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National Debt
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News About the Fed, Banking and Finance Part 1
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Quotes Over Time About Monetary Policy and Banking and Finance in Relationship to Liberty and Tyranny
Slow Response/Gulf Oil Spill
Social Security and Other Entitlements
Solutions
Symbols of Occult Power
The Modern Art and Science of Enslaving Others
The Constitution Verses Tyranny
The Relationship Between The Military Industrial Media Complex, Defense Spending, Semi-permanent and Permanent War and the Rise of Tyranny
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Trends Toward a Tyrannical New World Order Part 1
Trends Toward a Tyrannical New World Order Part 2
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The United Nations in Relationship to the New World Order Part 1
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Barter and Local Currency Survey
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The War on Food
The War on Food Part 2
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The War on Food
The War on Food Part 2
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The War on Food.
Can Food Be Employed As a Weapon?
If you
got a touch of the warrior in you, like I do, you might want to consider the
following before you settle in to watch that favorite TV show or read that
novel. Our lives and liberties may
be in danger! Don’t worry,
everything I say is backed by documentation.
I am
honored and excited defending life and liberty. An ancient Chinese philosopher in his works, “The Art of
War”, emphasized, Know yourself.
Know your enemy. Know your
circumstances. To me the above is almost
as important as the golden rule taught by the Bible. Perhaps the material below will help us understand the
former critical commandments.
When people read
the above they laugh because according to the laws of nature such a thing could
not happen and who would want to screw a parrot anyway. After you read the information below
not only would you know that such a thing could happen, perhaps because of the
power of science it could be happening.
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Is There a War on Food? Contents
FDA Scientist Concerns With GMO
Foods 4
Various Safety Concerns
4
Specific Objections to Use
of Antibiotic-Resistant
Marker Genes
7
Safety Questions Raised by
Tests on the
Fkavr Savr Tomato—the Most
Thoroughly
Tested Bioengineered Food
8
1992 The FDA Statement of Policy – Foods Derived From New
Plant Varieties (GMO’S and Natural
Counterparts Are Materially the Same) 12
The FDA Holds Public Hearings About 1992 Statement of Policy
12
More than 70% of Process Food Has
GMO Ingredients 13
About 90% of Corn, Soy and Cotton
Grown in U.S. is GMO 13
Most Cattle/Poultry in U.S. Fed GMO
Food 13
Most Animal Feed Consists of 50 to
75% GMO Corn or Soy 14
AMA/GMOs Should Be Safely Tested
Before Entering Food Supply/Chicago Tribune 15
Increases in Allergies and other
Chronic Conditions Over Time 15
Centers for Disease Control
Data 16
LA Times Asthma Rates
Increasing
17
Other Chronic Conditions
17
Increased Prescription Drug Use and Other
Addictions/Could it be Related to GMO Foods? 21
Alarming Increase in Prescription
Drug Use 21
U.S. High Rates Carbonated Soda
Consumption 24
Other Related Genetic Modification Events 25
Brave New World
Life Magazine 1965 25
Animal Human Hybrids National Geographic 25
Genetically
Modified Cows Produce Human Milk 25
Human Animal
Hybrids 26
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Details of Hybrid
Clone Revealed 26
Human to be Cloned
by 2001 26
Of Mice Men and In
Between 26
Plant/Animal
Hybrids and Plant/Bacteria Hybrids/PBS 28
USDA Backs
Production of Rice With Human Genes 28
USDA Won’t Impose
Restriction on GMO Alfalfa/WSJ
28
Can Corn With HIV
DNA Infect People? 30
Scientist Alter
DNA to Produce Chicken With Alligator Snout 30
FDA/No Need to Label
GMO Salmon/Washington Post
30
Senate Debates Pros/Cons of GMO Salmon 30
Scientists Closer to Creating Life –
NPR 31
Biotech Companies Own 1/3 Human Genes/60
Minutes 31
Government Involvement With GMOs 31
Michael Taylor Secretary of FDA Former
Monsanto Lawyer 31
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Former Monsanto Lawyer
32
FDA Asks Companies to Voluntarily Label
GMO Food 32
Congress Passes Bill Allowing 1 Person to Control What We Grow and Eat 33
Congress Passes Bill Allowing 1 Person to Control What We Grow and Eat 33
CDC Growing Popularity Raw Milk
36
Pesticide Exposure and Declining
IQ/NPR 36
Market Place NPR/ Organics and MGO’s Must
Co-exist 38
Fooling Around With Food/Arizona Daily
Star 38
Scientists Dream of Creating Plants that
Can Separate From Their Roots and other Amazing Things 38
Conclusions
39
Scientific Studies Showing the Dangers of
GMO Soy/Huffington Post 39
Utilizing GMO Foods to Reduce
Population
39
Population Reduction 2012 Codex Alimentarius 39
Infertility in Europe to Double next
Decade/BBC 39
Population Control and the National
Security Memorandum 200/Kissinger 40
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CIA/Fertility Rates By Country/2011
40
Solutions 40
Just the Links to all the Above Articles 42
Other Links I have Yet to Investigate 51
In Depth Scientific Studies of GMO Foods Table of Contents and the material for that section will be in the post, The War on Food Part 2 starting on page 54
FDA Scientists Express Concerns About GMO Foods Before they are Released into the Market!
This data was obtain because the FDA was sued in
court and data released to Alliance for Bio-integrity (Alliance
for Bio-Integrity et al., vs. Shalala, et al.)
For the FDA material, my comments are in red. If the links
to the documents don't work because of the email you can find this information
online at http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart4.blogspot.com/2011/09/trends-toward-tyrannical-new-world_5649.html Go to pages 55-60.
.
A. FDA Scientists Discuss Various Safety Concerns
1.
Comments from Dr. Linda Kahl, FDA compliance
officer, to Dr. James Maryanski, FDA Biotechnology Coordinator, about 4 the Federal Register document "Statement
of Policy: Foods from Genetically Modified Plants." Dated January 8,
1992. (3 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document This article
as far as I can tell states their is no way to compare the risk of traditional
breeding verses genetic engineering because at the time their is no data on the
impact of genetically engineered foods. If what this scientist is saying
is true then the powers that be are conducting a giant experiment with us and
the environment with no idea about what could happen.
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4.
Memorandum from Dr. Edwin J. Mathews to the Toxicology Section of
the Biotechnology Working Group. Subject: "Analysis of the Major Plant
Toxicants." Dated October 28, 1991. (2 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document This
scientist stated that when you change genetic material in a plant, there are
two conditions that can make the toxins in the plant either more dangerous or
less dangerous than their natural counterpart plants.
7. Memorandum
from Dr. Samuel I. Shibko to Dr. James Maryanski, FDA Biotechnology
Coordinator. Subject: "Revision of Toxicology Section of the Statement
of Policy: Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Plants." Dated
January 31, 1992. (3 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
He also
states there is no way to know how genetically altered plants will impact
humans or the environment.
10. Comments
from Dr. Louis J. Pribyl re: the "Biotechnology Draft Document,
2/27/92." Dated March 6, 1992. (5 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
He felt that
FDA draft document glossed over potential risks of genetically engineered
plants favorable to bio tech industry. The document tended to see the
risks in natural breeding and genetically engineering as the same. He
felt that each technique presented different risks. He was not commenting
which type of risk were more dangerous.
13.
Comments from Dr. Louis J. Pribyl re:
"... the March 18, 1992 Version of the Biotechnology Document." Dated
March 18, 1992. (1 page) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
Here the
doctor explains how genetic changes can modify the plant in unexpected ways.
16. Comments from Division of Food Chemistry and Technology and Division of
Contaminants Chemistry. Subject: "Points to Consider for Safety Evaluation
of Genetically Modified Foods. Supplemental Information."
Dated November 1, 1991. (3 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
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I found
interesting that with natural plant breeding, breeding occurs with sexually
compatible species. With genetic engineering, organisms do not have to be
sexually compatible so plants can receive genetic material from animals,
insects or bacteria or viruses with unknown impacts on the new plant or
environment.
19.
Memorandum from Dr. Mitchell Smith, Head,
Biological and Organic Chemistry Section, to Dr. James Maryanski, Biotechnology
Coordinator. Subject: "Comments on Draft Federal Register Notice on
Food Biotechnology, Dec. 12, 1991 draft." Dated January 8, 1992. (2
pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
This person
had two primary concerns. First the draft seemed to support the biotech
industry's right to insert genetically modified food and GMO ingredients into
the food supply without the consumer’s knowledge. Second he disagrees
with the draft's position implying very little difference in risks associated
with traditional plant breeding techniques verses newly developed genetic
modification techniques.
21.
Letter from Dr. James Maryanski,
Biotechnology Coordinator, to Dr. Bill Murray, Chairman of the Food Directorate,
Canada. Subject: the safety assessment of foods and food ingredients
developed through new biotechnology. Dated October 23, 1991. (2 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
As well as
commenting on potential toxic affects of GMO technology he mentions possible
increases of allergic reactions when GMO foods are ingested.
25. Comments from Dr. Carl B. Johnson
on the "draft statement of policy 12/12/91." Dated January 8,
1992. (2 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
He goes
through document page by page. The following caught my attention.
On page 28 he states the nature of unintended effects of gene expression
may vary depending on 4 factors. On page 34 he claimed the document
provided situations where studies would not be needed for the development of
certain types of genetically modified foods. If I understand
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this
scientist’s thought process, I think he is stating that the document states
that under some conditions if the modified genes is inserted only in one place
then the impact on the environment can be more easily studied. On the
other hand if genes are inserted in multiple sites then it will be very
difficult to determine the cause of detrimental impacts that may result.
I think that the document is implying that FDA is not likely to approve
genetically modified food that involves insertion of genes at multiple sites. However
the document does not provide scientific evidence to justify their position.
