GMO Alert: Startling New Research
18th May 2012
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World
Time for a little GMO update and heckling of our nemesis, Monsanto
and friends. New research demonstrates what most of us have suspected
for years: GMOs and the poisons used on them are bad for everything on
the planet. For ethical reasons, as well as the obstruction of research
by Monsanto, little comprehensive GMO research has been done on humans.
But finally, we are beginning to see more hard evidence showing the
dangerous effects of the GMO industry.
A little over a year ago, the journal Reproductive Toxicology published the results of a study done In Quebec,
Canada. It showed that Bt toxin, the pesticide now routinely
genetically engineered into GE corn and cotton, was found in the blood
of pregnant women and in their fetuses, as well as in non-pregnant
women. This same study also discovered that glyphosate, the active
ingredient in RoundUp, was found in the blood of non-pregnant women.
This is not good news.
Until recently, the Quebec study has been one of the few pieces of sound scientific evidence demonstrating the absorption of Bt-toxin into human blood, an occurrence Monsanto reportedly claimed would not occur when they proposed their nasty little invention for approval some years ago. Are we surprised that they were proven wrong? Not at all. Does this stop them? Not in the least. So we have to. Read on.
A brand new scientific study now shows that the Bt-toxin, known as Cry1Ab toxin, kills human
embryonic kidney cells. If you think this is alarming, there’s more.
The study also shows that combining Bt-toxins Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac with
RoundUp (as is now commonly done on GMO
crops) can delay apoptosis, which can promote cancer. Apoptosis, by the
way, is the normal and natural death of cells that occurs as a routine
and controlled part of an organism’s growth or development. This study
also found that glyphosate, the active ingredient in RoundUp, on its own
causes necrosis, a.k.a. the death of tissue, in amounts lower than that used in agriculture.
I
imagine that everyone reading this article adores ladybugs, also known
as ladybeetles. Ladybugs have a shiny red shell with little white polka
dots on them and cute little black heads. They are in my orchard here in
Hawaii and sometimes they randomly land on me while I am working or
walking around. These magical little creatures are often employed for
natural pest management in organic gardens and orchards, with no
side-effects, mind you!
Well, guess
what? The GMO industry is killing our ladybugs. Yet another scientific
study shows that Bt-toxin increases the mortality rate (death rate) of
infant ladybugs, known as larvae. This research was conducted at the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and published in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe.
Onto
honeybees, our other beloved insect friends. It is widely believed that
pesticides in general, and particularly a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids,
are a major contributing factor to CCD, or Colony Collapse Disorder, of
honeybees worldwide. Some countries in Europe have already banned them;
namely France, Germany, and Italy. The hundreds of millions of extra pounds of pesticides sprayed on pesticide-dependent GMO
crops are also believed to be contributing to the very sad fate of
honeybees. I don’t like Big Ag messin’ with the bees or the ladybugs.
So,
if you are not yet on the bandwagon to stop supporting GMOs and their
destruction of so many aspects of our biosphere, please jump on. Don’t
buy GMO foods. Especially, don’t feed them to your children. Don’t use
RoundUp, ever. Or any pesticides, fungicides or herbicides, for that matter. And please join GEM,
our movement to eradicate GMOs from the face of the Earth, and learn
more about dismantling the GMO machine. Bless the bees, ladybugs and
each and every innocent human being on the planet now being impacted by
GMOs. Bless you for taking action. From the farm here on Big Island,
Hawai’i…thank you for being part of the solution.
About the Author
Jack
Adam Weber is a licensed acupuncturist, master herbalist, author,
organic farmer, celebrated poet, and activist for Earth-centered
spirituality. He integrates poetry, ancient wisdom, holistic medicine,
and depth psychology into passionate presentations for personal
fulfillment as a path to planetary transformation.Source: http://wakeup-world.com/2012/05/18/gmo-alert-startling-new-research/
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