Feeding livestock waste from Bt cotton crops is an ill-advised way to eradicate the bollworm pest, but the Pakistan government has told farmers to do it anyway. This, despite warnings from organizations that Bt cotton could harm the animals.
Animals fed Bt cotton waste are in danger of aflatoxin fungus and Bt toxic acute poisoning. Both can build up in the animals’ systems.
In 2006-7 in Andhra Pradesh, India, shepherds reported serious illness and deaths in sheep grazed on Bt cotton fields, but no proper investigations were conducted. There were some who claimed that the effects were caused by the chemicals used to grow all cotton, and not specifically Bt cotton created by biotech engineers. But these claims remain uncorroborated through transparent, scientific research.
Anecdotal evidence of the Bt cotton’s injurious effects was offered by one veterinarian, Dr. Sagari R. Ramdas, who had observed shepherds grazing animals in fields with chemically treated cotton for over 12 years with no problems. However, a report by K. R. Kranthi, director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research in Nagpur cited various “feeding studies” with Bt cotton material that “did not show any toxicity symptoms that could lead towards extreme toxicity symptoms or mortality.”
Farmer Reports: GMOs Causing Deformities in Piglets?
All of these appear to be unpublished and non-peer-reviewed studies and no details of funding sources were provided. We can assume these were financed by the industry wanting to protect its interest in Bt cotton.
Why make this assumption? In addition to ‘no toxicity symptoms’ being reported, the authors of the studies also failed to mention the lambs who fed on GM-cottonseed had increased organ weights. They did no histopathological examination of the animals’ organs, yet said that the increased organ weights were of no concern, and did not damage the animals’ health.
These studies offered by the industry were also short term. Considering that there was a rapid and acute onset of symptoms, this might seem scientifically redemptive, but long-term experiments give much more information and insight into the cause of the lamb’s ill health.
Furthermore, the Centre of Excellence for Bovine Genetics (CEBG), an independent organization of the Pakistan Army near Okara, said that aflatoxin had made cattle feed bitter and harmed their reproductive systems, especially that of bulls, lowering sperm count.
The military farm said that aflatoxin contamination in milk for human consumption was 10 to 50 times higher than the permitted level of 2 milligrams (or 200 parts per billion).
Related: Farmers See Better Animals Health with Non-GMO Feed
Considering how horrendous the results of eating Bt cotton can be on these animals, and further, on human beings who might consume them, there is no excuse for not conducting more extensive experiments that include histopathological data.
Dr. Ramdas pointed out:
“All the feeding trials experiments presented by Monsanto, involved feeding Bt-cotton seed meal or crushed cotton seed to buffalos, goats, fish, chicken, cows and none of the trials involved feeding fresh plant material (stem, leaves, pod, seed etc).
None of the trials involved grazing sheep/cattle on standing harvested plant material continuously. The field mortalities of animals had occurred after grazing on standing plant material. Hence the above studies were invalid as far as fresh materials.”
Sources:
Gossypol is a toxic compound found in the cotton plant.
Gossypol affects mainly the heart and liver. The reproductive tract,
abomasum, and kidneys are also affected. Monogastric animals, such as
pigs and horses, are hightly susceptible to gossypol toxicity.
Ruminants, cattle and sheep, can tolerate higher levels of free
gossypol because free gossypol bings to proteins in the rumen. Even so,
gossypol exposure can be toxic to cattle over a cumulative period.
Levels of 800 ppm are considered toxic. The longer the cattle are on
the ration the more likely toxicity will develop.
Because the new age farmers have no historical information and are trained by their corporate oppressors to be stupid.
Go ahead and feed them the cotton, just await the obvious disaster…
It is hard to imaging who is lying and who is just plain stupid. I’m betting Chrissy is just passing on lies because she somehow hopes they are true, but mommies little boy (who calls himself tutor now), is just plain stupid.
Cottonseed and cottonseed hulls have been fed to cattle for many years, both before and after gmos. Chrissy would falsely have you believe that things like aflatoxin or volmitoxin only happen in gmos. They appear in crops based on weather conditions regardless of the presences of a gmo crop. Even then they may safely be fed at certain levels to some animals with no problems. For tators’ less than intelligent remark, Coltonseed is a vital part of many dairy rations, in which the animals eat it for years with zero issues. In recent years it has been limited mainly to the southern region as transportation has made the product to expensive in most northern states. By no means should anyone take my word for it, anyone interested should google cottonseed and dairy rations to see for themselves.
Since your a fascist and lies are demanded of you…
Anybody can google the information I posted, how the f**k you think I got it? Idiot.
Your lies will be reduced to a fascist agenda through simple research.
Now prepare your simpleton responses in the typical fascist fashion, blaming all and redirecting the stupid folks away from the truth.