On page 38 he questions the idea that the crop developer prove that his
food is nonallergenic. He believes such a plan is impossible to
implement. Comments regarding page 38 indicate to me that FDA scientists
understood the potential for GMO foods to increase allergic reactions.
His comments on page 87 make it clear to me that he believes the
document states that toxicology studies are not necessary for genetically
modified plant foods where foreign genetic material is inserted into the plant
genome only at one site. He definitely disagrees with the
documents position and provides scientific evidence to support his
position.
28.
Memorandum from Dr. Gerald B. Guest, Director
of the Center for Veterinary Medicine, to Dr. James Maryanski, Biotechnology
Coordinator. Subject: "Regulation of Transgenic Plants--FDA Draft
Federal Register Notice on Food Biotechnology." Dated February 5,
1992. (4 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
Dr. Guest's
primary concern is that unlike humans, some animals such as cattle obtain 50 to
70% of their food from 1 plant or food source.
Therefore if the corn, soybeans or alfalfa in their animal food is
genetically modified as much of it is now, perhaps detrimental effects on the
animal or human health would be more profound. He suggests that
veterinarian scientists play a major role in determining which GMO foods are
allowed in animal feed.
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B. Specific Objections to Use of Antibiotic-Resistant Marker Genes
34. Memorandum from Dr. Murray Lumpkin to Dr. Bruce Burlington.
Subject: "The tomatoes that will eat Akron." Dated December 17, 1992.
(7 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
Dr. Lumpkin
came out squarely against the approval of this genetically modified tomato.
37. Memorandum from Dr. Albert
Sheldon to Dr. James Maryanski, Biotechnology Coordinator. Subject:
"Use of Kanamycin Resistance Markers in Tomatoes." Dated March
30, 1993. (3 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
He reviewed studies finding that the Kanamycin Resistance marker
did not interfere with the effectiveness of antibiotics fed to cattle and other
food animals and it did not change in an adverse way the bacteria in the guts
of animals. These studies indicate that the scientists are aware that
genetically modified food can adversely impact gut bacteria. However he
felt that if this marker is introduced on a wide spread scale in tomatoes,
cotton seed and other plants there is no way to know the potential impact it would
have on our environment.
C. Safety Questions
Raised by Tests on the Flavr Savr Tomato--the Most Thoroughly
Tested Bioengineered Food 40.
Memorandum from Dr. Fred Hines to Dr. Linda
Kahl. Subject: "FLAVR SAVR Tomato:" ... "Pathology
Branch's Evaluation of Rats with Stomach Lesions From Three Four-Week Oral
(Gavage) Toxicity Studies" ... "and an Expert Panel's
Report." Dated June 16, 1993. (3 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
Some studies
indicate detrimental changes in the stomachs of some rats fed GMO tomatoes.
43.
Memorandum from Robert J. Scheuplein, Ph.D.
to the FDA Biotechnology Coordinator and others. Subject: "Response to
Calgene Amended Petition." Dated October 27, 1993. (3 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
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The sponsors
of the GMO product conducted studies evaluating the safety of the product.
A rare number of rats fed the product developed stomach lesions.
Some evidence indicated that the rats developed the legions due to
fasting but it is not clear. Overall the product seems to be safe but this is
not entirely clear from the data presented.
46.
Memorandum from Dr. Carl B. Johnson to Dr.
Linda Kahl & Others. Subject: "Flavr Savr(TM) tomato; significance of pending
DHEE question." Dated Dec 7, 1993. (1 page) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
The sponsors
of the Flavr Savr tomato studies did not conclusively prove that their tomato
is safe.
D. Additional
Evidence of Improprieties In The Formation Of FDA Policy On Bioengineered Foods
58.
Memorandum from Dr. James Maryanksi,
Biotechnology Coordinator, to the Director of the Center for Applied Nutrition.
Subject: "FDA Task Group on Food Biotechnology: Progress Report 2."
Dated August 15, 1991. (1 page) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
This
document is interesting for two reasons. First Dr. Maryanski admits that
the FDA under certain conditions will allow GMO foods to be produced even though
the effects of the food are unknown. In those specific cases the sponsor
of such a product will have to go through some kind of petition process with
the FDA to get the product approved. Second he suggests that once such
food is introduced into the food supply that it be clearly labeled so consumers can choose if they would like to consume the
product. However according to present FDA rules companies that produce
such genetically altered products are encouraged to voluntarily label their products
for the consumers. They don't because they realize that such labeling
will harm their sales.
61. Memorandum from
David Kessler, Commissioner of Food & Drugs. Subject: "FDA
Proposed Statement of Policy Clarifying the Regulation of Food Derived from
Genetically Modified Plants--DECISION." Dated March 20, 1992. (4 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
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Here the FDA
is discussing how to regulate GMO foods and ingredients. Interestingly
they consider the regulating of genetically modified food and extension of the
regulations provided for regulating foods created by traditional plant breeding
techniques. They mention in the last paragraph many groups insisting that
any such foods produced be clearly labeled for consumers. However they
state they have not developed a position on labeling.
64. Letter from
Terry Medley, J.D. (of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service), to
Dr. James Maryanski, Biotechnology Coordinator. Subject: "Comments
on FDA Draft Statement of Policy on foods derived from new plant varieties, including
plants derived by recombinant DNA techniques. Dated April 2, 1992. (5 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
Mr. Medly
felt the document overall was well written and comprehensive, however the tone
was too alarmist concerning the risks of biotechnology with GMO foods although
theoretically the dire predictions could occur. His comment on page 3
concerning page 17 of the document regarding possible toxicants produced in GMO
foods I liked. He noted that many foods that we eat contained toxicants.
My note, that is why we have a liver to remove poisons and toxins. His
comment on page 20 of the document and page 4 of his letter, states that the
FDA has no way of determining the extent that GMO plants may induce or increase
allergic reactions. He suggests post testing the newly created plants to
see if they increase allergic reactions and/or label the plants or ingredients
that come from them if they become part of our food supply, so that consumers
know what they are ingesting.
Note from Eric Katz (Dept. of
Health & Human Services) to John Gallivan. Subject: "Food
Biotechnology Policy Statement." Dated March 27, 1992. (2 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
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The author was
impressed with the document. He felt more studies needed to be done with
other species that might ingest the altered plants. Also the waste of the
animals that eat the altered plants need to be analyzed for changes and how
might the changes in the animals waste impact the environment.
70.
Memorandum from James B. MacRae, Jr. (of the
Office of Management and Budget), for C. Boyden Gray (President Bush’s White
House counsel). Subject: "FDA Food Biotechnology Policy."
Dated March 21, 1992. (2 pages) View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
I find Mr.
MacRae's thoughts interesting. In paragraph 4 he down plays the
differences in food production between traditional breeding and biotech methods
of food production. He says the focus of the FDA needs to be simply the
safety of the food not the method of production. On a surface level what
he says makes sense. You dig a bit deeper it does not. Creation
until recently normally occurs through sexual reproduction for millions of
species. Goats, tomatoes, cod and other unrelated species cannot exchange
DNA. However we can create an infinite number of differing plants or
animals using DNA of any of the above in infinite combinations. What is
not known is what impact such creations will have on the environment. It
is completely up in the air. However preliminary data indicates that
perhaps this technology is already causing unintended consequences which I will
describe below. In paragraph 8 on the second page of his letter he states
that bio-technolgy's precise techniques can produce safer more predictable
foods. Again in the short run this may be true but how about the long
run? What impact can these genetic changes have on our gut flora, on the
micro-organisms in the soil, on other creatures throughout time.
Although
millions of species reproduce sexually not all DNA is transferred this way.
Bacteria and micro-organisms can reproduce in other ways. Mutations
can be caused by viruses that enter the system and take over the DNA of cells.
They can also exchange DNA with other microorganisms. Can
genetically altered plants and animals alter the gut bacteria or soil
micro-organisms. FDA scientists seen to think the above is possible if
some of the above studies are accurate. There are probably thousands of
ways that genetically altered organisms can alter the environment and I bet the
FDA, USDA and other government agencies have only studied some of the ways that
interaction could occur.
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If you go through the FDA documents above
you will note that some of the scientists speculated that the introduction of
GMO foods might cause an increase in allergies. Starting in the 1990ties
GMO food has increasingly become a part of our diet. During this time
allergies and other chronic conditions have skyrocketed. I don't know if
anyone has directly implemented GMO products to these illnesses but it is an
interesting possible causal relationship. The AMA recognizes this
potential and now requests that GMO foods be safely tested before entering the
market.
1992 The FDA Statement of Policy – Foods Derived From New
Plant Varieties
http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/GuidanceDocuments/Biotechnology/ucm096095.htm This material is taken from FDA Federal
Register Volume 57 – 1992 Friday, May 29, 1992 Notices In this
document, the FDA first clearly takes the position that there is normally no
material difference between GMO foods and their natural plant counterparts,
therefore there is no need to force food producers to label GMO foods. See Part I Background and Overview of
Policy. Despite taking that
position, the paper is remarkably candid about potential risks of genetically
modified organisms. It is well
worth reading to illustrate that even scientists at the FDA had reservations
about this new technology. Here
are some interesting points within the document.
· Under the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) title 21, the FDA has broad authority to
initiate action against producers of adulterated food, however food producers
are expected to ensure their food is safe and in compliance. FDA often relies on the reports of
producers and their studies to determine if they are in compliance! Sometimes the jurisdiction of
regulatory procedures is unclear so producers can informally work with the
FDA. See II Responsibility for
Food Safety.
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The title of this
article is Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods
Have or Have Not Been Developed Using Bioengineering; Draft Guidance.
In 2000 the FDA held 3 public hearings regarding the 1992 policy
regarding GMO foods. They received
over 50,000 written comments. The
majority of comments regarding labeling GMO requested that GMO foods be clearly
labeled. However the FDA claimed
since those who requested labeling did not back up their concerns with data,
the previous policy remains in effect.
