Monsanto is going to kill us all

As this study just published in France reveals, genetically modified (GM) maize may not be good for human consumption. The study looked at three GM maize -- NK 603, MON 810 and MON 863 -- all of which are approved for feed and human consumption in Canada.

NK 603 has been engineered to be tolerant of the herbicide glyphosate -- popularly branded by Monsanto as Roundup. Farmers are encouraged to control weed that compete with their maize crops using Monsanto's Roundup -- but since Roundup would destroy their crops as well, they needed the NK 603 genetically modified maize to be their crop. Monsanto of course, makes their money from selling both the poison that will kill their crops and the crops that have immunity from their own poison. Sweet deal.

MON 810 and MON 863 GM maize, have been modified to synthesize two Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins used as insecticides -- commonly known as Dipel and Thuricide. Bt toxins are applied in a liquid spray to maize crops -- and to be effective, must be absorbed by the maize.

So, in all three GM maize, NK 603, MON 810 and MON 863, you're betting that you're not going to be getting any Roundup, Dipel and Thuricide into you. It's not that the GM maize in themselves are necessary bad -- it's the fact that the crops that are harvested have the potential to be carrying the herbicide and insecticides they were designed be resistant to.

The French study takes the guess work out of it for you. The three GM maize crops studied, show that they all carry the toxins they were designed to be resistant to. In rats, the toxins found in the GM maize affected the kidney and liver, as well as the heart, adrenal glands, spleen and haematopoietic system.

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"Our analysis clearly reveals for the 3 GMOs new side effects linked with GM maize consumption, which were sex- and often dose-dependent. Effects were mostly associated with the kidney and liver, the dietary detoxifying organs, although different between the 3 GMOs. Other effects were also noticed in the heart, adrenal glands, spleen and haematopoietic system. We conclude that these data highlight signs of hepatorenal toxicity, possibly due to the new pesticides specific to each GM corn. In addition, unintended direct or indirect metabolic consequences of the genetic modification cannot be excluded."
- A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health (view on Google Sidewiki)