GMO Potato Study via the Institute for Responsible Technology
in a publication titled "Documented Health Risks"
"The Pusztai Affair"
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
"Mendel in the Kitchen"
"In an extremely accessible style, [Fedoroff and Brown] take readers through the basics of genetics and genetic engineering to demonstrate why they believe that the risks associated with this technology are trivial. They also contend that the use of modern molecular technology to insert genes from one species into another isn t very different from the hybrid crosses that agriculturalists have been doing for millennia. Taking on concerns voiced by environmentalists, the authors articulate how genetically modified crops could reduce the amount of pesticides and fertilizers used and increase the yield of crop plants to keep up with a growing world population that could reach eight or nine billion in this century. Though likely to be controversial, the authors clear and rational presentation could well change the opinions of some readers."
-- Publishers Weekly, September 13, 2004
This book was written 7 years ago. The comment in that review that the book states that GMO crops could "reduce the amount of pesticides and fertilizers...." has now been proven to be an error. Point in fact, weeds and insects are already showing signs that they are developing resistances and so MORE, not less chemical intervention is being required to control them. (Read article here)
"In an extremely accessible style, [Fedoroff and Brown] take readers through the basics of genetics and genetic engineering to demonstrate why they believe that the risks associated with this technology are trivial. They also contend that the use of modern molecular technology to insert genes from one species into another isn t very different from the hybrid crosses that agriculturalists have been doing for millennia. Taking on concerns voiced by environmentalists, the authors articulate how genetically modified crops could reduce the amount of pesticides and fertilizers used and increase the yield of crop plants to keep up with a growing world population that could reach eight or nine billion in this century. Though likely to be controversial, the authors clear and rational presentation could well change the opinions of some readers."
-- Publishers Weekly, September 13, 2004
This book was written 7 years ago. The comment in that review that the book states that GMO crops could "reduce the amount of pesticides and fertilizers...." has now been proven to be an error. Point in fact, weeds and insects are already showing signs that they are developing resistances and so MORE, not less chemical intervention is being required to control them. (Read article here)
DAVID SUZUKI DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE
Worth a read. It says at the website that you can sign the Declaration
but I didn't have any luck with that. Seems it is set up for only Canadians to participate.
Worth a read. It says at the website that you can sign the Declaration
but I didn't have any luck with that. Seems it is set up for only Canadians to participate.
David Suzuki Foundation
"We work with government, business and individuals to conserve our environment by providing science-based education, advocacy and policy work, and acting as a catalyst for the social change that today's situation demands."
SUZUKI DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE
"We work with government, business and individuals to conserve our environment by providing science-based education, advocacy and policy work, and acting as a catalyst for the social change that today's situation demands."
SUZUKI DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE
GMO PRESSURE GROUP IN WALES
In other parts of the world, there is active participation in the battle against GMO's. Much of the information that is available in other countries is not readily available in most of our news outlets. This organization has a wealth of information on its website. Check it out. (the underlined above is a link to their site)
GM-Free Cymru
the community pressure group campaigning to
keep Wales free of genetically-modified crops
GMO PRESSURE GROUP IN WALES
In other parts of the world, there is active participation in the battle against GMO's. Much of the information that is available in other countries is not readily available in most of our news outlets. This organization has a wealth of information on its website. Check it out. (the underlined above is a link to their site)
GM-Free Cymru
the community pressure group campaigning to
keep Wales free of genetically-modified crops
Old article but worth a read.
SECRET MONSANTO GM POTATO STUDY SUPPRESSED FOR 8 YEARS
"A secret feeding study of Monsanto GM potatoes, conducted in 1998 by the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and suppressed for 8 years, showed that the potatoes did considerable damage to the organs of the rats in the study (1) (2). In comparison the rats in the "control groups" which were fed on normal potatoes or on a non-potato diet were healthier, and had much less organ and tissue damage. This research, fully supported by Monsanto through the provision of the GM potatoes, was conducted at approximately the same time as Arpad Pusztai's research in the Rowett Institute."
The rest of this article is worth a read. I posted it here so that people could see that this whole GMO thing is not new, not something that just cropped up in the last couple of years. The groundwork has been being laid for decades.
SECRET MONSANTO GM POTATO STUDY SUPPRESSED FOR 8 YEARS
"A secret feeding study of Monsanto GM potatoes, conducted in 1998 by the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and suppressed for 8 years, showed that the potatoes did considerable damage to the organs of the rats in the study (1) (2). In comparison the rats in the "control groups" which were fed on normal potatoes or on a non-potato diet were healthier, and had much less organ and tissue damage. This research, fully supported by Monsanto through the provision of the GM potatoes, was conducted at approximately the same time as Arpad Pusztai's research in the Rowett Institute."
The rest of this article is worth a read. I posted it here so that people could see that this whole GMO thing is not new, not something that just cropped up in the last couple of years. The groundwork has been being laid for decades.
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