% in the UK, soon after GM soy was introduced
The stomach lining of rats fed GM potatoes showed excessive cell growth, a condition that may lead to cancer.
Studies showed organ lesions, altered liver and pancreas cells, changed enzyme levels, etc.”
Read: Top 10 GMO Foods for Your GMO Foods List
With all these troubling studies, there still have been no human clinical trials for GM foods. We don’t even know how long the effects of eating GM will take to truly appear in the human form. As IRT points out:
“. . . genetic material inserted into GM soy transfers into bacteria living inside our intestines and continues to function. This means that long after we stop eating GM foods, we may still have their GM proteins produced continuously inside us.”
This could allow for the following results:
- Genes manipulated with antibiotics will create super-diseases due to gene transfer and creation of antibiotic-resistant super bugs.
- Bt toxic genes could transfer to our intestines to create a living pesticide factory (and some say this has already happened.)
- Rogue proteins could affect the human genome in ways that scientists have not yet been able to comprehend.
- Chemicals used to grow GM food can cause birth defects, among many other health issues.
- GM corn and other genetically modified foods could harm our organs, and even cause sterility.
Additional Sources:
 | Christina Sarich is a humanitarian and freelance writer helping you to Wake up Your Sleepy Little Head, and See the Big Picture. Her blog is Yoga for the New World. Her latest book is Pharma Sutra: Healing the Body And Mind Through the Art of Yoga. |
Anybody can find a dispute with anything,
http://lesswrong Dot com/lw/f5b/the_problem_with_rational_wiki/
Excuse me, but what on earth does that blog post have to do with the American Academy of Environmental Medicine? The AAEM isn’t mentioned anywhere.
If you don’t like Rational Wiki, fine. Go to the American Board of Medical Specialty’s own website. You won’t find the AAEM listed. It’s not a real specialty. It’s a quack group that slapped a fancy sounding name together in an attempt to fool people into thinking they’re ideas are supported by the medical community.
http://www DOT abms.org/member-boards/specialty-subspecialty-certificates/
Anybody can find dispute with anything, all they have to do is look, sorry I had to explain my point since that is what I said.
Even your favorite scientists have blogs, the blog subterfuge is getting old.
So AAEM isn’t a member of abms, maybe that’s why they aren’t on the member list.
So if they aren’t on the member lists you select, they are quacks?
Again, anybody can find disputes with anything, it really doesn’t take a bio-scientist.
Your own comment gives a very good reason to ignore anti-GMO blogs.
I merely made a point, anybody can find dispute with anything.
So I used your sources as an example, sorry that made ya mad.
What is it your trying to say exactly.
Bullshit.
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine is not a recognized speciality within the medical community. AAEM espouses a number of pseudoscience beliefs. It’s a quack organization.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/American_Academy_of_Environmental_Medicine
troll.
Lazy comment.
Uhh, wouldn’t that be LLP?
Ok I got the difference LLC vs LLP.
Good research topic.
Now the real question, why only here?
And why doesn’t this legal firm show up in internet searches?
We didn’t create your history, you did.
en dot wikipedia dot org/wiki/Monsanto
greens dot org/s-r/18/18-11.html
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Chrissy should be at the top of your list then.
Prove it. I’ve thought for over a decade that Monsanto was cooking the books regarding GM safety. I believe they, and you, are lying. They’ve been lying so long they no longer recognize the truth. Monsanto has a huge credibility problem, and you are nothing more than their attack cat. Threaten all you want. No one believes you.
Christina Sarich, at first I thought your article would be about this study:
“GMOs ARE INHERENTLY UNSAFE -There are several reasons why GM plants
present unique dangers. The first is that the process of genetic engineering
itself creates unpredicted alterations, irrespective of which gene is
transferred. This creates mutations in and around the insertion site and
elsewhere. The biotech industry confidently asserted that gene transfer from GM
foods was not possible; the only human feeding study on GM foods later proved
that it does take place. The genetic material in soybeans that make them
herbicide tolerant transferred into the DNA of human gut bacteria and continued
to function. That means that long after we stop eating a GM crop, its foreign GM
proteins may be produced inside our intestines.” Charu Verma, Surabhi Nanda,
R.K. Singh, R.B. Singh, Sanjay Mishra “A Review on Impacts of Genetically
Modified Food on Human Health.”
