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Three Approved GMO Crops Linked to Organ Damage, New Study Shows
Natural News via Slasdhot ^
| 13 January 2010
| Aaron Turpen
Posted on 01/13/2010 8:56:07 AM PST by Fractal Trader
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Color me skeptical, but here is the original article:
A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health
http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0706.htm
To: neverdem
To: Fractal Trader
What a crock - another hit piece to ensure people die of hunger in the 3rd world from “climate change”.
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:04:15 AM PST
by
farlander
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: Fractal Trader
I think Monsanto is under attack. Yestersay, NPR had a report on "Roundup Ready" crops from Monsanto. Everything they said made me think that thse are great products that have a dominant market share because they are far superior products. But the overall flavor of the report was that Monsanto was bad and farmers and other companies were miffed at their dominant position.
I'm not a farmer, so maybe I'm missing something, but it sure felt like a mindless slam against a successful company.
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:05:06 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(We have the 1st so that we can call on people to rebel. We have 2nd so that they can.)
To: ClearCase_guy
To: ClearCase_guy
Maybe I'm missing something, but haven't we been doing this to crops since the days of Gregor Mendel and Luther Burbank?
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:11:15 AM PST
by
PowderMonkey
(Will work for ammo.)
To: NewJerseyJoe
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:12:36 AM PST
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: Fractal Trader
I used to put corn cobs and the shucked leaves into the compost pile. No more. You can put these modern shucked corn leaves into a compost pile and pull them out two years later, and they look just the same. I don’t know what they’ve done to them, but they just don’t biodegrade anymore. All of my waste from corn on the cob goes out in the garbage, now.
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:12:39 AM PST
by
Haiku Guy
("I don't give them Hell / I tell the truth about them / And they think it's Hell" -- Harry Truman)
To: Fractal Trader
From NaturalNews?? Yep, there's a source with no ax to grind.
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:15:26 AM PST
by
Tenniel2
(Much intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep -- Saul Bellow)
To: Fractal Trader
“http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0706.htm"
Incredible, Some folks can actually read that stuff, and not have their eyes glaze over.
I tried but I’m one of the eyeballs glazing over sorts.
Wondering why the font is always a tad bit smaller in any of those type of articles with a sprinkling of Latin words?
Still wondering if I should be concerned about GMO, or more so concerned for the rats.
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:15:54 AM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
To: Haiku Guy
I used to put corn cobs and the shucked leaves into the compost pile. No more. You can put these modern shucked corn leaves into a compost pile and pull them out two years later, and they look just the same. I dont know what theyve done to them, but they just dont biodegrade anymore. All of my waste from corn on the cob goes out in the garbage, now. You can't be serious. Every acre around me for as far as the eye can see is planted to herbicide resistant corn in the summer and in the fall the shucks and leaves blow around and get stuck in my shrubs etc and I collect them and they decompose as they always have.
Your sweet corn leaves are just a little greener when you stuff them in the pile. Let them fry a while in the sun before you compost. And most likely, your sweet corn wasn't herbicide resistant anyway.
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:19:31 AM PST
by
SolidRedState
(Someone finally found a spine and it is attached to an Alaskan Governor!)
To: Fractal Trader
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:26:19 AM PST
by
VOA
To: Haiku Guy
You can put these modern shucked corn leaves into a compost pile and pull them out two years later, and they look just the same. I dont know what theyve done to them, but they just dont biodegrade anymore. All of my waste from corn on the cob goes out in the garbage, now.Hmmmmm, this is the first I've heard of this phenomenon. Perhaps this is why the ethanol producers are fermenting corn cobs rather than corn seed. It always sounded a bit uneconomical to use corn cobs for ethanol production. However, if it is to dispose of the persistent cob, it has value.
To: PowderMonkey
We’ve been breeding various strains of plants and animals for a very long time. But GM food is different. They’re inserting genes that were not there originally rather than selecting genes that are already present.
To: Fractal Trader
Could this be why Monsanto stock went to five stars (Meaning it is selling at well below fair market value) on Morningstar this AM?
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:36:37 AM PST
by
Chuckster
(Domari nolo!)
To: ClearCase_guy
But the overall flavor of the report was that Monsanto was bad and farmers and other companies were miffed at their dominant position.
One complaint is the heavy-handed patent enforcement by Monsanto and others (viz. cross-pollination, etc.)
Another is the fact that much GMO seed is genetically engineered to be sterile (so-called "terminator seed") - meaning the harvested seed cannot be planted for next year's crop, as mankind has done since time began. Instead, the farmer has to purchase planting seed again and again. Essentially, this creates a subscription service for Monsanto, et al. (Not exactly a solution to third-world famine, is it?)
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:37:42 AM PST
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: PowderMonkey
What Monsanto is doing is not the same as what Gregor Mendel and Luther Burbank did.
Monsanto is not selecting naturally occurring genetic variants of a plant a specific traits (e.g. natural higher yield), and specifically breeding that variant or even cross breeding it with other strains of the same plant with different traits.
Monsanto is inserting a gene for a desired trait from one plant into another, e.g. if there is a strain of peanuts that are resistant to a mold that affects a strain of corn, the peanut gene responsible for the resistance is inserted into the corn gene. GMO crops are artificially modified genetic organisms.
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:42:51 AM PST
by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: ClearCase_guy
I would suggest you watch
this documentary film on hulu or rent the DVD "The Future of Food" to get some background on GMO crops. Frightening.
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:43:44 AM PST
by
Chuckster
(Domari nolo!)
To: LearsFool
Thanks for the info.
If the sterile seed were a problem, I would think people would buy their seed elsewhere (or use harvested seed from last year). The fact that many farmers make the choice to use Monsanto's seeds makes me think that the farmers think it's the best thing to buy. It may have drawbacks, but it apparently beats the alternatives.
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:45:00 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(We have the 1st so that we can call on people to rebel. We have 2nd so that they can.)
To: pelicandriver
In other words, it's being done very precisely by guys wearing white lab coats indoors, as opposed to outdoors by guys in bib overalls...behold Luther Burbank's hellspawn the Idaho potato. Especially injurious to the health when served fried
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posted on
01/13/2010 9:50:50 AM PST
by
PowderMonkey
(Will work for ammo.)
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