GM Crops and health of mother and child

[Sarvadaman Oberoi]

GM crops routinely create unintended proteins, alter existing protein levels, or even change the components and shape of the protein that is created by the inserted gene. Creating a GM crop can also produce massive changes in the natural functioning of the plant‘s DNA. Native genes can be mutated, deleted, permanently turned on or off, or change their levels of protein expression. No one knows how this will impact human health, but so far International bestselling author and independent filmmaker Jeffrey M. Smith, “the leading world expert in the understanding and communication of the health issues surrounding genetically modified foods” has documented at least 65 serious health risks related to GM foods.   Among them: • Offspring of rats fed GM soy showed a five-fold increase in mortality, lower birth weights, and the inability to reproduce • Male mice fed GM soy had damaged young sperm cells • The embryo offspring of GM soy-fed mice had altered DNA functioning • Several US farmers reported sterility or fertility problems among pigs and cows fed GM corn varieties • Investigators in India have documented fertility problems, abortions, premature births, and other serious health issues, including deaths, among buffaloes fed GM cottonseed products   Austrian researchers have now also confirmed a direct link between a decrease in fertility and a genetically modified diet. GM crops affect the health of humankind and the fertility of women around the world.   French Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini, molecular endocrinologist at the University of Caen and a member of two French government commissions evaluating GM food, found that MON 810, along with several other varieties of GM crops, showed statistically significant problems in animal studies that regulators have not pursued with follow-up research.   Seralini said the effects of the GM crops were similar to that of pesticides, including inflammation disorders, and problems with livers and kidneys, two major organs involved with detoxification.   Further, biology professor Bela Darvas of Hungary‘s Debrecen University discovered that Monsanto’s Mon 810 is lethal to two Hungarian protected species and one insect classified as rare.   The United States government‘s support for biotech is no secret. In fact, it is the official policy in several U.S. agencies to promote the industry, and some of them have attempted to push acceptance of GM crops in Europe.   German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner announced she was banning not only the cultivation of GM corn but also the sale of its seeds, saying she had “legitimate reasons to believe that MON 810 posed a danger to the environment." Germany has now become the sixth country in the European Union to ban GM corn. Germany will now be GM-free. Regards. Sarvadaman Oberoi Tower 1 Flat 1102, The Uniworld Garden, Sohna Road, Gurgaon 122018 Haryana INDIA Mobile: +919818768349 Tele: +911244227522 Website: http://www.freewebs.com/homeopathy249/ email: mob...@yahoo.co.uk