What is ironic about their statement about data is that it is very difficult for independently funded scientists to provide data to support their concerns about GMO food. This is because patent law allows biotechnology companies to closely guard their inventions so that only company paid scientists are allowed to study their products!
What is ironic about their statement about data is that it is very difficult for independently funded scientists to provide data to support their concerns about GMO food. This is because patent law allows biotechnology companies to closely guard their inventions so that only company paid scientists are allowed to study their products!
They did stipulate that all but small producers needed to satisfy
certain FDA Regulations in order to claim their food as organic. One stipulation for a food to be
organic is that it cannot have any bioengineering or GMO contamination.
Other Articles and Facts About GMO Foods
More than 70% of
Processed Foods Have GMO Ingredients/Smithsonian http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/06/food-modified-food/
Perhaps Most of
Animal Feed in U.S., is GMO. See
Also the Next Article.
Quantities (in hectares) of GM soya, maize, cotton and
oilseed rape grown
worldwide in 2011 as a proportion of the total harvests
(i.e. GM plus conventional) of each crop.
Global Cultivation
|
Total
|
GM Varieties and Percent of Total
|
Soya Bean
|
95 million
|
75.4 million (79%)
|
Maize
|
157 million
|
51 million (33%)
|
Cotton
|
34 million
|
24.7 million (73%)
|
Oilseed Rape
|
30 million
|
8.2 million (27%)
|
Total for above 4 Crops
|
316 million
|
159.3 million (50%)
|
Sources: European Commission; Food Standards Agency;
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; European Feed
Manufacturers' Association; International Service for the Acquisition of
Agri-biotech Applications.
U.S.
Department of Agricultural Data: 88% Corn, 93% Soy, 94% Cotton Grown in U.S. in
2012 is GMO!
Percentages of 3 different varieties of genetically modified plants are
compared as well as total percent of genetically modified food planted by state
and the U.S. for the years 2000-2012. http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/adoption-of-genetically-engineered-crops-in-the-us.aspx Once you click on the link, you will be
given an overview of the data. A
little below the middle of the page you will see the words Data Set. Underneath that you will see a link,
Genetically Engineered
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Varieties of Corn, Upland Cotton and Soybeans by State
and for the United States,
2000-2012. If you click on
it several Microsoft Exel sheets of data will be downloaded to your computer.
The graphs at the following link from the U.S.D.A. show what % of the
corn, cotton and soybean crops that are genetically modified since their
introduction in 1996 in the United States. http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/adoption-of-genetically-engineered-crops-in-the-us/recent-trends-in-ge-adoption.aspx
Now it is up to you to connect the dots. If most of the corn and soy in the U.S. are GMO then most of
the corn and soy products that you eat or any processed food with corn or soy
as part of their ingredients are also GMO.
Just as scary, most of the animal feeds for cattle and poultry we eat
have lots of corn or soy bean products in them. Therefore most of the meat eaten by Americans unless
designated non GMO fed or organic, they are likely fed GMO feed as a main part
of their diet. It is still unclear
if such policies could harm humans.
GMO corn, soy cotton and other GMO plants were fully introduced into our
crop supply in 1996 and within a decade became more prominent than natural
grown varieties. See the data in
the tables in link above, in this article. In the article below the next one called, Increase in
Allergies and Other Chronic Conditions Over Time, you will see a startling
phenomenon. Around 1996 or 1997
you began seeing a significant rise in allergies and other chronic
conditions. Could a causal
relationship exist between GMO foods and the increase in allergies, immune
disorders and other chronic conditions?
Only time will tell.
Most Animal Feed Consists of 50 to 75% GMO Corn or Soy.
Memorandum from Dr. Gerald B.
Guest, Director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine Subject: "Regulation
of Transgenic Plants--FDA Draft Federal Register Notice on Food Biotechnology View Our Summary - View Document - Print Document
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Dr. Guest's primary
concern is that unlike humans, some animals such as cattle obtain 50 to 70% of
their food from 1 plant or food source. See item 28 on page 7 of this
article.
Also see the FDA
1992 Statement of Policy Foods Derived From New Plant Varieties at the
Following Link. http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/GuidanceDocuments/Biotechnology/ucm096095.htm#contents
Click on table of
Contents. Go to letter H called
Issues Specific to Animal Feeds.
It is about a third of the way down the document. In the first paragraph it says and I
quote, “Unlike a food in the human diet, an animal feed from a single plant may
constitute a significant portion of the animal diet. For instance, 50 to 75 percent of the diet of most domestic
animals consist of field corn.
Therefore, a change in nutrient or toxicant composition that is
considered insignificant for human consumption may be a very significant change
in the animal diet”.
GMOs should
be safety tested before they hit the market says AMA
Here are links to various articles
below documenting increasing rates of allergies and chronic conditions.
Increase in Allergies and Other Chronic
Conditions Over Time
Before
discussing the data, some cautions need to be explored when considering the
rates of allergies over time. First, societal and scientific definitions
of allergies differ and also governments are slow to implement policies
concerning allergies. Part of the cause for allergies might be the
availability of food from all around the world. Since international
standards for allergies have not been set many researchers focus on cases of
severe life threatening allergies (anaphylaxis) instead of less severe forms of
allergies so this also affects the types of data in studies. Here is a
link to this pubmed article called Food allergies on the rise?
Determining the prevalence of food allergies, and how quickly it is increasing,
is the first step in tackling the problem. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1679775/
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Keeping the above in mind, the Milken Institute published a detailed study in 2007 projecting
what will happen if present trends in the rates of chronic illnesses continued
to increase through 2023. The
report is called An Unhealthy America: The Economic Burden of Chronic
Disease Charting a New Course to Save Lives and Increase Productivity and
Economic Growth. After stating
some dire predictions they offer solutions to turn us around. They projected that the rates of 7
chronic conditions would increase by the following percentages if we do not
change course: cancers, 62%; mental disorders, 54%; diabetes, 53%; heart
disease, 41%; hypertension, 39%; pulmonary conditions, 31% and stroke 29%. The visual graph of the above figures can be seen on page 11. http://www.milkeninstitute.org/healthreform/pdf/AnUnhealthyAmericaExecSumm.pdf
Why is the incidence of autoimmune diseases increasing in the modern
world? http://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0016/ea0016s3.1.htm Cleanliness might play a role.
According to
CDC data, food allergies among children have increased over time and this trend
is also occurring in other countries. The CDC stated that part of the
reason for this increase could be better diagnostic capabilities and or it
could be that people are more knowledgeable about allergies so children are
more likely to be referred to doctors. I include the data also because
according to the CDC, allergies of all forms are an immune disorder. Here
are some findings
· In 2007, approximately 3 million children
under age 18 years (3.9%) were reported to have a food or digestive
allergy in the previous 12 months.
· From 1997 to 2007, the prevalence of
reported food allergy increased 18% among children under age 18 years.
· Children with food allergy are two to four
times more likely to have other related conditions such as asthma and other
allergies, compared with children without food allergies.
· From 1998 until 2006 the number of children admitted
to hospitals with allergy conditions more than tripled from approximately 2,016
average cases from 1998 to 2000 to and average of 9,537 cases per year from
2004-2006!! Here is the title and link to the CDC website. Food Allergies Among Children
Becoming More Common Over Time http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db10.htm
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Asthma rates increasing in U.S., despite less smoking and decreased air
pollution [Updated/Los Angeles Times/5/4/2011 http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-asthma-rates-increasing-05032011,0,866950.story
Here are some significant findings according to the CDC.
· 1 in 12 people in the United States now
have asthma approximately 24.6 million people and increase of 4.3 million
people since 2001.
· By 2007 costs for treatment of people with
the condition totaled approximately 56 billion.
· The quality of the outside air is
improving and there is a decrease in smoking so we do not know why the rates
for asthma are going up according to Ileana Arias, the principal deputy director
of the CDC said at a news conference.
· Researchers have changed the way they
measure the incidence of asthma in the 1990ties but they still know, there
has been an increasing incidence of asthma over the last several
decades according to Paul Garbe, chief of the CDC's air pollution and
respiratory health branch.
Below are other
chronic conditions
The
following information on chronic conditions and chronic diseases was taken from
the CDC website. www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/index.htm
· ½ of all adults have at least 1 chronic
condition. In this case some of these conditions may be asymptomatic so
people don’t know they have the condition. It did not specify how many
have symptomatic verses asymptomatic chronic conditions.
· 1/3 of adults are obese. 1/5 of children are
obese between the ages of 6-19. Obesity is a prominent factor in diabetes
as well as other conditions..
· Arthritis is the most common disability in the
U.S. 19 million Americans have limitations in their ability to move as a
result of arthritis. Many scientists believe that arthritis is an
auto-immune disorder!
· Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure.
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· Most chronic conditions can be avoided or their
severity lessened by life style changes. Exercise, proper nutrition, and
limited or no tobacco or alcohol consumption.
By 2020, about 157 million Americans will be afflicted by chronic
illnesses, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Chronic Care in America.
From
1980-2009 crude prevalence of diagnosed diabetes increased by 164% www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prev/national/figage.htm
U.S.
Diabetes rate climbs above 11%; it could hit 15% by 2015 according to
Gallop-Healthways Well Being Index. Americans who are obese are 3X more
likely to be diagnosed with diabetes. I have read that some scientists believe
that diabetes is also an autoimmune disorder where the immune system eventually
destroys the part of the pancreas that produces insulin. This destruction
results in diabetes.
