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BT-cotton
BT-maize
Herbicide Tolerant crops
- Making
the plant immune to one or more herbicides so that more herbicide can
be used to kill unwanted plants without damaging the crop. (88%)
- Making the plant create it's own poisons. (29%)
 There are no Government
or Independent Health-Safety tests for Herbicide Tolerant
crops.
Biotech
companies declare them fit for human consumption. The FSA (Food Standards
Agency) doesn't independently test to confirm.
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Official
policy claims that GM foods are no different.
They
do NOT require safety testing.Manufacturers
can introduce a GM food
without informing the government or consumers.
FDA documents (USA),made
public from a
lawsuit, reveal that agency scientists warned that GM foods might
create toxins, allergies, nutritional problems, and new diseases that
might be difficult to identify. 2001 : An expert panel of the Royal Society of Canada said it was
"scientifically unjustifiable" 2002 : A report by
the UK's Royal Society said that
genetic modification "could lead to unpredicted harmful changes in the nutritional state of foods," and recommended that potential health effects of GM foods be rigorously researched before being fed to pregnant or breast-feeding women, elderly people, those suffering from chronic disease, and babies Read More! Off-Site
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'Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome' 100 Deaths in USAAttempt to Hide its Link to Genetic
Engineering"Articles began circulating about the mysterious disease. The Albuquerque Journal ran a series about it that eventually won the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times
covered it. As more articles appeared, the phone calls started coming
in—first dozens, then hundreds, then thousands: individuals with
incurable symptoms, doctors with incurable patients, and stories of
horrific symptoms."
"The EMS epidemic took years to identify and was almost missed. The only
reason it was discovered was because the disease had three concurrent
characteristics: it was rare, acute, and came on quickly. What would
happen if all three characteristics had not been in place? What if it
took 20 years for onset or only impacted the next generation? What if
it produced only mild symptoms like frequent colds? What if it created
serious diseases that were common, like cancer, heart-disease, obesity or diabetes? The epidemic might remain undiscovered for decades."
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