{"id":294,"date":"2011-04-14T13:08:54","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T17:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/gm-crops-cause-organ-disruptions-multiple-studies.html"},"modified":"2011-04-14T13:08:54","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T17:08:54","slug":"gm-crops-cause-organ-disruptions-multiple-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/gm-crops-cause-organ-disruptions-multiple-studies.html","title":{"rendered":"GM crops cause organ disruptions —multiple studies"},"content":{"rendered":"It’s not just the pesticides, it’s the crops themselves.\n

\n\n<\/a>\nGilles-Eric S\u00e9ralini and colleagues surveyed the state\nof research and found\n\nGMOs Linked to Organ Disruption in 19 Studies<\/a>,\nas Jeffrey Smith reports for the Institute for Responsible Technology.\n

\n…consuming genetically modified (GM) corn or soybeans leads to significant\norgan disruptions in rats and mice, particularly in livers and kidneys.\n…9% of the measured parameters, including\nblood and urine biochemistry, organ weights, and microscopic analyses\n(histopathology), were significantly disrupted in the GM-fed animals. The\nkidneys of males fared the worst, with 43.5% of all the changes. The liver\nof females followed, with 30.8%. The report, published in Environmental\nSciences Europe on March 1, 2011, confirms that “several convergent\ndata appear to indicate liver and kidney problems as end points of GMO\ndiet effects.” The authors point out that livers and kidneys “are\nthe major reactive organs” in cases of chronic food toxicity.\n<\/blockquote>\nAnd these were the corn and soybeans that people eat.\n

\nHere’s \nthe study.<\/a>\n

\nWhy didn’t we know about this long ago?\n\n\n

\nthe authors demonstrate how a multitude of GMO-related health problems\ncould easily pass undetected through the superficial and largely\nincompetent safety assessments that are used around the world.\n

\nFeed\u2019em longer!\n

\nOne of the most glaring faults in the current regulatory regime is the\nshort duration of animals feeding studies. The industry limits trials to\n90 days at most, with some less than a month. Only two studies reviewed in\nthis new publication were over 90 days\u2014both were non-industry research.\n<\/blockquote>\nAnd the effect are not limited to the first generation that eats this stuff:\n

\nShort studies could easily miss many serious effects of GMOs. It is\nwell established that some pesticides and drugs, for example, can create\neffects that are passed on through generations, only showing up decades\nlater. IN the case of the drug DES (diethylstilbestrol), “induced female\ngenital cancers among other problems in the second generation.” The\nauthors urge regulators to require long-term multi-generational studies,\nto “provide evidence of carcinogenic, developmental, hormonal, neural,\nand reproductive potential dysfunctions, as it does for pesticides or\ndrugs.”\n<\/blockquote>\nThat’s right, we’re quite likely affecting our own children and grandchildren\nby what we eat.\n

\n

\nNearly all GM crops are described as “pesticide plants.” They either\ntolerate doses of weed killer, such as Roundup, or produce an insecticide\ncalled Bt-toxin. In both cases, the added toxin—weedkiller or bug\nkiller—is found inside the corn or soybeans we consume.\n<\/blockquote>\nThat’s right, not only does the pesticide linger in the food,\nthe food itself produces a toxin.\n

\nAnd lack of labelling not only makes it hard for people to pick\nwhat they want to eat, it has another consequence:\n

\nBut even if authorities wanted to conduct epidemiological studies on GMOs,\nthe authors acknowledge that they \u201care not feasible in America, since\nthere is no organized traceability of GMOs anywhere on the continent.\u201d\n<\/blockquote>\nSo maybe we should get labelling laws passed.\nAnd meanwhile local organic food is a booming market.\n

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