Increases of Feline hyperthyroidism http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1681113/pdf/canvetj00559-0023.pdf
Thyroid Cancers Increasing, in fact, according to new data from the
National Cancer Institute (NCI), thyroid cancer diagnoses have increased at a
rate of 6.5 percent a year from 1997 to 2006. Scientists don't know why. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504205917.htm
The incidence of Crohn’s Disease increasing over time. http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/DDW/14463
Above I raise the question if the introduction of GMO foods could have
caused the rise of allergies and other chronic conditions? This link
below claims that vaccines are the culprit.
New Zealand has one of the lowest vaccination rates among the
developed world. It also has one of the lowest allergy rates in its
population.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/4829150a4621.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/nz.html -
broken linkNew Zealand has one of the lowest vaccination rates among the
developed world. It also has one of the lowest allergy rates in its
population. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4829150a4621.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/nz.html -
broken link
I read some other abstracts indicating that auto-immune disorders are
increasing in the developed world. Some believe that our cleanliness
habits may contribute to the disorders. Here is one that stated that
auto-immune disorders are increasing in the developing world especially Europe
and the United States. http://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0016/ea0016s3.1.htm
The Changing Rate of Major Depression It seems to be increasing over time http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/268/21/3098.full.pdf
This article is probably a summary of the above
articlehttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n23_v142/ai_13237604/
QuickStats: Rate* of Hospitalization for Depression† Among Persons Aged 5--19 Years, by
Sex --- United States, 1990--1992 and 2002—2004 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5526a5.htm CDC study available SOURCE: National Hospital Discharge Survey annual data files for 1990,
1991, 1992, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/nhds.htm
If you cannot access the links to the information on allergies and chronic
illnesses in the email you can go to http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart4.blogspot.com/2011/09/united-nations-in-relationship-to-new_26.html The links from above plus
many more can be found starting on page 61 through 66.
This raises some interesting thoughts? What are
possible causes of this rise in various chronic conditions and allergies?
To be fair, autoimmune disorders are increasing in both Europe and the
U.S. So since Europe does not have
much GMO foods this makes a direct link between the introduction of GMO and
autoimmune disorders hard to prove.
On the other hand, I read that European cattle and poultry food animals
are fed GMO feed. Perhaps if
humans eat such animals, it could adversely impact their health.
However,
what I find fascinating about our system is the employment of plausible
deniability. Let's consider two cases. First the above, they have
tested various foods like the Flavr Savr tomato. The company producing
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the tomato provided studies that showed that the tomato was probably safe with
rats so it is likely safe with people. However, what about long term
effects? Who knows?
Let's consider depleted uranium weapons that our
soldiers have been using in various recent wars. Studies indicate that
moderate exposure to the dust from these weapons don't do any harm. They
don't know if any harm can come from long-term exposure or whether even short
term or moderate term exposure might be bad for some over the long term. To look at some research concerning
depleted uranium, go to http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart3.blogspot.com/2011/09/relationship-between-military.html Go to pages 41-55 to review several studies regarding
depleted uranium.
So lets say you get cancer or your child suffered a
major birth defect, is autistic or suffers severe allergies. What caused
it? It might be the pesticides, or chemicals in our food, air and water.
It might be the exposure of one of his parents to depleted uranium in one
of the wars. Perhaps a stray molecule of radiation got into you or your
child through the air or food from Fukushima. It might be the genetically
modified corn or soy ingested from some of the processed food that you or your
child ate? Perhaps the genetically altered food fed to the cattle now
caused some kind of change in the meat and that somehow impacted you or your
wife when she was pregnant with your child. Maybe the electro-magnetic
radiation from the microwave oven, cell phone or the smart meter next to your
house tipped the scales. Perhaps it was some combination of the above
that combined tipped the scales.
The point is the depleted weapons, cell phones,
pesticides, smart meters, genetically modified food and countless other
chemicals have been tested on animal subjects and rarely cause severe reactions
so they have been deemed safe for human subjects. Of course nothing is
completely safe there will be somebody that has a bad reaction just like in
animal trials. The point is what happens when you are exposed to more and
more chemicals, electro-magnetic radiation, genetically modified food or
pesticides. Is there a tipping point where different chemicals,
radiation, vaccines, genetically altered foods etc start interacting with each
other in a synergistic way so although any one of these inputs by themselves
are not harmful to very many people but together their interactions are very
toxic. Unfortunately there is no way to test this hypothesis.
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Some
scientists say that GMO foods are more beneficial than harmful. I do know that they are fairly
prevalent in our food supply.
Maybe they are not that good for us if you look at data concerning
prescription drugs. We consume
more prescription drugs than any place on the globe. Does that mean we are less healthy than other nations? I don’t know. Could GMO foods play a role in our feelings of disease? Consider the following data.
The addict is the
natural ally of the Tyrant for the addiction gradually weakens the individual
until others must care for him. A
constitutional republic cannot survive unless the people are willing and able
to care for themselves.
Here are some
interesting statistics from this CDC government website.
· 38 million adults binge drinks consuming 4
drinks or more in a short period of time 4 times or more during each
month. The largest number of
drinks per binge on average is 8 drinks.
About 1 in 6 adults binge drink.
· The average number of drinks on any given
binge is 5.
· Drinking too much including binge drinking
causes approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the U.S. In 2006 alcoholism cost the economy 223.5 billion.
· The age group with the most binge drinkers
is 18-34 years.
· The age group that binge drinks most often
are 65 or more.
· The income group with the most binge
drinkers is more than $75,000
· The income group that binge drinks the most
often and drinks most per binge makes less than $25,000
· Most alcohol-impaired drivers binge drink.
· However, most people who binge drink are not
acoholics.
The Increased Use of
Prescription Drugs and Other Addictions/Could it Be Related to the
Emergence of GMO Foods
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U.S. Has Most
Youth and Adults that Use/Abuse
Prescription
Drugs in the Free World
#1
According to the CDC, the percentage of Americans that say that they have taken
a prescription drug within the last month has risen to almost 50 percent.
#2 The
percentage of Americans that say that they have taken two or more prescription
drugs within the last month has risen to 31 percent, and
the percentage of Americans that say that they have taken five or more
prescription drugs within the last month has risen to 11 percent.
#3 If you
can believe it, the CDC also says that approximately 9 out of every 10 Americans
that are at least 60 years of age say that they have taken at least one
prescription drug within the last month. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db42.htm
#4 According to the Wall Street Journal, more
than 25 percent of all kids in the United States take prescription drugs on a
regular basis. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203731004576046073896475588.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_editorsPicks_1 CNN had a similar article. http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/23/kids.overmedicated/index.html
#5 One brand new study has found
that more than 20 percent of all
American adults are taking at least one drug for "psychiatric" or
"behavioral" disorders. http://www.naturalnews.com/034278_psychiatric_drugs_adults.html http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/healthcare/health/healthcare/story/2011-11-16/Report-1-in-5-of-US-adults-on-behavioral-meds/51241236/1
#6 A recent Government
Accountability Office report shockingly discovered that approximately one-third of all
foster children in the United States are on at least one psychiatric
drug. In fact, the report found that many states seem to be doping up
foster children as a matter of course. Just check out these stunning
statistics.... http://abcnews.go.com/US/study-shows-foster-children-high-rates-prescription-psychiatric/story?id=15058380#.UBY64I7R0lL
In Texas, foster children were 53
times more likely to be prescribed five or more psychiatric medications at the
same time than non-foster children. In Massachusetts,
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they were 19 times more
likely. In Michigan, the number was 15 times. It was 13 times in Oregon. And in
Florida, foster children were nearly four times as likely to be given five or
more psychotropic medications at the same time compared to non-foster children.
#7 The percentage of women taking
antidepressants in America is higher than
in any other country in the world. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-medicated-americans
#8 Children in the United States
are three times more likely to be
prescribed antidepressants than children in Europe are. http://www.businessinsider.com/depressing-facts-about-healthcare-system-2011-6#american-kids-are-three-times-as-likely-to-be-prescribed-antidepressants-than-kids-in-europe-9
#9 The total number of Americans
taking antidepressants doubled
between 1996 and 2005. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-08-03-antidepressants_N.htm
#10 According to the CDC, approximately three
quarters of a million people a year are rushed to emergency rooms
in the United States because of adverse reactions to pharmaceutical drugs.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17047216
#11 It has been reported that
approximately 200,000 Americans a year
are killed by prescription drugs. http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/01/deadly-medicine-201101 More than 2 million Americans become seriously ill
every year because of toxic reactions to correctly prescribed medicines taken
properly, and 106,000 die from those reactions, a new study concludes.
#12 According to the Los Angeles Times, drug
deaths (mostly caused by prescription drugs) are climbing at an astounding
rate....
Drug fatalities more than doubled among teens and
young adults between 2000 and 2008, years for which more detailed data are
available. Deaths more than tripled among people aged 50 to 69, the Times
analysis found. In terms of sheer numbers, the death toll is highest among
people in their 40s. In their
calculations over 34,000 die a year now more than die in traffic accidents. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/17/local/la-me-drugs-epidemic-20110918
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#15 The CDC says that spending on
prescription drugs more than doubled
between 1999 and 2008. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db42.htm
U.S. Has Most Who Use and Abuse Illegal Drugs
16% vs
4% in New Zealand in Second Place/CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500368_162-4222322.html If you google country with highest amount of illegal drug
use, the U.S. will come up over and over.
Why do Americans Consume 80% of the World’s Painkiller Drugs?/BBC
News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17963222 According to The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians,
in testimony before Congress, Americans consume 80% of the pain medicine
produced throughout the world. In
2010 pharmacies distributed enough Percocet to give each person in the United
States 40 5mg pills.
Americans consume 80% of opiate painkillers produced in
the world, according to congressional testimony by the American Society of
Interventional Pain Physicians.
