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GMOs > Health Matters!

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.

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

'Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome'

100 Deaths in USA

Attempt 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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