Lol, what people will find is simple, cottonseed has been fed to dairy for generations for the fat content. Hulls have been fed to beef for the fiber value. You can put any kind of gmo spin on it you wish but that doesn’t account for the decades before gmos that they were used. Just more of your lies.
I didn’t mention GMO’s at all?
Huh, talk about lying spins…
Your claims are lies, calling truth lies.
Your side kick Chrissy mentioned them, but of course that slipped right past your limited comprehension.
Maybe, but what hasn’t slipped my attentions is the obvious PR tactics.
Quote from the fascist,
“You” can put any kind of gmo spin on it you wish
F**k you pussy.
My spin was to encourage people to see what real farmers are feeding for themselves in order to find out who was telling the truth. You on the other hand don’t seem to be for that, wonder why?
There are very few real farmers left, and you don’t know any of them.
Your a urban coward pushing GE and it’s chemical counter parts on the unsuspecting populace. living in his own imagined perfect fantasy world.
Sorry there mommies little boy, but I hate cities. All you have are very poor guess. Like everything else you have done in life you failed.
You hate everything, that is the fatal drawback of a total failure.
Your responses are exact matches of every pro GMO fascist, you all appear as 1.
Maybe “We” appear as 1 because mine is of another faction, unknown to your kind?
Some recognize the warnings and act as directed, ordered.
The only reason your here is because someone did their job and they are very good at it.
Let’s see since I love gmos, that makes your first line incorrect. Everything else is just more of your useless babbles.
You love fascism and tyranny and poverty through corporate profiteering. You support the fascist destruction of freedom for the People of any and all nations.
Your babbles are regarded as all knowing and important, only in your sick twisted perverted mind.
That is the one true key element in GE and GMO’s.
Your a treasonous pussy and a coward.
I’m not the one who spoke against this country, that would be you.
Provide proof, which you have clearly demonstrated your only proof is because you say so based on ideology. Ideology holds no factual proof.
“What you have to understand, John, is that sometimes there are forces and
events too big, too powerful, with so much at stake for other people or
institutions, that you cannot do anything about them, no matter how evil
or wrong they are and no matter how dedicated or sincere you are or how
much evidence you have. This is simply one of the hard facts of life
you have to face.” – Former CIA director William Colby giving advice to his friend senator John DeCamp
You have stated on multiple occasions that you support corporate tyranny and fascism, anybody can look at your past posts for the proof and make their own determination.
Our veterans are under attack. Why? I believe that if there is a “collapse” scenario someday, they know that Veterans are the most trained, most capable, and most likely persons to rise in opposition to a fascist movement, TPP TTIP, in defense of the People and in Honor to their Oath to the Constitution.
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Everyone has probably heard the saying, “the pen is mightier than the
sword” at one time or another. I submit to you that the only reason that
quote has any validity is that the guy with the pen has a guy with a
sword backing him somewhere.
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In all past discussions you have supported this agenda. Your a fascist and traitor to those who have Honorably served our Nation and it’s People.
Just the fake ones like you mommies little moron.
Like I said lies in support of corporate tyranny and fascism.
Ideology isn’t supported by any facts, neither are your fantasies.
Everything I said has been and your denial doesn’t change that.
Your refusal to deal directly with any and all allegations is a message within itself. Turning everything around and not addressing the important matters of a discussion is pure cowardly and fascist.
I have denied nothing, just added research and expert opinions to your disinformation. You have added fascist ideologies, exposing your true intent, tyranny and oppression.
Gossypol is toxic and renders Bulls sterile, what might the effects be if a human consumes the toxic products?
This has to be an act. No one could be as stupid as you pretend. If you would do real research you would find that for your horror stories to come true the cotton seed would have to be fed at extremely high rates. That is why stupid people like yourself aren’t in charge of herds. Secondly, before you get to toxic levels you will have the animal way overloaded on polyunsaturated fats. As for your Bulls, maybe that why we feed cottonseed to the cows, moron. But again you can only twist words to mislead people.
The research has been conducted by leading researchers in academia within various .edu’s across the Nation, they are called experts.
Your out right and deliberately with holding the truth.
I’m not here to change people’s opinion, but rather to challenge them to seek truth for themselves.
Your here to demonize all and use common scare tactics to destroy freedoms and steer people away from questioning your assumed authority, a seed seller. LMAO.
Your the one who completely ignored the gossypol danger, now you are the leading expert and all knowing scientific expert?
You claim to sell seeds and chemical poisons, how does that make you an expert in this field? Only your lies make you the authority.
At least I conducted research and found that which you failed to mention, and posted another link to the chemical dangers of feeding cotton by products to livestock due to chemical saturation.
Your really a fascist and disinfo turd.