More overdose death from prescription drugs occur than from cocaine and
heroin combined
Below are statistics
related to carbonated soda. I have
suspected that a hidden addiction afflicting many is the addiction to
sugar. Also one of the primary
ingredients found in most sodas is high fructose corn syrup. Most of the corn grown and fed to our
livestock is GMO corn and the fructose corn syrup found in the soda is
genetically modified. Many serious
chronic health conditions are associated with the over consumption of these carbonated
sodas.
American Soda
Consumption: Half of Us Drink it Everyday, Study Says
Of the
49% of us who drink soda the average consumption per day is 2.6 glasses a
day. Soda’s high potassium content
causes calcium to be depleted resulting in higher tooth decay, osteoporosis and
other health issues. Sodas also
contain high amounts of high fructose corn syrup that not only is associated
with many health problems but is also a genetically modified ingredient.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/half-of-americans-drink-soda-everyday-consumption_n_1699540.html
http://www.gallup.com/poll/156116/Nearly-Half-Americans-Drink-Soda-Daily.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication
Fortunately
soda consumption in the U.S. is declining.
Soft
Drink Consumption: The Frightening Statistics and Associated Health Risks! http://www.everyday-wisdom.com/soft-drink-consumption.html
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Below are more interesting articles related to GMO issues. The
titles of the articles sound like something you would read in a supermarket
tabloid but these articles came from credible news sources.
Other Biotech Events Related To GMO’s
Brave new world circa 1965
Imagine what it is like now. Life Magazine September 10, 1965
in the article “Beginning a New Series on Profound and Astonishing Biological
Revolution starting on page 59. http://books.google.com/books?id=k1IEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=Live+Magazine+Profound+and+Astonishing+Biological+Revolution&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uw0NT_fEAuWciQLKovHyAw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
This link has the pictures from the above enlarged. http://life.time.com/culture/control-of-life-pictures-from-a-medical-revolution-1965/#8
Animal-Human
Hybrids Spark Controversy/National Geographic News 1/25/2005 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras_2.html
In 2003, Chinese scientists fused rabbit eggs with human
cells. The chimeras or creatures that have parts of 2 or more animals
within one body, are considered the first created in the world using genetic
manipulation. Persons that have valves from pigs or cows for their hearts
would also be chimeras because they have parts from 2 or more animals in one
body.
Artificial
Spider Silk Could Be Used for Armor, More
Spider Goats produce super strong material. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0114_050114_tv_spider_2.html
Genetically
Modified Cows Produce Human Milk
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Human Animal
Hybrids!
Although mixing
human and animal genes is frowned upon and is probably illegal except under
stringent conditions in U.S., it still probably occurs and is not illegal
elsewhere. See the articles starting on page 29. Here are a couple
of links but if you google the title you will get a lot of articles.
Since such animals
exist it throws a curve ball on what it means to be a human. What legal
rights would such creatures have? What responsibility would we have
toward such creatures? Do we really want to go down this road?
Details of
hybrid clone revealed
It is believed that a cell from a man’s leg and a cow’s egg were used to
generate the clone. The DNA from the cow egg was removed and the DNA from
the man’s cell was inserted into the cow egg. The modified egg was
exposed to chemicals stimulating it to grow as an embryo. The cells
divided for 12 days before the scientists killed it, stating that was not
really alive because it takes a human embryo about 14 days to attach itself to
the uterine wall.
Of Mice, Men
and In-Between
Scientists Debate Blending Of
Human, Animal Forms
A lot of info in
this article is covered in other places but here are further interesting facts
taken directly from the article.
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· In Nevada, there are sheep whose livers and hearts are largely
human.
· In California mice have human cells firing in their brains.
· No Federal guidelines exist for the question, how human must an
animal be before stringent guidelines are observed for research.
· For many years scientists have added human genes to
bacteria and farm animals that allow the animals to create human proteins such
as insulin for use as medicines.
· Scientists have injected human cells into pig fetuses and
these cells multiply within the pigs so the pig is part human and part
pig. Also some of the human and pig cells fuse creating hybrid cells
containing both human and pig material
· The upside of such activities is organs can be harvested
from these creatures and used for human transplants. The downside is that
viruses that only attack pigs can lodge in these fused cells and adapt and
modify themselves so they can attack humans. According to the Washington
Post scientists consider this a real danger for any type of animal human hybrid
produced for these purposes.
· Irving Weissman, director of Stanford University’s
Institute of Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, helped create the first
mouse with a nearly complete human immune system. Such animals in his
view are invaluable in testing drugs for AIDS virus since regular mice do not
succumb to this disease.
· He is studying how human cells evolve and connect to mouse
cells over time and hope to discover early development flaws that occur in
human infants or children which might later lead to brain diseases such as Lou
Gehrig’s, Parkinson disease and other brain disorders. His group has
created mice with varying percentages of human brain cells within their brains.
· He is contemplating creating mice with 100% human
brains. If the brains organize themselves in a human way he would kill
the mice. He is asking the University’s ethics department for an opinion.
http://www.infowars.com/articles/brave_new_world/chimera.htm Contains a synopsis of the 4 or 5 articles, listed above,
from Washington Post, New York Times, CNN and BBC describing scientific
research on human cloning and creation of human animal chimeras!
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Chimeras: A Review This article defines chimeras and reviews many of the experiments
occurring with them as of 2005. http://chimera.greyfalcon.us/ An experiment not done as of yet, but
is possible is to place human stem cells into animal fetuses. The cells would migrate to all parts of
the animal’s body and would be found in all organs of the animal as it grew. Such humanized animals could be used
for drug experiments or organ transplants. Some of the cells could also go to the reproductive organs
so that it would be possible for two humanized mice that mate could produce
human offspring.
Plant Animal
Hybrids and Plant Bacterial Hybrids/PBS
According to this
PBS article, scientists attempted to splice a gene from an arctic flounder into
tomatoes to produce tomatoes that were frost resistant. The scientists
were not successful in this endeavor but they have produced corn and soy beans
resistant to herbicides using genes from bacteria. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dna/pop_genetic_gallery/index.html
USDA Backs
Production of Rice with Human Genes/Washington Post Friday, March 2, 2007. The genetically
modified rice produces human proteins found in our immune system in the
seeds. Doctors would like to use these proteins to help cure diarrhea
that kills over 12 million children in the world every year.
USDA Won’t Impose
Restrictions On Biotech Alfalfa/Wall Street Journal 1/27/2011
The Obama
Administration abandoned the proposal to restrict genetically modified alfalfa
that tolerates high levels of the herbicide Roundup in its view to eliminate
regulations that are burdensome to business. The vast majority of the
nation’s corn, soybeans, and cotton are grown from genetically modified
varieties. Some biotechnology officials have predicted that U.S. farmers
will use genetically modified seeds to grow ½ of the nation’s alfalfa.
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In
the week following this article the USDA is expected to decide whether to approve
the planting of genetically modified sugar beets in time for this year’s
planting. Below are concerns. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703399204576108601430251740.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter
· According to Federal rules relating to organic foods,
organic farmers cannot sell any foods as organic if the food has any DNA in the
food that is genetically modified. Even the Secretary of the USDA Tom
Vilsack, admits in an open letter to stakeholders in this conflict, stated that
the risk that pollen from genetically modified plants contaminating natural
varieties is substantial rendering their seeds no longer natural. http://www.usda.gov/documents/Open_Letter_Stakeholders_12-30-2010.pdf This law applies to any organically raised cattle
as well. If these cattle acidently consume genetically modified alfalfa then
the meat of these cattle according to Federal rules could no longer be sold as
organic meat.
· The following concerns do not come from the Wall Street
Journal article. According to Dr. Joseph Mercola three organic producers
including Whole Foods, caved into Monsanto’s demands to allow genetically
modified alfalfa to be grown along side organically grown natural
alfalfa. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/03/05/whole-foods--major-betrayal-of-organic-movement.aspx
· I have not documented the following here but some of the
concerns can be found in this file, other files or on the internet.
· The primary concern about the introduction of genetically
modified foods is that their has been no long term experiments studying their
impact on humans, other plants and animals in the environment. The fact
that they are here now, illustrates that we and the rest of life are part of
this great experiment to determine the long term impact of genetically modified
food!
· Preliminary comments from internet sources claim the
following. Many animals fed genetically modified food suffer from
infertility, hormonal disruptions, allergies and other auto-immune
disorders. Others claim that these disorders are rising in the human
population in direct correlation to the increasing exposure of our species to
genetically modified products. See
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the following articles in the
post, The U.N. in relationship to the New World Order Part II.Could
Increasing Use of Vacines, GMO's and other Chemicals Cause rise in Chronic
Illness on page 61.
· One particularly frightening theory proposes that the
Colony Collapse Syndrome recently affecting honeybees may be caused by their
ingestion of genetically modified pollen. Honeybees are critical to human
food supplies for they are the main pollinators of our fruits and vegetables.
Can Corn With Part
of HIV Virus Infect People
Rewinding
evolution: Scientists alter chicken DNA to create embryo with 'alligator-like'
snout Page 26 L2 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2027558/Scientists-undo-evolution-create-chicken-maniraptora-snout.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
FDA Rules
Won't Require Labeling of Genetically Modified Salmon Washington Post by
Lyndsey Layton, Saturday, September 18, 2010
Senate Debates Pros
and Cons of Introducing Genetically Modified Salmon Into U.S. Food Supply
You need to
go to minute 29 on the link. This is where the Senate testimony starts. Genetically modified salmon
Senate Testimony http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=09660b72-d9b2-4144-81a9-3ac9943b417f&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978
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60 Minutes/4/4/10/Should Biotech Firms Be Able to Own Human Genes
In European
countries, genes cannot be owned by businesses. In U.S. law, companies that discover human genes can take
out patents on the genes. 1/3 of
our genes have been claimed in this way.
One women who
had an aggressive form of breast cancer in her family asked for a test related
to a gene. The company that owned
the rights to the defective gene charged $3,000 for the test. Since the women’s insurance company did
not cover the test, the lab refused to give the patient the test.
