Minutus

Well, one has to hedge their bets. I will take my chances on
organic corn products. More importantly, I try to find non-corn
based product.
GMO pot? A long way to go on that one I think
t
From: healthyinfo6@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 11:58 AM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Re: cellsalt

At this point, how can one be certain organic corn truly is GMO free? No way of knowing if an errant seed flew across between farms. Unless you know the seeds are heirloom and the farms are sealed in hot houses, etc. can't see a 100% guarantee.
Now that pot is gaining more legalization across the USA, will GMO Marijuana be next?
Susan

But even GMO corn for fuel is a problem, because GMOs being grown *anywhere* put the entire system at risk. It contaminates other crops, damages the soil, the insects, the ecosystem! Not just that it "can", but it *does*.

How can you keep the pollen in? Or the insects out? You can't… The GMO industry is global poison, and IMO should not be supported *anywhere*, for any reason. At least not in its current thoughtless, untested, shortsighted, greed-driven format.

My two cents.
Shannon

Exactly. GMO crops contaminate their entire environment.
That's why the sooner they are stopped, the better!

Well that's wishful thinking. While GMO corn is here to stay, at least enforcing labeling would be useful and ensuring farms can't be cross contaminated. At this point surely everyone who eats products with HFCS has been exposed with GMO corn.
Since you and Tanya are more familiar with this, is it constant exposure to GMO over long periods of time that's dangerous, continued exposure,one time only can be dangerous etc. I'm not sure exactly what the health risks are, has there been any true testing? I'd think it would be more chromosomal and the next generation will see it's affects vs. us currently.
I would hope some scientific group would study mice being fed GMO corn for years and see what happens, etc.
Susan

There has been a lot of GMO testing however the FDA/USDA only
looks at Monsanto et al’s information, inadequate and fraudulent as it is.
There has been a lot of independent study done, clinical data collected in
the field of agriculture and whistleblower information from scientists who
worked for the chemical corps that produce GMOs.
Data to date indicate liver, kidney, reproductive damage along with life
shortening, cancer, and stunted growth. A group from Europe just released
a study done with the same rats used by Monsanto showing horrific tumor
growth, stunted growth and shortened life spans. Monsanto et al have been
busy creating spin to argue against the study. There main point seems to be
that the study used rats that grow tumors easily. But they were the exact
same strain that Monsanto used!
In Europe countries are banning GMOs—Russia just recently with a commitment
to go all organic within 8-10 yrs.
Labeling is a start in the US but it is a short-sighted effort pandering to liberal
thinking and avoiding the big issue which needs to be health, environmental and
the unethical/immoral efforts to patent and control the world’s food.!
t
From: healthyinfo6@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:42 PM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Re: cellsalt

Well that's wishful thinking. While GMO corn is here to stay, at least enforcing labeling would be useful and ensuring farms can't be cross contaminated. At this point surely everyone who eats products with HFCS has been exposed with GMO corn.
Since you and Tanya are more familiar with this, is it constant exposure to GMO over long periods of time that's dangerous, continued exposure,one time only can be dangerous etc. I'm not sure exactly what the health risks are, has there been any true testing? I'd think it would be more chromosomal and the next generation will see it's affects vs. us currently.
I would hope some scientific group would study mice being fed GMO corn for years and see what happens, etc.
Susan