Genetically Modified Foods must be clearly labelled.

Genetically Modified Foods must be clearly labelled.

The Issue

All foods containing corn, (maize), soy and cotton may contain geneticially mofidied organisms. Many of these GMOs are herbicide genes that have been forced into the gene of the corn. The procedure itself is not safe in that the host gene rejects it unless it is doctored to stick with a cauliflower mosaic viral promoter gene (which switches the gene on all the time), and an anti-biotic RESISTER marker gene. See our website for more info www.safeage.org

The only benefits of these products are to large-scale, machinery inensive commercial farmers. They have NEVER been tested on humans and the results on animal testing is shocking. See www.seedsofdeception for more. WE DO NOT WANT GMO in our food.

The hype about yield increase and feed the starving millions is just that: hype. It is simply not true. As is much of the advertising of their alledged safety in popular magazines.

SAFeAGE and its allies have commenced negotiations with the Department of Trade and Industries around the soon-to-be-enacted Consumer Protection Act. Labelling of GM foods will soon be mandatory. BUT.... the devil, so to speak, is in the details.

The Regulations of the Act which are currently being written are going to make or break the law. Industry wants to slap a generic label on all products saying "This product MAY contain GMO". We say differently.

We say that all products must be segregated from farm to fork (as they are for exports), a threshold of 0.9% declared above which products must be labelled 'This product contains GMO'. In the same way, the grower of non-GMO can label his/her product GM Free.

Please support us. Some of the health dangers are:

Mice fed Roundup Ready soy had liver cell problems
1.11 Mice fed Roundup Ready soy had problems with the pancreas
1.12 Mice fed Roundup Ready soy had unexplained changes in testicular cells
1.13 Roundup Ready Soy Changed Cell Metabolism in Rabbit Organs
1.14 Most offspring of rats fed Roundup Ready soy died within three weeks (see full content)
1.15 Soy allergies skyrocketed in the UK, soon after GM soy was introduced
1.16 Rats fed Roundup Ready canola had heavier livers

Foreign genes disrupt the DNA at the insertion site.
2.2 Growing GM crops using tissue culture can create hundreds or thousands of DNA mutations.
2.3 Gene insertion creates genome-wide changes in gene expression.
2.4 The promoter may accidentally switch on harmful genes.
2.5 The promoter might switch on a dormant virus in plants.
2.6 The promoter might create genetic instability and mutations.
2.7 Genetic engineering activates mobile DNA, called transposons, which generate mutations.
2.8 Novel RNA may be harmful to humans and their offspring.
2.9 Roundup Ready soybeans produce unintentional RNA variations.
2.10 Changes in proteins can alter thousands of natural chemicals in plants, increasing toxins or reducing phytonutrients
2.11 GM crops have altered levels of nutrients and toxins.


(Taken from: Genetic Roulette: Jeffrey Smith).

A compilation of peer-reviewed scientific testing.

 

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The Issue

All foods containing corn, (maize), soy and cotton may contain geneticially mofidied organisms. Many of these GMOs are herbicide genes that have been forced into the gene of the corn. The procedure itself is not safe in that the host gene rejects it unless it is doctored to stick with a cauliflower mosaic viral promoter gene (which switches the gene on all the time), and an anti-biotic RESISTER marker gene. See our website for more info www.safeage.org

The only benefits of these products are to large-scale, machinery inensive commercial farmers. They have NEVER been tested on humans and the results on animal testing is shocking. See www.seedsofdeception for more. WE DO NOT WANT GMO in our food.

The hype about yield increase and feed the starving millions is just that: hype. It is simply not true. As is much of the advertising of their alledged safety in popular magazines.

SAFeAGE and its allies have commenced negotiations with the Department of Trade and Industries around the soon-to-be-enacted Consumer Protection Act. Labelling of GM foods will soon be mandatory. BUT.... the devil, so to speak, is in the details.

The Regulations of the Act which are currently being written are going to make or break the law. Industry wants to slap a generic label on all products saying "This product MAY contain GMO". We say differently.

We say that all products must be segregated from farm to fork (as they are for exports), a threshold of 0.9% declared above which products must be labelled 'This product contains GMO'. In the same way, the grower of non-GMO can label his/her product GM Free.

Please support us. Some of the health dangers are:

Mice fed Roundup Ready soy had liver cell problems
1.11 Mice fed Roundup Ready soy had problems with the pancreas
1.12 Mice fed Roundup Ready soy had unexplained changes in testicular cells
1.13 Roundup Ready Soy Changed Cell Metabolism in Rabbit Organs
1.14 Most offspring of rats fed Roundup Ready soy died within three weeks (see full content)
1.15 Soy allergies skyrocketed in the UK, soon after GM soy was introduced
1.16 Rats fed Roundup Ready canola had heavier livers

Foreign genes disrupt the DNA at the insertion site.
2.2 Growing GM crops using tissue culture can create hundreds or thousands of DNA mutations.
2.3 Gene insertion creates genome-wide changes in gene expression.
2.4 The promoter may accidentally switch on harmful genes.
2.5 The promoter might switch on a dormant virus in plants.
2.6 The promoter might create genetic instability and mutations.
2.7 Genetic engineering activates mobile DNA, called transposons, which generate mutations.
2.8 Novel RNA may be harmful to humans and their offspring.
2.9 Roundup Ready soybeans produce unintentional RNA variations.
2.10 Changes in proteins can alter thousands of natural chemicals in plants, increasing toxins or reducing phytonutrients
2.11 GM crops have altered levels of nutrients and toxins.


(Taken from: Genetic Roulette: Jeffrey Smith).

A compilation of peer-reviewed scientific testing.

 

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