Please take a look at it. http://tinyurl.com/nsbfubj
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The AAEM is as fake as Chrissy’s articles. Ok, nothing is that bad, but it is close.
The AAEM and it’s linked researchers seem to be quite involved, how is that fake?
And the article was interesting as well as very nicely linked, which provided some interesting reading.
Tell me, it’s not just because you say so?
Any ethical organization wouldn’t be on quackwatch, but of course that would require research on your part and we all know that is beyond your capabilities.
Brilliant response, just insults.
Here’s a good link to information about quackwatch’s operating founder,
www dot quackpotwatch dot org/quackpots/quackpots/barrett.htm
Again you have provided all with as to your agenda by the resources you chose to use as valid references.
No for an intelligent person that is where further research would begin on a suspected organization, of course you didn’t even come close to that level.
Figures, you use and defend a criminal as a valid reference.
Nothing more to be said here.
Thanks for admitting again you have not a clue.
The claim that GMOs are inherently unsafe is fallacious by its very nature as it necessarily assumes that all GMOs share some intrinsic physical trait. Such a claim is either blatant fear mongering or shameless ignorance.
Do Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research?
Scientists must ask corporations for permission before publishing
independent research on genetically modified crops. That restriction
must end.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to verify that genetically modified
crops perform as advertised. That is because agritech companies have
given themselves veto power over the work of independent researchers.
www dot scientificamerican dot com/article/do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research/
Is this true?
If it is, then whether GMO’s are safe or not has yet to be determined.
The same question can be asked with respect to organic food producers influencing anti-GM crop research. There are examples of both industries influencing research. That is why it is foolish to base one’s opinion on any one study or even a small sampling. Rather, one needs to look at the weight of the evidence across the field of genetic engineering research.
Yes, I completely agree with you. Public researchers should be able to conduct studies on GM crops.
Safety has been explored by many independent researchers. I suggest you spend some time looking at the scientific evidence. Don’t get your information for blogs like this one. Go for peer-reviewed sources or reputable scientific organizations like the National Academy of Sciences in the US, for example.
For an example of where to start looking for safety studies see:
An overview of the last 10 years of genetically engineered crop safety research
Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
Volume 34, Issue 1, 2014
A Blog?
The Scientific American was Founded
in 1845, and is the Oldest continuously published magazines in
the U.S. Very well regarded.
I did some research into your posted study, almost done, got a few more things to verify.
It’s not much better than the student paper you tried to pass off as an expert research study.
I was referring to NaturalSociety. It’s a good source for entertainment, but a terrible source for accurate information.
Scientific American is generally pretty good.
Media sources under any brand aren’t totally accurate, they just report.
Did you come here for scientific data and research, or to read articles?
No, like I said, I come here for amusement.
Yeah, that was pretty amusing citing a report that has to be purchased.
I did my usual and investigated the sources and keywords.
substantial equivalence
Intellectual property rights
Regulating authority
Data sources for scientific research
Came across some very interesting revelations.
Do Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research?
Not my fault it’s behind a paywall. I don’t like paywalls, but fortunately I work at an institution that has a subscription. A paywall is not an excuse to dismiss the review paper.
Where did I say I dismissed the report?
Since you work within the scientific community, you are also bound to a confidentiality agreement.
That’s why the question hasn’t been answered, just dodged.
You know the answer.
Actually I haven’t signed any confidentiality agreement, though I do operate as though I have when it comes to my research and that of my collaborators if it has not yet been disclosed in publications or patents. That’s a pretty standard modus operandi.
BS,
With the passage of EEA, trade secrets now enjoy protection under
federal law as do inventions through patents, creative works through
copyright, and unique names and symbols through trademark legislation.
In addition, 39 U.S. laws also define trade secrets in various ways and
define the conditions under which theft has taken place. Based on such
laws a significant body of case law covers proprietary information and
trade secrets. This legal framework recognizes a company’s right to have
proprietary information and provides the company with remedies when its
trade secrets have been misused or illegally appropriated.
definitions dot uslegal.com/p/proprietary-information
Intellectual property rights include patents, copyright, industrial design rights, trademarks, plant variety rights, trade dress, and in some jurisdictions trade secrets. Again, BS
Intellectual property and patent research requires a confidentiality agreement.
nice article. Again mosatan caught with their pants down. wake up people.
Independent’ GMO researcher received $25K grant from Monsanto
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2015/10/independent-gmo-researcher-received-25k-grant-from-monsanto-12-3223664.html