Genetically Engineered Crops Are Safe, Analysis Finds

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Chemical used in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller ‘unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk from exposure through diet’

Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller brand, has been given a clean bill of health by the UN’s joint meeting on pesticides residues (JMPR), two days before a crunch EU vote on whether to relicense it.

The co-analysis by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation found that the chemical was “unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet”.

This finding flatly contradicts an assessment by the WHO’s cancer agency last year that the herbicide solution was “probably carcinogenic to humans”....
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http://www.theguardian.com/environm...ikely-to-pose-risk-to-humans-unwho-study-says
https://ecowatch.com/2016/05/17/un-who-glyphosate-cancer/

Download the full WHO report here...
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/jmprsummary2016.pdf?ua=1
 
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Genetically engineered crops appear to be safe to eat and do not harm the environment, according to a comprehensive new analysis by the advisory group the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

However, it is somewhat unclear whether the technology has actually increased crop yields.

The report from the influential group, released on Tuesday, comes as the federal government is reviewing how it regulates biotech crops and as big packaged-food companies like Campbell Soup and General Mills are starting to label products as being made with genetically engineered ingredients to comply with a new Vermont law....
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/18/b...sis-finds.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
 
Stating the obvious, its about time people start ignoring this anti-gm bull
 
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Good. Hopefully this means we'll see GM in all crops, which will force the anti-GM anti-science crowd to eat GM foods and shut the f**k up forever, or starve. Either is a net gain for humanity.
 
The_Assimilator said:
Good. Hopefully this means we'll see GM in all crops, which will force the anti-GM anti-science crowd to eat GM foods and shut the f**k up forever, or starve. Either is a net gain for humanity.
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There will always be anti-science idiots.
 
Hmmm !!

A UN panel that on Tuesday ruled that glyphosate was probably not carcinogenic to humans has now become embroiled in a bitter row about potential conflicts of interests. It has emerged that an institute co-run by the chairman of the UN’s joint meeting on pesticide residues (JMPR) received a six-figure donation from Monsanto, which uses the substance as a core ingredient in its bestselling Roundup weedkiller.

Professor Alan Boobis, who chaired the UN’s joint FAO/WHO meeting on glyphosate, also works as the vice-president of the International Life Science Institute (ILSI) Europe. The co-chair of the sessions was Professor Angelo Moretto, a board member of ILSI’s Health and Environmental Services Institute, and of its Risk21 steering group too, which Boobis also co-chairs.

In 2012, the ILSI group took a $500,000 donation from Monsanto and a $528,500 donation from the industry group Croplife International, which represents Monsanto, Dow, Syngenta and others, according to documents obtained by the US right to know campaign. Boobis was not able to comment on the issue, and ILSI’s office in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for more information.

But the news sparked furious condemnation from green MEPs and NGOs, intensified by the report’s release two days before an EU relicensing vote on glyphosate, which will be worth billions of dollars to industry.
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http://www.theguardian.com/environm...-of-interest-row-over-glyphosates-cancer-risk

The real deal - follow the money, not the science.
 
Nanfeishen said:
Hmmm !!


http://www.theguardian.com/environm...-of-interest-row-over-glyphosates-cancer-risk

The real deal - follow the money, not the science.
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Quote the whole thing...
Verger told the Guardian: “ILSI is not an independent body. That is very clear. Private companies are supporting it and its structure. But the objective of ILSI and of the companies is to create a space for discussion and interaction between the private and public sectors. ILSI’s focus is not to discuss topics of economic interest for individual companies. It is more of a forum.”
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StellenboschStudent said:
Isn't most of our crops GM is some sort of way in any case?
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Yes

They've been modified via selective cultivation. If people don't believe me, go Google what a normal banana or tomato look like. Chances are you won't recognise them...
 
http://www.cornucopia.org/2014/03/gut-wrenching-new-studies-reveal-insidious-effects-glyphosate/
Direct Evidence of Harm: Glyphosate Kills Beneficial Bacteria

A study examining the effect of glyphosate on bacteria that grow in the GI tract of chickens found that beneficial bacteria were susceptible, and harmful bacteria were resistant, to glyphosate. The growth of four types of beneficial bacteria—Lactobacillus, Bacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Enterococcus—was reduced at low concentrations of glyphosate. [viii] The same types of beneficial bacteria inhabit the human GI tract, and they are sold over the counter as a probiotic supplement. Some strains are also found in yogurt.

When exposed to the same levels of glyphosate that harmed the beneficial bacteria, several harmful bacteria, including Salmonella, grew successfully. The authors concluded that ingestion of glyphosate can disturb the normal microbial community and predispose chickens to carrying high levels of Salmonella or other harmful bacteria.

A similar study found that glyphosate was toxic to beneficial bacteria in cattle, and hypothesized that glyphosate residues on cattle feed may predispose cattle to infection by Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism.[ix]
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http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2015/apr/13
Celiac disease and gluten-intolerance is a growing problem worldwide, but especially in North America and Europe. The causative factor in the increase of these disorders can be explained by studies done on the use of Roundup on the foods we eat.

Even though many private laboratories have seen an increase in the number of food products being tested for glyphosate residues, it is with surprise that this Digital Journalist discovered the Internet is filled with studies on the dangers of Monsanto's Roundup, and its effects on the human gut microbes.

Most studies of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup have not gained a great deal of media attention, perhaps because the signature product of the internationally known company is being used on all our food crops. But studies being done around the world are all coming up with similar results.

Skyrocketing rates of celiac disease and gluten-intolerance are the result of the way wheat is grown

Celiac disease and gluten intolerance, as well as other wheat-related diseases, may not have anything to do with eating wheat products. This is because of the way wheat in the United States is grown.

For instance, most people do not realize that Roundup is applied two and even three times over the course of a wheat crop's growth. Most farmers in the U.S. douse the wheat crop one final time with Roundup just before harvest, and this is more than likely why glyphosate residues are found in flour today.
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[video=youtube;ucAJ0U5Veis]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucAJ0U5Veis[/video]
 
armchair youtube researchers thinking that they know more than scientists.
 
Xarog said:
http://www.cornucopia.org/2014/03/gut-wrenching-new-studies-reveal-insidious-effects-glyphosate/


http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2015/apr/13
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Shame that probiotic benefits are actually a myth, perpetuated by an industry that is worth billions. Probiotic benefits a myth-news
Study

Coeliac disease occurs because of a genetic predisposition (Obviously since GMOS are genetic, they must also be the cause)
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/digestive-diseases/celiac-disease/Pages/facts.aspx
The real fun part is one of my friends who has the disease can eat GMO maize and Soya without any issue. Strange...

And gluten-intolerance is also a myth, perpetuated by a billion dollar industry, cashing in on the problems experienced by actual coeliacs.

Scientists who found gluten sensitivity evidence have now shown it doesn't exist
Study
 
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