I just finished watching a video on youtube of Jeffrey Smith, who in a speech about his book, "Seeds of Deception" clearly explains the dangers of genetically modified foods.
It discusses the proven potential health risks of consuming GM foods. The key words to remember are:
Allergies
Toxins
Antibiotic Resistant Diseases
Nutritional Problems
Carcinogens
And that all these have increased incidence of affecting human beings who consume GMO foods.
If you want to skip to the video now, go right ahead, the link is at the bottom, but if you don't have an hour of free time to watch the video and would prefer to have a runthrough of it, read on.
The dangers in GMOs aren't caused by the genes being implanted into a host organism themselves, it is in the crude, very much random process of doing so. The video explains it very well, and you'll learn about how they use viruses in the gene sequence insertions to make sure they function in the host cell and can affect the entire organism those cells are implanted in, and also about how they attach antibiotic resistant strains with the genes to be inserted. These strains are to be used as markers in tests to find out where the gene ended up in the DNA of the cell. They actually use antibiotics to locate the antibiotic resistant strain in the organism.
The video also talks about how the FDA and its equivalent in Canada have been approving genetically modified foods for public consumption since the Clinton Administration whilst ignoring all long term testing on their possible side effects, using flawed analysis methods (such as using cows that were already pregnant instead of non-pregnant cows in studies that search for the effects of GMOs on the fertility of these animals) and threatening, firing or bribing scientists in order to make sure their pro-industry policies on food safety were passed regardless of the health risks they would cause.
So please watch this video because this man explains it very well, he's even comical amidst his discussion of the very scary situation that GMOs present for us so I hope you enjoy it.
It is available in 6 parts and altogether is an hour long:
It discusses the proven potential health risks of consuming GM foods. The key words to remember are:
Allergies
Toxins
Antibiotic Resistant Diseases
Nutritional Problems
Carcinogens
And that all these have increased incidence of affecting human beings who consume GMO foods.
If you want to skip to the video now, go right ahead, the link is at the bottom, but if you don't have an hour of free time to watch the video and would prefer to have a runthrough of it, read on.
The dangers in GMOs aren't caused by the genes being implanted into a host organism themselves, it is in the crude, very much random process of doing so. The video explains it very well, and you'll learn about how they use viruses in the gene sequence insertions to make sure they function in the host cell and can affect the entire organism those cells are implanted in, and also about how they attach antibiotic resistant strains with the genes to be inserted. These strains are to be used as markers in tests to find out where the gene ended up in the DNA of the cell. They actually use antibiotics to locate the antibiotic resistant strain in the organism.
The video also talks about how the FDA and its equivalent in Canada have been approving genetically modified foods for public consumption since the Clinton Administration whilst ignoring all long term testing on their possible side effects, using flawed analysis methods (such as using cows that were already pregnant instead of non-pregnant cows in studies that search for the effects of GMOs on the fertility of these animals) and threatening, firing or bribing scientists in order to make sure their pro-industry policies on food safety were passed regardless of the health risks they would cause.
So please watch this video because this man explains it very well, he's even comical amidst his discussion of the very scary situation that GMOs present for us so I hope you enjoy it.
It is available in 6 parts and altogether is an hour long:
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