If women happen
to get a positive result for the test, they would probably want a second
opinion which in medicine has been their right for hundreds of years, in this
case too bad. This is the only
company that owns the patent for the test so no other lab owned by a different
company can provide the test!
Government Involvement
Michael R Taylor
Secretary of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Formally Lawyer for Monsanto
Michael R. Taylor's
appointment by the Obama administration to the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) on July 7th sparked immediate debate and even outrage among many food and
agriculture researchers, NGOs and activists. The Vice President for Public
Policy at Monsanto Corp. from 1998 until 2001, Taylor exemplifies the revolving
door between the food industry and the government agencies that regulate it. He
is reviled for shaping and implementing the government's favorable agricultural
biotechnology policies during the Clinton administration.
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Yet what has
slipped under everyone's radar screen is Taylor's involvement in setting U.S.
policy on agricultural assistance in Africa. In collusion with the Rockefeller
and Bill and Melinda Gates foundations, Taylor is once again the go-between man
for Monsanto and the U.S. government, this time with the goal to open up
African markets for genetically-modified (GM) seed and agrochemicals. http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18866.cfm
Here is a run down
on some history concerning Michael Taylor from Wikipedia. After
graduating in law Michael became a staff attorney for the FDA for a few
years. He then represented Monsanto leading the firm’s Food and drug law
practice for 10 years. He again did a short stint under Clinton in the
FDA as the newly created post of Deputy Commissioner of Policy. Later he
returned to Monsanto to become the vice president for Public Policy. On
July 7, 2009, he was appointed by Obama as a senior advisor to the FDA
Commissioner.
The Food and Drug
Administration put out a blurb about him when Obama rehired him back to work at
the FDA. There was no mention of his work with Monsanto. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm170842.htm
Rampant
Conflicts of Interest Per Supreme Court Justice and FDA Secretary Put You and
Your Family at Great Risk www.celsias.com/article/ex-monsanto-lawyer-clarence-thomas-hear-major-mons/ The above link illustrates that Chief
Justice Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer may have direct conflicts of
interests regarding this case involving Monsanto.
The FDA suggests that
companies voluntarily label any genetically modified food products but most
don’t realizing that such labeling would adversely limit sales! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/18/AR2010091803520.html
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The following 3
articles can be found on line at http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart4.blogspot.com/2011/09/united-nations-in-relationship-to-new.html starting on
page 23
Soon One Person May
Control What Foods We Grow and Eat According to a Bill Passed By Congress in
2010
Although this does not directly
relate to the U.N., I put this article here because there is a worldwide
movement to establish international norms and rules for many things that now
are controlled by national governments. The article below this article at http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart4.blogspot.com/2011/09/united-nations-in-relationship-to-new.html makes
an incredible claim that food will one day be used as a weapon to reduce
population. This would be easier if 1 person or a small group of people
controlled all regulations pertaining to the growing and consumption of
food. Is this the intent of the recently passed Senate bill 510?
This links directly
to the bill S-510 referred to as the, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect
to the safety of the food supply. To some the
most dangerous bill ever conceived because a person in the government will have
complete control over what food is grown and what food is banned as well as how
food is processed!
The following link
discusses concerns with the bill. www.govtrackinsider.com/articles/2010-10-15/s510
This is the text of
the bill that passed the Senate. www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-510 Just click on the link that says full text.
If you’re a little leery of the source, because it may seem too focused on “New
World Order” here is a link to the bill passed by the Senate from the Library
of Congress Thomas. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:3:./temp/~c111BmvRTy:e4244:
One of the most
glaring things about the bill is that different parts are slashed out of the
existing law and other parts are added to it then it tells you to refer to
section such and such and paragraph such and such so if you are not specially
trained then how is a layman suppose to figure out what the bill says! In
addition, much of it is written in legalize so that makes it hard to
interpret. However:
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If you look
at the first section 101 you find the following quote. (2) USE OF OR EXPOSURE TO FOOD OF CONCERN- If the Secretary believes
that there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to an
article of food, and any other article of food that the Secretary reasonably
believes is likely to be affected in a similar manner, will cause
serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals,
each person (excluding farms and restaurants) who manufactures, processes,
packs, distributes, receives, holds, or imports such article shall, at the
request of an officer or employee duly designated by the Secretary, permit such
officer or employee, upon presentation of appropriate credentials and a written
notice to such person, at reasonable times and within reasonable limits and in
a reasonable manner, to have access to and copy all records relating to such
article and to any other article of food that the Secretary reasonably believes
is likely to be affected in a similar manner, that are needed to assist the
Secretary in determining whether there is a reasonable probability that the use
of or exposure to the food will cause serious adverse health consequences or
death to humans or animals.
First, the Secretary of the
Food and Drug Administration will have complete control over the process of
growing and processing food in the country. It is he who will
determine what a reasonable probability that a food is unsafe.
What does cause serious adverse
health consequences mean? Does it mean that 1 out of a hundred, thousand,
ten thousand or one hundred thousand get sick to their stomach for a night or
what? What criteria is this one human being going to use to decide whether
I grow, process or consume a food?
What about death? If in a
year 5 people whose immune systems are damaged for whatever reason die because
they consumed raw cow’s milk, does that mean that I and the maybe 3,000 other
people who have drank raw milk for years with no
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apparent adverse health
impacts in Arizona now have to stop drinking raw milk? So what is going
to be the criteria on deaths? If I swallow too large a piece of steak and
get it lodged in my windpipe does that mean the consumption of steak will be outlawed
some day because people can choke on it. Perhaps the consumption of
tomatoes, broccoli, and chicken should be band because of salmonella.
Let’s look at another aspect of
this just passed bill. It states at a later date after the passage of the
bill, the FDA not our elected officials will create and flesh out the scope of
the final regulations. If the past is any guide, whom do you think will
be lobbying at the table hammering out these rules? Do you think it will
be the small family farmers or your local CSA’s and organic farmers or will it
be the huge agri-businesses present to protect their interests?
Let’s bring this down to a
personal level. About ten years ago people in Arizona could buy raw milk
from stores. Now very few places sell it. Even farmers can get in
trouble for giving or selling raw cow or goat milk. I drank raw milk for
many years without any ill effects. I happen to believe if you use common
sense raw milk is far better for you than pasteurized milk. Come to think
of it I have eaten raw hamburger, chicken, steak and fish for years without
adverse health effects. Everybody says that is dangerous but I have been
doing it for years.
But there is a growing movement
for people to buy their milk fresh from trusted farmers. The CDC and FDA
advise against it. Some day someone with a compromised immune system will
probably die from fresh milk and it will be banned. You will only be able
to get it from highly regulated factories.
To add insult to injury and to
rub salt in a fresh wound the present secretary of The Food and Drug
Administration appointed by President Barack Obama is Michael R Taylor formally
a lawyer for Monsanto one of the bioengineering companies creating genetically
modified food. There are no long term studies showing what impact
genetically engineered food will have on us, the animals we feed it to or our
environment! Under the Clinton administration Michael Taylor actively
lobbied to introduce genetically engineered crops to farmers in Africa.
See the articles directly below this article for more on Monsanto and Michael
Taylor.
Here is related information from
a CDC Survey in 2006-2007.
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CDC FoodNet Surveys
Found that Approximately 3% of Population of 10 States Consumed Raw Milk Within
7 Day Period During 2006-2007
The interviews
occurred with 17,372 people, representing a total population of 45,883,553 in
the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota,
New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Tennessee at taxpayers expense. Page 13
of the link contains the data concerning the raw milk consumption in the 10
states. http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/surveys/FoodNetExposureAtlas0607_508.pdf Officials were comfortable because of the size of the sample,
projecting that approximately 3% of the nation’s population was consuming raw
milk at that time.
According to the
following websites, the laws against consumption of raw milk have been on the
books for quite a few years before the FDA began it’s systematic crackdown on
its consumption in 2006-2007. These websites allege that until this time
the consumption of unpasteurized raw milk was increasing rapidly causing the
major diary companies to pressure the FDA to begin a crackdown. In
addition, there have been cases of individuals becoming sick from the
consumption of raw milk but no deaths and little said about the numbers of
consumers that consumed raw milk. If the above data from the CDC surveys
is accurate maybe 1 or 2 in a thousand actually experience intestinal sickness
and reported the sickness from consuming it. Balance this against the
possible benefits for the other 999 out of 1,000 that consumed it. Many
of the prescription drugs that doctors prescribe are also known to cause side
affects in small numbers of the population but these drugs have still been
approved by the FDA. http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/open-letter-to-fdas-dairy-head-john-sheehan-bemis.htm http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/07/06/ron-paul-vs-the-fda-milk-police.aspx
I thought the
following study from NPR is interesting because many of the GMO plants produce
their own pesticides so it is related to the topic at hand.
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Pesticide Exposure Linked to
Significant
Intelligence Decline in Children/NPR
4/21/2011
If the link does
not work, google Mothers’ Pesticide Exposure Linked to Kids IQ’s. If these studies are actually reliable
and valid then their implications are frightening for all of us. Here are
some highlights below.
· Scientists report that children exposed to pesticides in
the womb can have a reduction of 7points of IQ at the age of 7. This
works out to about a 6 month delay at that age so exposed children are about 6
months behind their peers at that age. This is according to 3 independent
studies reported in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
· One study involved several hundred women and children who
lived near farms where pesticides were sprayed. They found that women
that had the highest levels of pesticides in their systems had children with
lower IQs at the age of 7. These children’s IQ’s were 7 points lower than
their non-exposed counterparts.
· 2 scientists at Columbia University in New York show that
the risk of pesticide exposure occurs in city children as well. They
studied a specific pesticide used to kill roaches in New York City. They
found this pesticide in almost 100% of the air samples in the apartments.
