People eating genetically modified food may have short lifespan
Pastor Dale Morgan
People eating genetically modified food may have short lifespan*
Genetically modified food is connected with great economic concerns
It is generally believed that rats, cockroaches and cyanobacteria can
survive any biological catastrophe. But recently, researchers have once
again stated that there is a delayed action poison which can slowly kill
even enduring rodents. Genetically modified food
Leading expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for higher
nervous activity and neurophysiology, Doctor of Biology Irina Yermakova,
conducted an experiment on rats. The rodents are traditionally used for
important experiments as they have morphology and biochemistry
resembling the human ones.
The experimental rats were given food containing genetically modified
components. The rats survived during the experiment but their conduct
seriously changed: they became nervous, anxious and even aggressive for
no reason at all. The researcher discovered abnormal pathologic changes
in the liver and testicles of the rats.
This is important that descendants of the experimental rats fed with GMF
had really terrible problems. Alien components turned out to be lethal
for little rats. Generally, all rats of one litter survive. But over 55
percent of experimental rats' babies were born dead or died soon after
they came to the world. At that, their death was really agonizing, they
were found with their intestines swollen. Other new-born rats had really
weak health. At the same time, mothers did not reveal their motherly
instinct actively.
Similar experiments were conducted on other animals and fixed
approximately the same results. So, the experiments reveal that
transgenes are very poisonous for descendants and are in fact a delayed
action biological weapon.
There are opponents and supporters of genetically modified foodstuffs.
At that, people need to know that transgenic products are very
profitable. This in its turn means that genetically modified foodstuffs
are connected with great economic concerns.
Those who support cultivating of transgenic plants and production of
products with genetically modified components say that these components
proved to be safe as a result of large-scale researches. But the
Greenpeace international non-governmental organization disagrees with
these statements. Greenpeace states that research institutions that
allegedly prove safety of genetically-modified components cannot provide
accurate information about transgenes' safety and even debar people from
getting acquainted with such information.
There is still no reliable information proving the danger of transgenes
for humans, but the tragedy of experimental rats is really alarming.
Russians undoubtedly have the right to know if products contain
genetically modified components and decide themselves if they will
include them into the everyday ration or not. But it is important that
unfair producers must not deceive customers about the content of their
products.
According to the recent data of the Russian Opinion Poll Center, over 95
percent of Russians prefer products free from transgenic components even
when they cost more. Majority of parents are absolutely negative as
concerning genetically modified components in baby and kids food.
Today, Russia has no unified system of marking products containing
genetically modified components. It means that even when producers claim
they use no genetically modified components they may still do it and
deceive customers.
Greenpeace activists initiated an independent research aimed to find out
if products marked as containing no transgenic components contain
genetically modified components or not. In the framework of the
research, experts studied sausage produced in large cities of Russia,
crab sticks made in the Kaliningrad Region and China, potato mash and
evaporated milk formulas produced by Russian subsidiaries of foreign
companies. Out of the 42 tested products 18 proved to be containing no
transgenic components, 6 products contained just hundredths of
genetically modified components, and 10 products fixed not more than
1.33 percent of genetically modified components. But 6 sorts of sausage
and crab sticks fixed too high content of transgenic components.
Greenpeace reported the results of the experiment in the middle of
October; it is not ruled out that the situation is that distressing in
Russia in general. The results of the Greenpeace experiment seem to be
today the only reliable guide for choosing safe products free from
transgenes. Today, when Russian stores offer a great variety of products
and Russians have a chance to choose, everyone should remember the fate
of the experimental rats fed with transgenes and eat food which is safe
for health.