Winter Garden Magazine March 2015 | Page 17

• Cooked GM soy contains as much as 7-times the amount of a known soy allergen • Soy allergies skyrocketed by 50% in the UK, soon after GM soy was introduced • The stomach lining of rats fed GM potatoes showed excessive cell growth, a condition that may lead to cancer. • Studies showed organ lesions, altered liver and pancreas cells, changed enzyme levels, etc. Unlike safety evaluations for drugs, there are no human clinical trials of GM foods. The only published human feeding experiment revealed that the genetic material inserted into GM soy transfers into bacteria living inside our intestines and continues to function. This means that long after we stop eating GM foods, we may still have their GM proteins produced continuously inside us. This could mean: If the antibiotic gene inserted into most GM crops were to transfer, it could create super diseases, resistant to antibiotics. If the gene that creates Bt-toxin in GM corn were to transfer, it might turn our intestinal bacteria into living pesticide factories. Although no studies have evaluated if antibiotic or Bt-toxin genes transfer, that is one of the key problems. The safety assessments are too superficial to even identify most of the potential dangers from GMOs. See our Health Risks brochure and State of the Science report for more details and citations. Recent health studies provide growing evidence of harm from GMOs: • GM Corn Damages Liver and Kidneys • Meat Raised on GM Feed is Different • Roundup Could Cause Birth Defects • Genetically Modified Soy Linked to Sterility The FDA has set stringent guidelines for seed companies and has a very present oversight community. Does this mean we are safe? That these modified organisms are OK? Or will it start to rear an ugly head in the future as in a Hollywood B movie? march 2015  |  Winter Garden Magazine   |  17