GM Health Risk Week Sept 2-8
September 2-8 2013 has been designated GM Human Health Risk Week.
It grew from the ideas of a number of concerned individuals and
organizations, including the Food Sovereignty Movement. GM Health Risk
Week is a week of events and discussions examining health risks
surrounding GM food.
GM Health Risk Week aims to:
1 Introduce new
evidence which casts uncertainty over the safety of GM food
2 Begin a
public debate around the risks and regulation of GM food
3 Highlight
the results of a recent study by Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini, which found
that rats fed with Monsanto’s GM NK603 maize and tiny amounts of Roundup
pesticide suffered severe organ damage and increased risk of tumours and
premature death.
Professor Seralini will be speaking in the UK during
this week, discussing his research and findings. Professor Seralini
found increased kidney and liver toxicity in rats fed GM maize leading
to liver and kidney failure and premature death, especially in males.
There was a general increase in tumors among the rats, especially
mammary tumors. Females died prematurely from mammary tumors and
pituitary dysfunction. You can find a summary of the findings and a link
to Prof. Seralini’s full study
here.
http://gmoseralini.org/faq-items/what-were-the-studys-findings/
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Pigs are particularly important study subjects because their
physiology and metabolism, particularly their digestive tract, resembles
human physiology and metabolism. Farmer Ib Pederson of Denmark says GM
crops are not fit for pigs. When Farmer Ib switched to non-GM feed, he
documented longer lifespans, and less defects in his pigs. His
experience and observations are featured in the 9 minute film Stop the
Crop, which you can watch at: youtube.com/watch?v=p6PDzIAZDfU [2]
On RT
SophieCo interviews Jeffrey Smith about the dangers of GMOs in the diet,
in animal feed, and in the water and soil. He describes how Monsanto
wants total control of the world seed supply through patented GM seeds,
and how it systematically covers up grave GMO dangers.
http://rt.com/shows/sophieco/monsanto-control-gmo-danger-622/
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Research on pigs by Dr. Judy Carman in Australia reveals that GMOs
in the diet inflame the digestive tract. http://gmojudycarman.org/ [4]
Dr. Carman and her team discovered a 25% increase in uterus weight in
the female animals fed the GM diet as compared to the control group. In
addition, GM fed male pigs were four times more likely to be afflicted
with severe stomach inflammation, while females had more than double the
risk of the control group. Pigs with these problems go into our food
supply and we eat them.
So far there have been no studies of the
effects of GMOs in the human diet. We are all the subjects of a giant
experiment whose purpose is to make giant corporations richer, not to
make human beings better fed or healthier.
Food Sovereignty Ghana has
published GMO Foods – The FAQs and is continuing to research and publish
more FAQs and more information about GMOs in our diet and our
environment. Keep yourself informed about our food. Watch for our press
releases in the news and follow them on the Food Sovereignty Ghana
website. http://foodsovereigntyghana.org/press-releases/
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Nana Ama
AmamooDirector, Research and Information Department,
Food Sovereignty
Ghana
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoodSovereignGH [6]
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/FoodSovereigntyGhana [7]
Source: GhanaWeb
