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As far as I am aware, the first GMO ingredient to be used in the U.S. was Monsanto's recombinant bovine growth hormone. Companies that had dairy products advertising themselves as being free of this hormone were sued by Monsanto; Monsanto won and in most areas of the U.S., dairy products not containing rBGH can not be advertised as such. The effects of rGHB are similar to consuming steroids, only they show themselves much more slowly over a longer period of time, and are correllated with obesity, various cancers(since the use of rGHB in the U.S. in 1994, lymphatic cancer rates have increase 50-fold in males aged 35-55), organ damage, and allergic reactions.
The film Soylent Green was quite prophetic in its prediction of one corporation controlling the majority of the world's food supply. That being said, most of what you buy at a grocery store has unlabelled GMO ingredients, so as to prevent consumers from having a choice to avoid them. Over the long term, the damages that GMO food is doing to people seem at least as bad as smoking cigarettes, although possibly much worse.
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The AAEM chairperson, Dr Amy Dean notes that ‘Multiple animal studies have shown that GM foods cause damage to various organ systems in the body. With this mounting evidence, it is imperative to have a moratorium on GM foods for the safety of our patients' and the public's health.’ The President of the AAEM, Dr Jennifer Armstrong stressed that ‘Physicians are probably seeing the effects in their patients, but need to know how to ask the right questions. The most common foods in North America which are consumed that are GMO are corn, soy, canola, and cottonseed oil.’ The AAEM's position paper on Genetically Modified foods can be found at http:aaemonline.org.
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The AAEM paper further states, ‘several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food consumption including infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signalling, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen and gastrointestinal system.’
They add, ‘There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects. There is causation as defined by Hill's Criteria in the areas of strength of association, consistency, specificity, biological gradient, and biological plausibility. The strength of association and consistency between GM foods and disease is confirmed in several animal studies.’
The AAEM chairperson, Dr Amy Dean notes that ‘Multiple animal studies have shown that GM foods cause damage to various organ systems in the body. With this mounting evidence, it is imperative to have a moratorium on GM foods for the safety of our patients' and the public's health.’ The President of the AAEM, Dr Jennifer Armstrong stressed that ‘Physicians are probably seeing the effects in their patients, but need to know how to ask the right questions. The most common foods in North America which are consumed that are GMO are corn, soy, canola, and cottonseed oil.’ The AAEM's position paper on Genetically Modified foods can be found at http:aaemonline.org.
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The AAEM paper further states, ‘several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food consumption including infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signalling, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen and gastrointestinal system.’
They add, ‘There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects. There is causation as defined by Hill's Criteria in the areas of strength of association, consistency, specificity, biological gradient, and biological plausibility. The strength of association and consistency between GM foods and disease is confirmed in several animal studies.’
As far as I am aware, the first GMO ingredient to be used in the U.S. was Monsanto's recombinant bovine growth hormone. Companies that had dairy products advertising themselves as being free of this hormone were sued by Monsanto; Monsanto won and in most areas of the U.S., dairy products not containing rBGH can not be advertised as such. The effects of rGHB are similar to consuming steroids, only they show themselves much more slowly over a longer period of time, and are correllated with obesity, various cancers(since the use of rGHB in the U.S. in 1994, lymphatic cancer rates have increase 50-fold in males aged 35-55), organ damage, and allergic reactions.
The film Soylent Green was quite prophetic in its prediction of one corporation controlling the majority of the world's food supply. That being said, most of what you buy at a grocery store has unlabelled GMO ingredients, so as to prevent consumers from having a choice to avoid them. Over the long term, the damages that GMO food is doing to people seem at least as bad as smoking cigarettes, although possibly much worse.
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