well...I was sort of against GM food in an abstract way before I read that, and kinda felt that well, if some of these strains can prevent food shortages possibly this might even be, relatively speaking, a good thing. But that paragraph really gave me pause. I don't want my intestinal flora to be Roundup-ready. Genetically modified corn that exchanges DNA with the nitty-gritty bits of my bodily functions??? Nonononono. Not to mention that if Monsanto gets wind of this they are liable to sue me for non-licensed use, bless their litigious and piratical souls.
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > I'm totally on Sandra's side but I will note that not all GM > ingredients are created equally. There are some genetic modification > processes that are just meant to propagate a particular (identical) > strain, a clone if you will, that perhaps has characteristics (genetic > material) from a couple strains in that species. Then there are > genetic modifications that introduce designer sequences of genes that > don't really occur in nature. And then there are transgenic genetic > modifications, wherein a genetic sequence from one species is inserted > into the genetic code of another. This is the case, for example, with > bT corn where bacteria genes are spliced into corn. > > Monsanto, of course, doesn't want you to know about any of them and > doesn't want any of them regulated. They are pure evil. None the less, > there is likely substantially different risk profiles in the different > types of genetic modification and they shouldn't all be considered the > same. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Sandra Clark <sclarkli...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > And unfortunately 90% or more of the soy grown in the United States is GM > > soy. Most processed foods unless they are organic contain GM > ingredients. > > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Sandra Clark <sclarkli...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Dana, > >> > >> Sad to say, but yes. > >> > >> Unfortunately for us, GMO's are not required to be labeled. Monsanto > went > >> after dairy producers who chose to label their products as free from > BST or > >> free from bGH, so food producers are afraid to label their foods as > NON-GMO > >> (tho some are doing so). > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> say WHAT??? > >>> > >>> "There is only one published human feeding experiment and that showed > that > >>> the genetic material inserted into GM soy transfers into the bacteria > >>> living inside our guts and continues to function." > >>> > >>> Whoa. Wait. Why.....wait. This is food that's on the market right now? > >>> > >>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Sandra Clark <sclarkli...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > > >>> > A few of you asked to be notified when I did another GMO article. > The > >>> > second of the series posted today. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > GMO Health Risks - > >>> > http://healthyfoodnaturally.com/2012/02/07/gmo-health-risks/ > >>> > > >>> > Previous > >>> > > >>> > Whats all the Fuss about GMO's > >>> > > >>> > http://healthyfoodnaturally.com/2012/01/24/whats-all-the-fuss-about-gmos/ > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346606 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
