Shocking results of Monsanto, Roundup cancer study spur global calls for 'immediate action' against GM crops
(NaturalNews) The recent release of the first ever study to
independently and honestly evaluate the long-term effects of eating
Monsanto's genetically-modified (GM) corn has sparked massive outcry
around the world against the continued use of this genetic poison in the
food supply. Authorities in France, Austria, Canada, New Zealand, and
elsewhere are reconsidering not only their current policies regarding
existing GMOs, but also the legitimacy of the criteria they have been
using all along to approve GMOs.
In case you missed it, a recent
peer-reviewed study on the effects of routine exposure to "safe" levels
of Monsanto's GM corn and the chemical herbicide Roundup (glyphosate)
have revealed that the two toxins are
directly linked to causing cancerous tumors.
The horrifying pictures now circulating the internet of rats with
gigantic tumors all over their bodies unveil precisely what Monsanto's
GM corn and Roundup are potentially doing to your own body and the
bodies of millions of people all over the world (
http://www.naturalnews.com).
The study, which was published in the highly-reputable journal
Food and Chemical Toxicology,
showed how rats fed a diet containing Monsanto's NK603
Roundup-resistant GM corn, which is widely cultivated in the U.S. today,
died much earlier than GM-free control rats. Even rats fed just GM corn that had not been treated with Roundup ended up
developing multiple ghastly tumors, indicating that some component of GM corn itself, apart from Roundup, is responsible for causing cancer. (
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk)
Industry-backed 'safety' studies fail to evaluate long-term consequences of GMO consumptionThe
study was also the first to actually test the effects of GMOs in
mammals for a period longer than 90 days. Every single industry-backed
study that has ever been conducted was designed to conclude after a
period of no longer than three months, which is hardly enough time to
assess the long-term health damage caused by GMOs.
In the new
study,
tumors did not begin showing up in the test mice until after 120 days
of eating GM corn, with the majority of their tumors showing up after 18
months of GM corn consumption. This is
more than six times the amount of time typically allotted for
GMO safety studies, which proves that long-term safety assessments of GMOs have never truly been conducted.
"
Health Canada must
re-evaluate the safety of all GM foods based on these results and halt
new approvals until we have long-term testing and transparent
regulation," said Lucy Sharratt from
Health Canada about the new
findings. "The federal government needs to redesign the entire system
that approves GM foods because our regulations are not designed to look
for the types of problems these scientists have found."
Worldwide backlash against GMOs could put their cultivation to an endSimilar
sentiments have been expressed by authorities in many other countries
as well, where GMO approvals have long been granted based on flawed
studies that fail to verify the long-term effects of GMO consumption. In
France, for instance, where GMOs are already illegal, officials are
calling on European Union regulators to take unilateral action in
banning GMOs across Europe.
"Depending on ANSES' (
National Agency for Healthy Safety)
opinion, the government will urge the European authorities to take all
necessary measures to protect human and animal health," said French
officials. "(The measures) could go as far as invoking emergency
suspension of imports of NK603 corn to Europe pending a re-examination
of this product on the basis of enhanced assessment methods."
To read the full report, visit:
http://research.sustainablefoodtrust.org/#_evidenceTo help support GMO labeling efforts in California, which have the potential to end the GMO industry in America, visit:
http://www.carighttoknow.org/Source:-
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