To make puppies it takes, a boy and a girl. Rendering the boy sterile is another form of control implemented onto the already poverty stricken farmers of India. They cannot breed their own puppies.
Fascist agenda.
How so there moron? Since in most of the country cattle are sacred animals they are not in the food chain. Another little point you seem to forget. But missing the point is you main event.
Then why did you mention cattle in your first post here?
Article documenting the dangers of livestock ingesting BT Cotton in India, from 2011.
monsanto dot no/index.php/en/environment/gmo/gmo-news/117-gmo-bt-cotton-linked-to-livestock-deaths-in-india
You are intentionally hiding the truth.
Yes by explaining how we actually USE the product I’m hiding a lot. You are pretty stupid there today mommies little moron.
So the history is, it kills livestock, which is well documented.
And all your concerned with is your ability to use cotton to reduce feed costs and increase profits? Dead livestock in a poverty riddled country out weighs the future costs to a poverty stricken populace?
Excellent analogy, totally dismissing realistic causes, correlation’s and concerns.
Fascist ideologies, dismissing the historical implications and facts.
Gee dead cows don’t give much milk so why would we feed it there moron? How stupid can a fake military man be? You are an insult to a real military person.
The US operations cannot be compared to the Indian operations, so your analogy and lame comparison is null. Your “we” is a representation of the corporate bottom line, Profit of course. You also have so far avoided the known dangers contained within the article I posted on feeding livestock BT cotton, as the dangers are already documented, in India. They are the ones being lowered into poverty by the corporate bottom line and interference’s, which is making them dependent on outside sources for survival.
I never said I was Military, you did, so apparently you have some proof?
More stupid thoughts from mommies little moron. Indian cows are poisoned by cottonseed while American cows aren’t? You really are a genius, furthermore the Indian farmers are doing better than ever with bt cotton as they are poised to become the world leaders. Again, your facts just don’t add up, but then they never do.
I have been to CAFO’s and industrialized live stock operations, though not cattle operations only range cattle farms.
Every morning they gather up the dead animals and pile them outside. Why do the industrialized operations livestock die more? Ahh, the causes haven’t been regarded as important, it’s just business as usual, since everybody is rich enough to replace those that have died.
I already posted a link to an Australian document about cattle being poisoned by cotton due to chemicals. Isn’t that enough of a concern? Nope because reducing expenses for profit is more of a concern.
What about toxins effecting re productivity,
Reproduction has been adversely affected at levels of total gossypol
between 5 and 10 micrograms per ml and deaths have been associated with
levels above 10 micrograms per ml.
Since you haven’t mentioned and continue to dismiss the concerns of gossypol, you might be in need of further education. And studies have been conducted on cotton, they have chemical residues at a concerning rate. Your supposed to be educated in the risks of feeding cotton to livestock, miss that day of instruction?
I also am enjoying your narrow minded version of India’s farmers wealth and prosperity, lmao.
Your omitting many facts in support of your fascist ideologies.
Are you really that far out of touch with reality? Do you really think an operation could stay in business if they would lose as many animals as you claim? In beef and swine if you can’t keep your death loss at around 2% or less then you won’t be in business for very long.
As for your gossypol fantasy, yes you do need a better education. I suggest you start with. Oklahoma state. Swine rations can go up to 100ppm you know ten times what you claim. Cattle depending on age can easily handle 400+ppm. Again you only continue to show your stupidity. Under your system most dairy cows would be dead in no time, in the real world cotton seed is an excellent source of protein and fat.
As usual, you attack the messenger denying and ignoring the facts. You post as the authority, but lacking factual references.
Fascist.
Sorry that you can’t handle the truth, that you are wrong, or that you are an idiot.
The truth about what, you have only posted opinion to date?
Yes the opinion of Oklahoma state and the actual applications of the American farmer. Again loser you don’t have a clue.
If you had any observational skills, you would realize that I did research. Iowa, Florida, Texas and Tennessee. There were others, but I don’t recall the sources off hand. Though many dangers and toxins might not be apparent in the fast paced livestock industries, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t inherent concerns to be made aware of. Your taking concerns and making it seem like I’m saying everything will die if cotton is within 50 feet of it is simple distraction and misleading, dismissing any concerns that might be present.
All sources had serious conflicting reports and information, but essentially they stated the same thing as I posted.
Livestock and dairy is big business, ignoring potential issues is your mindset for the future of those industries and the Families protecting their property and business?
Cattle don’t naturally consume cotton by products, unless they have no choice, forced by intervention. Though reducing costs is beneficial within the farming community.
Cotton is full of chemical residues, that is another point you seem to be attempting to ignore, I even provided a link, provided by concerned experts, to a warning informing of that hazard for the protection of farmers, their businesses and property..
WTF, you don’t have the capability of trying to help and inform your presumed customers about potential dangers?