They also measured the amount of the pesticide in the umbilical chord blood of 265
children in low- income households. Those with the highest levels of the
pesticide in their umbilical chord blood scored the lowest on amount of working
memory and scores on IQ test at the age of 7. Although the affects are
small, children are at the age where they are starting school and these affects
impact their learning, ability to attend and their ability to read. This
particular pesticide has been banned for indoor use but it is still sprayed
outside along roads and other places and many people still have it in their
systems.
· Another study found that some people genetically are more
at risk to pesticides or certain pesticides. The best way to avoid these
pesticides is to buy organic food. If that is not possible then wash
fruits and vegetables even oranges and other fruit that you peel to eliminate
the traces of pesticides. DOW who creates this pesticide wants to look at
the studies before it comments.
Since pesticides
are all around us how are any of us impacted. Perhaps all of us are
slightly dulled by the pesticides. There’s no way of knowing but even a
slight dulling in intellect in the aggregate could be profound. http://www.npr.org/2011/04/21/135605139/mothers-pesticide-exposure-linked-to-kids-iqs
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NPR/Market
Place/5/4/2011/GMO’s and Organics Must Co-exist The Rationale for Increasing GMO Foods. According
to the host, gmo’s and organic foods most coexist
because it won’t be long before we have 9 billion people and organic methods of
farming just don’t have the capacity to feed that many people. Here is a transcript to part of
the interview. http://www.marketplace.org/topics/life/non-organic-future?page=10
Fooling With Food
Arizona Daily Star or Modifying Food with Genetics
http://azstarnet.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/article_87665f6f-15fc-5dd6-b6ad-4e10f02c8ce2.html This article
gives a pretty good overview of the rationale and pros and cons of GMO
foods. It describes in some detail
how extensive GMO foods are in our food supply today!
Here is my question.
The FDA is probably rigorous in testing each GMO product in detailed
animal studies to ascertain that any product is safe for the vast majority of
us. But more and more GMO products are being added to processed foods
over time so that almost any processed food now has several genetically
modified ingredients such as beet sugar, corn syrup, soy oil, canola oil, or
cotton seed oil. Gradually more fruits and vegetables are being added to
the food supply and a company is attempting to put GMO salmon on the market.
In addition, genetically modified corn and alfalfa are fed to cattle.
I'm curious if any studies have been done feeding animals various GMO
foods in their diet or does the FDA just test each material in isolation?
When I was a child
I relied on my parents to provide me the most nutritious foods available.
I am no longer a child so I take on that responsibility for myself and my
family. I have the right to know if my food has been genetically modified
and I have the right to choose whether I or my family eats such food. I
no longer have that right if the ingredients in my food are hidden from me.
Scientists Dream of Creating
Plants that Can Separate From Roots to Get to Sun and Other Incredible
Ideas. To find the article about
plants separating from roots go to the biotech-medical link below and search
for the article printed June 25, 2010 called New Plant Paradigms (Part IV: a
Return to Roots) in the archives.
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Conclusions
Considering
the above information, it is a bit harder to completely dismiss those that
claim, “The powers that Be”, intend to covertly reduce human population by
malevolent means. Considering what
I know I am keeping an open mind.
The links below support the above hypothesis.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/genetically-modified-soy_b_544575.html
Reviews several studies in Russia, India, Italy, and the United States
showing a drastic drop in fertility and increase in infant mortality in animals
fed GMO soy. 7/25/2012
Utilizing
Genetically Modified Food as a Weapon to Reduce Population A Scary
Scientific Explanation http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/12/10/dr-don-huber-interview-part-1.aspx?e_cid=20111210_DNL_art_1
The Hidden Epidemic Destroying
Your Gut Flora This agricultural
scientist explains how many GMO plants are nutritionally inferior to natural
plants but also inhibit gut flora’s ability to assimilate nutrients.
Population
Reduction 2012 Codex Alimentarius
For several
decades the fertility of humans has been declining in the industrialized
nations. No one has proved
why fertility overall is declining.
Differing sources blame, propaganda, chemicals, vaccines and or GMO
Foods. Infertility
to Double in Europe in Next Decade According to BBC Report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4112450.stm
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Population Control
and The National Security Memorandum 200/Kissinger Speaking of Population Growth
Consider the document The National Security Memorandum 200 authored partly by
Henry Kissinger. By 1974 when
President Ford signed on to the document over 10 million people in the world
were dying of hunger. The authors
felt if nothing was done by 2,000 7 billion would inhabit the globe. If they could implement some programs
then by that time perhaps the growth could be reduce to 6.4 billion. Implementing drastic plans would cut
the growth to 5.9. At the time
officials of many nations thought the control of population growth was the most
critical issue of the time if mass starvation, disease and war were to be
avoided. Yet how to get nations of
the world to sign on to such a program no one could figure out how to do
it. Never in modern historical
times has man ever united to achieve any one goal. Skimming over most of the document it suggested various
voluntary means of controlling growth of population.
Only
two pages discussed involuntary actions that might need to be imposed upon
countries because of the urgency of the problem. Many experts studying the problem claimed in these two pages
that it was already too late for voluntary methods to work. To see the entire document go to http://www.population-security.org/28-APP2.html
The remarkable thing is that in the year 2000 the
population barely reached 6 billion people. Remember the memorandum stated that if they could
implement the most rigorous
programs they could cut the growth to 5.9 billion people by 2000. My question is how did they almost
achieve their goal? To see some
interesting information from the document and get the gist of how various
leaders of the world may have pulled this off, go to the article “The U.N. and
Population Control Memorandum The National Security Study 200/Henry
Kissinger. It is on page 19 in the
link, http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart4.blogspot.com/2011/09/united-nations-in-relationship-to-new.html
Central
Intelligence Country Comparison/Total Fertility Rate/2011 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html CIA
offers interesting statistics on Fertility rate throughout the world. Alarming rates of declining populations
are occurring in most industrialized nations.
Solutions
State Initiatives Petitions to Label GMO Foods California Text of
the California Iniative http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/labelgmos/pages/31/attachments/original/CA-Right-to-Know-Initiative12.pdf?1324916176
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Washington State Senate/House Bill to Label GMO Foods
Connecticut Vermont failed to Pass GMO labeling Bills Perhaps we can learn from the failures.
Monsanto has influenced legislation in
other nearby states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio to back off labeling such
foods threatening these states with expensive lawsuits.
Action Groups
www.ResponsibleTechnology.org www.OrganicConsumers.org http://www.gmolabeling.org/
http://www.foodstamped.com/
Yes on 37 The California initiative to label GMO foods. Links to various documents
•
Call Script: http://ow.ly/ejfV2 This presents in brief some facts about
GMO’s
•
What If Questions: http://ow.ly/ehSH7 If you want more information go to http://www.carighttoknow.org/facts If you want to answer questions
from the opposition then go to http://bit.ly/SETifV
•
Why Labeling GMOs is Important: http://www.carighttoknow.org/facts
Alexis Soto alexis@carighttoknow.org
To join phone bank. http://www.carighttoknow.org/evening_phone_bank_shift_10_23?recruiter_id=18993
http://www.carighttoknow.org/evening_phone_bank_shift_10_23?e=ace0b41b7c0f837e0abedfb831b3141ac30f8fa8 Go to the top of the page and click on
phone bank.
Overview of Prop 37 from a supporter and opponent
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-yes-on-proposition-37-launches-tv-ad-campaign-20121026,0,3566999.story Video is about 13 minutes.
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Yes on Prop 37
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szq2GFYktG8 Video 30 seconds, False corporate
claims concerning their products.
Has anything changed?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYw1VPI--Yk Video 2 minutes and 35 seconds.
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3i9Xf_JIGg 2 minutes and 14 seconds.
http://knowgmo.org/videos/monsanto-does-not-want-you-watching/
Video is 2 minutes and 8 seconds
See more videos on the website www.knowgmo.org In this website the founder has
hundreds of videos presented by citizens.
He has organized them by most viewed most shared and most recent. If you know anyone in California please
send them to them.
No on Prop 37 Campaign Add http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/can-campaign-ads-convince-voters-not-to-care-whats-in-their-food/263673/ 15 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0prG2KdP6uY 1 minute 2 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zCUWEA1d6A 2 minutes 56 seconds Google No on 37 in youtube to get many
adds
Contents Of Above
Articles Just the Links
FDA Scientist Concerns With GMO Foods http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart4.blogspot.com/2011/09/trends-toward-tyrannical-new-world_5649.html
Go to pages 55-60.
Various Safety Concerns
Specific Objections to Use
of Antibiotic-Resistant
Marker Genes
Safety Questions Raised by
Tests on the
Fkavr Savr Tomato—the Most
Thoroughly
Tested Bioengineered Food
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More than 70% of
Process Foods Has GMO Ingredients/Smithsonian http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/06/food-modified-food/
GMOs should be
safety tested before they hit the market says AMA
Increases in Allergies and other Chronic
Conditions Over Time
http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart4.blogspot.com/2011/09/united-nations-in-relationship-to-new_26.html The links from above plus
many more can be found starting on page 61 through 66.
Centers for Disease Control
Data
LA Times Asthma Rates Increasing http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-asthma-rates-increasing-05032011,0,866950.story
Some scientists claim that GMO foods provide
more benefits than harm. So why do
we suffer so many health problems?
Could GMO foods play a role?
U.S. Has Most Youth and Adults that Use/Abuse Prescription Drugs in
the Free World
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% of
Americans that say I have taken two or more prescription drugs within the last
month has risen to 31 percent,
% of
Americans that say that they have taken five or more prescription drugs
within the last month has risen to 11 percent.
