GM corn linked to early death in new study (Canada)

[BlueToTheBone]

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/corn+linked+early+death+study/7277237/story.html

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The study involving 100 female rats and 100 male rats were split into groups and fed different amounts of either Roundup-resistant corn, Roundup herbicide or both, over two years. There was also a control group, which was fed regular corn and plain water.

Up to 50 per cent of males fed GM corn or Roundup and 70 per cent of females died prematurely, compared with only 30 per cent and 20 per cent in the control group, the study found. And overall, rats fed GM corn or Roundup developed two to three times more tumours.

Regulatory authorities around the world, including Health Canada, require mandatory chronic animal feeding studies involving rats before approving GM corn and other GM foods, but none require full lifespan tests. Instead, the tests usually consist of 90-day rat feeding trials conducted by the biotechnology company.

"In our study, the tumours also developed considerably faster than the controls, even though the majority of tumours occurred at four to seven months into the study in males and females respectively, under-lying the inadequacy of the standard 90-day feeding trials for evaluating GM crop and food toxicity," the study states.

Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network zeroed in on this fact in calling for Health Canada to revamp its approvals system.

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While I think this is latest/breaking because of the real implications of almost all corn and soybeans are gmo...but I want wide exposure to this horrifying man made disaster in the making...or at least to suggest that perhaps you curb your intake of processed food.

[Iwasthere]

1. Processed food kills

A no brainer... Eat natural

Sadly not everyone has this option as it is very expensive to eat natural organic food. We are being poisoned. GM foods ARE poison imo.

[dmosh42]

2. This won't make the US news!

[BlueToTheBone]

3. Well, you read it here first.

This is tiny US news.

[DonRedwood]

4. now we know why monsanto serves organic food in their cafetieria and why they

label all GM foods.

[CrispyQ]

6. Is that true?

They don't want to eat their own product?

[DonRedwood]

10. there were some du posts about it

MONSANTO CAFETERIA BANS GMO FOODS
http://gizadeathstar.com/2012/02/monsanto-cafeteria-bans-gmo-foods/

i found this on a google search...no idea who the Dr is but still a good read.

[CrispyQ]

16. Thank you.

From a link at your link:

http://crisisboom.com/2011/08/22/gm-foods-not-served-in-monsanto-cafeteria/

The Independent newspaper reports that there is a notice in the cafeteria of the Monsanto pharmaceutical factory is High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, advising customers “as far as practicable, GM soya and maize (has been removed) from all food products served in our restaurant. We have taken the steps to ensure that you, the customer, can feel confident in the food we serve.”

The notice was posted by the Sutcliffe Catering Group.

Monsanto confirms the authenticity of the notice, but company spokesman Tony Coombes says the only reason for the GM-free foods is because the company “believes in choice.” Coombes says in other Monsanto locations employees are happy to eat GM foods because they are “sprayed with fewer chemicals.”

They spend millions to defeat the CA bill to label GM foods, but their spokesman says they believe in choice.

[KurtNYC]

5. They fed them Round Up herbicide directly ?

as in, not sprayed on crops which are washed before consumption, but in pure form like the Round Up was salad dressing?

That can't be right but that is the way this reads:

"...fed different amounts of either Roundup-resistant corn, Roundup herbicide or both,..."

[ProdigalJunkMail]

8. yeah...

that's a little concerning. not really sure what this verbiage means. seems to me like the test results might be more related to round up than the corn itself. i would think if you wanted to make the statement that GMO corn was the problem, you'd grow the GMO in the exact same way as the non-GMO and then see what happens... introducing RoundUp into the mix causes the study to not be about the corn at all.

sP

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. introducing RoundUp into the mix causes dead rats, obviously.

the poor bankrupt farmers in India are committing suicide by the thousands, and one common way they are doing that is by drinking the herbicide.

[laundry_queen]

14. I agree that it was strangely worded

What I got out of it was that because GM corn is sprayed with large amounts of round up (because they are resistant to roundup), they wanted to compare if eating GM corn had the same effects as eating straight roundup - and it did.

[laundry_queen]

15. Oh, and wanted to add

that the study IS unclear if you are wondering if GM corn, by itself, is dangerous. However, because GM corn is always almost sprayed heavily, this study shows that there is an effect. We just don't know if it's the corn or the massive quantities of roundup they use. So far, it seems like the latter. There should have been another group fed GM/herbicide free corn.

[DonRedwood]

11. what about people touching that stuff before it is washed? and, all that pre-packaged salad, etc.

I'm not sure I trust them to do a good job washing. Not if they can cut corners and get richer.

[HopeHoops]

7. I'm eating corn at the very moment. Silver Queen. Not sure if it's GM or not.

My daughter picked it up at a local farm stand (as in a stand at the farm it was grown at) on the way back from MD. It's pretty good, but I can tell the season is ending. The stuff from late August was really at its peak.

[HiPointDem]

12. most sweet corn (for eating) is still non-gm. nearly all animal feed corn & industrial corn is gm.

which means that corn additives in processed foods = gm, but corn on the cob likely isn't.

however, gm sweet corn is now being sold at walmart (& likely elsewhere), so that % will rise.

sweet corn is a small fraction (<10%) of corn grown in the us. most is grown for animal feed, food processing and other industrial uses (like ethanol).

[DonRedwood]

13. I'm having some later for dinner myself