Your mysterious dangers that haven’t appeared in my thirty years in the business? Not to mention in the hundred years of my business or my suppliers? Sorry fantasy boy, but if you stay within the guidelines there are zero issues. Maybe someday you will figure it out there mommies little moron.
The only thing, historically, that has been perfect in the worlds history is,
Fantasy and ideology.
Nothing is perfect and that has been proven millions of times, as industrialized farming, the green revolution, has polluted and rendered the Nation incapable of sustaining it’s own, it is now up to the farmers to do their duty, protect the Nation and it’s people.
But I’m sure you will prove that everything you touch has been perfect and no concerns are warranted, well because, your perfect., and I’m sure the people you know are perfect also.
Zero issues, claiming perfection is an issue and a logical fallacy.
Wow, for the first time I see how jealous you are, it is really sad to see pitiful you are.
Yes I am jealous of you, you know about everything. Your also perfect and without error.
Man I wish I was just like you.
Who’s perfect here,
A seed seller, or a Nation backed by leading experts?
Russia: American Corn And Soybeans Unfit For Human Consumption
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Yes very good propaganda and you are dumb enough to fall for it. Why don’t you move there comrade.
So your saying that the Russians have no experts, or any valid rights to their opinions?
Wouldn’t that be considered fascist propaganda?
Sure comrade they are the smartest people on earth. Why don’t you move there.
So they, as in all, are labeled as stupidly equal by you. No one has any abilities above others, they have no experts who compare to you and your self proclaimed expertise?
Isn’t that kind of racist and condescending?
Whatever you want to believe there mommies little moron.
The truth is, you don’t know what your talking about,
Has anyone gone out of the way to disprove the claim, or has
only supportive evidence been sought?
This is the confirmation bias, or the tendency to seek confirmatory evidence and to reject or ignore disconfirmatory evidence. The confirmation bias is powerful, pervasive and almost impossible for any of us to avoid. It is why the methods of science that emphasize checking and rechecking, verification and replication, and especially attempts to falsify a claim, are so critical.
Is the claimant providing an explanation for the observed
phenomena or merely denying the existing explanation?
This is a classic debate strategy–criticize your opponent and never affirm what you believe to avoid criticism. This stratagem is
unacceptable in science.
Clearly, there are no foolproof methods of drawing the boundary between science and pseudoscience. Yet there is
a solution: science deals in fuzzy fractions of certainties and
uncertainties. In all cases, we remain open-minded and flexible, willing to reconsider our assessments as new evidence arises. This is, undeniably, what makes science so fleeting and frustrating to many people; it is, at the same time, what makes science the most glorious product of the human mind.
How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience,
By MICHAEL SHERMER
These are the scientific methods, that seems to have slipped into antiquity.
This is also an investigative process, otherwise the criminals word would be good enough.
Lol, you talk science and labs, I talk about what is actually happening in feedlots and dairy barns. Once again you have provided zero usual information.
Actually, my area is currently investigation, among other things. Glad your educated enough to have missed that.
You are failing as usual there Barney.
I already posted as much as I’m allowed to, in regards to my assumed and fictitious investigation.
Done, now I’m just playing with the fascist boy toy.
Sorry that your proving that your right, in all areas, falls before and above informing farmers of potential hazards, so they might make informed decisions based on their own research and education and knowledge in the best interests of their own businesses.
You must be intentionally limiting your research, or providing misinformation for malicious purposes,
cottonaustralia dot com dot au/news/article/reminder-dont-feed-gin-trash-and-cotton-crop-residue-to-livestock
Your stupid and pushing chemical poisoning on all.
Come up with as many articles as you wish, I’m just telling you what some American beef and dairy farmers are using. We use to haul cottonseed hull pellets out of southern cotton oil factories in Memphis for years until fuel prices and soybean hulls made them to expensive.
I’m only informing of the CAFO and feedlot profit measures taken, and including the researched dangers, there are more.
But as your a fascist, truth and researched information is a danger.
I will stick with the real life applications not some made up lab that you keep coming up with. That is the difference you talk and my customers and I do. Sad existence you have, depending entirely on others to give you hand outs in order to survive.
Please tell me all about my existence, yours seems to revolve around lies.
What have I done, where do I work, who is giving me these imaginary handouts you claim of any who oppose your failures and obvious lies.
Who are you?
Our bosses are the same, that is how I know your lies.
I’m not “all knowing” like you, lol. The one thing I know is that you are a fool.
Only a fool makes vague claims, then refuses to deal with their claims openly and intelligently in mature debate.
Your proving that your a cowardly pussy with every post.
My all knowing has come from experts in the fields questioned, it’s called internet search engine. So your the expert, or a liar?
Your internet search engine didn’t give you all of your “facts” about me so again you lie. Just another of many mommies little moron.