9 out of every 10
Americans that are at least 60 years of age say I have taken at least one
prescription drug within the last month. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db42.htm
Wall Street Journal, more
than 25 percent of all kids in U.S. take prescription drugs on a regular basis.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203731004576046073896475588.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_editorsPicks_1 CNN had a similar article. http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/23/kids.overmedicated/index.html
more than 20 percent of
American adults take at least one drug for "psychiatric" or
"behavioral" disorders. http://www.naturalnews.com/034278_psychiatric_drugs_adults.html http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/healthcare/health/healthcare/story/2011-11-16/Report-1-in-5-of-US-adults-on-behavioral-meds/51241236/1
Government Accountability Office report approximately one-third of
foster children in U.S/ are on at least one psychiatric drug. Many states
seem to be doping up foster children as a matter of course. Just check
out these stunning
statistics.... http://abcnews.go.com/US/study-shows-foster-children-high-rates-prescription-psychiatric/story?id=15058380#.UBY64I7R0lL
% of U.S. Women taking antidepressants is higher than
in any other country in the world. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-medicated-americans
U.S. Children are three times more likely to be
prescribed antidepressants than children in Europe. http://www.businessinsider.com/depressing-facts-about-healthcare-system-2011-6#american-kids-are-three-times-as-likely-to-be-prescribed-antidepressants-than-kids-in-europe-9
Total # Americans on antidepressants doubled
between 1996 and 2005. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-08-03-antidepressants_N.htm
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CDC, approximately three
quarters of a million people a year rushed to emergency rooms in U.S. because adverse
reactions to pharmaceutical drugs. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17047216
Approximately 200,000 Americans a year
are killed by prescription drugs. http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/01/deadly-medicine-201101 More than 2 million Americans become seriously ill
every year because of toxic reactions to correctly prescribed medicines taken
properly, and 106,000 die from those reactions, a new study concludes.
According to the Los Angeles Times, drug
deaths (mostly caused by prescription drugs) are climbing at an astounding
rate..... http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/17/local/la-me-drugs-epidemic-20110918
CDC
says, that spending on prescription drugs more than doubled
between 1999 and 2008. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db42.htm
Other Addictions That Could be Related to
GMO’s
U.S. Has Most Who Use and Abuse Illegal Drugs
16% vs
4% in New Zealand in Second Place/CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500368_162-4222322.html If you google country with highest amount of illegal drug
use, the U.S. will come up over and over.
Why do Americans Consume 80% of the World’s Painkiller Drugs?/BBC
News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17963222
American Soda
Consumption: Half of Us Drink it Everyday, Study Says
http://www.gallup.com/poll/156116/Nearly-Half-Americans-Drink-Soda-Daily.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication
Fortunately soda
consumption in the U.S. is declining.
Soft
Drink Consumption: The Frightening Statistics and Associated Health Risks! http://www.everyday-wisdom.com/soft-drink-consumption.html
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Other Related Genetic Modification Events
Animal Human Hybrids National Geographic http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras_2.html
Genetically Modified Cows Produce Human
Milk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/geneticmodification/8423536/Genetically-modified-cows-produce-human-milk.html
Human Animal Hybrids
Details of Hybrid Clone Revealed
Human to be Cloned by 2001
Of Mice Men and In Between
Scientists Debate Blending Of
Human, Animal Forms
Plant/Animal Hybrids and Plant/Bacteria
Hybrids/PBS
USDA Backs Production of Rice With Human
Genes
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USDA Won’t Impose Restriction on GMO
Alfalfa/WSJ
. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703399204576108601430251740.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter
Can Corn with Part of HIV virus Infect
People
Scientist Alter DNA to Produce Chicken
With Alligator Snout
FDA “No Need to Label GMO Salmon/Washington
Post
Senate Debates Pros/Cons of GMO Salmon
You need to go to minute 29 on the link. This is where the
Senate testimony starts. Genetically modified salmon
Senate Testimony http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=09660b72-d9b2-4144-81a9-3ac9943b417f&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978
60 Minutes/4/4/10/Should Biotech Firms Be Able to Own Human Genes
Government Relationship to GMOs
Michael
Taylor Secretary of FDA Former Monsanto Lawyer
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18866.cfm
The Food and Drug Administration put out a blurb about him
when Obama rehired him back to work at the FDA. There was no mention of
his work with Monsanto. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm170842.htm
Rampant Conflicts of Interest Per Supreme Court Justice
and FDA Secretary Put You and Your Family at Great Risk www.celsias.com/article/ex-monsanto-lawyer-clarence-thomas-hear-major-mons/
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FDA Asks Companies to Voluntarily Label GMO
Food
Congress Passes Bill Allowing 1 Person to
Control What
We Grow and Eat
http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart4.blogspot.com/2011/09/united-nations-in-relationship-to-new.html go to page 23.
Here are some more links related to the bill The Bill is called The Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act With Respect to the Safety of the Food Supply, in case the links
become unusable. The following link discusses concerns with the bill. www.govtrackinsider.com/articles/2010-10-15/s510
This is the text of the bill that passed the Senate. www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-510
CDC Growing Popularity Raw Milk
Although many prescription drugs are far more dangerous than raw foods,
they are still approved by FDA
http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/open-letter-to-fdas-dairy-head-john-sheehan-bemis.htm http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/07/06/ron-paul-vs-the-fda-milk-police.aspx
Pesticide Exposure and Declining
IQ/NPR
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NPR/Market
Place/5/4/2011/GMO’s and Organics Must Co-exist The Rationale for Increasing GMO Foods. Here is a transcript to part of
the interview. http://www.marketplace.org/topics/life/non-organic-future?page=10
Fooling With Food
Arizona Daily Star or Modifying Food with Genetics
http://azstarnet.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/article_87665f6f-15fc-5dd6-b6ad-4e10f02c8ce2.html This article
gives a pretty good overview of the rationale and pros and cons of GMO
foods. It describes in some detail
how extensive GMO foods are in our food supply today!
Scientists Dream of Creating
Plants that Can Separate From Roots to Get to Sun and Other Incredible
Ideas http://lifeboat.com/blog/category/biotech-medical
In these links biotech scientists
express their view of how to solve current problems. Their view is both fascinating and scary. It is well worth reading their
articles.
Considering
the above information, it is a bit harder to completely dismiss those that
claim the powers that be intend to reduce human population by poisoning
us. Considering what I know I am
keeping an open mind. The links
below support the above hypothesis.
Utilizing
Genetically Modified Food as a Weapon to Reduce Population A Scary
Scientific Explanation http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/12/10/dr-don-huber-interview-part-1.aspx?e_cid=20111210_DNL_art_1
The Hidden Epidemic Destroying
Your Gut Flora This agricultural
scientist explains how many GMO plants are nutritionally inferior to natural
plants but also inhibit gut flora’s ability to assimilate nutrients.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/genetically-modified-soy_b_544575.html
Reviews several studies in Russia, India, Italy, and the United States
showing a drastic drop in fertility and increase in infant mortality in animals
fed GMO soy. 7/25/2012
Population
Reduction 2012 Codex Alimentarius
For several
decades the fertility of humans has been declining in the industrialized
nations. No one has proved
why fertility overall is declining.
Differing sources blame, propaganda, chemicals, vaccines and or GMO
Foods. Infertility
to Double in Europe in Next Decade According to BBC Report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4112450.stm
Population Control and The National Security
Memorandum 200/Kissinger to http://www.population-security.org/28-APP2.html For a brief summarizing and analysis of
the document go to page 19 in the link below. http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart4.blogspot.com/2011/09/united-nations-in-relationship-to-new.html
Central Intelligence Country Comparison/Total
Fertility Rate/2011 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html CIA
offers interesting statistics on Fertility rate throughout the world. Alarming rates of declining populations
are occurring in most industrialized nations.
Solutions
State Initiatives Petitions to Label GMO Foods California Text of the California Iniative http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/labelgmos/pages/31/attachments/original/CA-Right-to-Know-Initiative12.pdf?1324916176
Washington State Senate/House Bill to Label GMO Foods
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Connecticut Vermont failed to Pass GMO labeling Bills Perhaps we can learn from the failures.
Monsanto
has influenced legislation in other nearby states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio
to back off labeling such foods threatening these states with expensive
lawsuits.
Action Groups
Here are links to different actions groups are taking to
resist the covert addition of genetically modified food in our food supply.
www.ResponsibleTechnology.org www.OrganicConsumers.org http://www.gmolabeling.org/
http://www.foodstamped.com/
Other Sources and documents regarding GMO foods that I
have not explored or vetted.
I have no idea
about the reliability of the 3 studies below.
Scientific Studies indicating the harm genetic
foods
do to animals over the generations.
Monsanto Develops
Genetically Modified Seeds Resistant to Aluminum But Why? http://www.ifpri.org/publication/delivering-genetically-engineered-crops-poor-farmers
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You
can gain access to most of these links at no charge at the blog,
http://unclesamenterstheendgamepart1.blogspot.com
Latest in Media on GMO's (Updates
Daily)
Seeds of Freedom: a new doc on the corporate control over the
seeds and the loss of biodiversity as a result of the intensive agricultural
system (vimeo.com)
A Month Without Monsanto
The Future of Food
Even The AMA Recommends Pre-Market Safety Testing
of GMO Foods
June 24, 2012
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This week the American Medical Association (AMA)
voted to revise policy, recommending that foods made with genetically modified
organisms (GMOs) have mandatory pre-market safety testing. In the battle
against foods made with GMOs, we’ll take any bit of advancement as a small
victory. But far more needs to be done.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/ The second link is the main home
page. The show is called Harvest
of Fear A Nova Frontline Special Report. It is a 2 hour report interviewing all sides of the
GMO debate. ON the internet site
in the second link, there are four links.
They are called: Should we grow GM crops; Engineer a crop; Guess what is
coming to dinner and Viewpoints.
It also has links to teacher’s guide, synopsis, tapes and transcripts,
credits and press.
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