Scientists Discover Bt Toxins Found In Monsanto Crops Damage Red Blood Cells

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/05/11/scientists-discover-bt-toxins-found-in-monsanto-crops-damage-red-blood-cells/

Studies are showing that Bt toxins found in Monsanto crops are harmful to mammalian blood by damaging red blood cells and more. RBC’s are responsible for delivering oxygen to the body tissues through blood flow.

Bacillus thuringensis (Bt) is a bacterium commonly used as a biological pesticide. It is a microorganism that produces toxic chemicals. It occurs naturally in the environment, and is usually isolated from soil, insects and plant surfaces. Prior to this study, Bt was thought to be toxic only to insects,  but recent studies are proving otherwise.

Dr. Mezzomo and his team of Scientists from the Department of Genetics and Morphology and the Institute of Biological Sciences, at University of Brasilia recently published a study that involved Bacillus thuringensis (Bt toxin) and its effects on mammalian blood. According to the study, the “Cry” toxins that are found in Monsanto’s GMO crops like corn and soy, are much more toxic to mammals than previously thought. The study was published in the Journal of Hematology and Thromboembolic Diseases(1).

We do not support animal testing, and think it is unnecessary. It should really be a no brainer that GMO crops cause significant damage to human health. Studies that don’t require animal testing have already proven the dangers of GMO consumption. This study unfortunately required the use of Swiss Albino Mice if Bt was to be properly examined. At the same time, most of us know that the existence of GMOs is completely unnecessary.

Kraft Mac & Cheese Made With Illegal GMO Wheat? (VIEW WARNING LABEL)

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Can one eat GMO free?

 Is it really possible to eat a GMO free foods. How?

Corn & Soy & Canola: These are the ingredients that are in almost everything. I'll bet that 90% of every store, deli, restaurant, butcher, cafeteria, hospital & school lunchrooms contain genetically modified foods. Since most Corn, Soy, & Canola are now genetically modified, and are in most everything, it is pretty easy to eat GMO's.

Milk: The problem with milk and dairy products is that the animal who provided the dairy is fed genetically modified food or GMO supplements which usually are made of corn or soy. Alfalfa is genetically modified too and so is some wheat and rice. So organic is a must if you buy or consume any milk or dairy including butter, sour cream, cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, cream etc. Supplements & powders that derive milk protein or bacterias must also hold a GMO free label or be organic. Hormone free or all natural labels do not mean GMO free, so beware. (also the hormone given to animals to make them produce more milk is called RBGH or RBST or Prosilac and all of it is genetically modified, so make sure your dairy & milk products say something like "made without hormones" or "hormone free".)

Eggs: The animal that produced the eggs is fed GMO feed, usually in the form of vegetarian food like corn or soy . If the package says cage-free then it still isn't good because they are like in the movie "Food Inc." where the animals are in a big building. Vegetarian fed eggs mean that they are GMO eggs as the feed is corn or soy mix. Oftentimes, pasture raised eggs are fed supplements that are genetically modified usually in the form of corn or soy mix. You must get organic eggs.Organic eggs are the only eggs that are GMO free. Even farm fresh eggs or local farmers eggs are given supplements that are genetically modified.

Meats. All meats are fed grains or grain supplements that are genetically modified and usually in the form of corn or soy. Vegetarian fed means GMO fed. Pasture raised is oftentimes fed supplements that are genetically modified. Even Grass-fed can be supplement fed as well so make sure to call the company or farm & ask. The only meat that is not Genetically fed is again ORGANIC. So buy organic meats & meat products. That means that all processed foods, all deli foods, all restaurant foods, all cafeteria foods, all hospital foods and such are GMO fed.

Baking Powder contains Corn, just look at the ingredients. So even baking powder contains GMO.

Sugar: Sugar Beets are genetically modified. The only safe (non-gmo) sugar is sugar cane sugar. Look on the labels and if it just says "SUGAR" then it is genetically modified sugar. So only consume products that have the words "cane sugar" on them.

Produce & other GMO's: Hawaiian Papaya is genetically modified. Flax, Canola oil(vegetable oil) , Tomatoes, Rice, Potatoes, Peas, Sweet Corn, Edamame(soybean)(tofu), Aspertame(Nutrisweet). Beware of all these as they have also been genetically modified at some point.

Coming in 2012: Genetically modified front lawns and the mass spraying of neighborhoods and playgrounds with RoundUp

Sunday, July 17, 2011
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/033022_Scotts_Miracle-Gro_GMO_seeds.html#ixzz1SSA8JmmO

(NaturalNews) Thanks to a recent admission by the USDA that it does not have the regulatory framework to even regulate GMOs, the world of biotech is set to unleash a tidal wave of genetically modified seeds upon the United States. This is the upshot of Scotts Miracle-Gro challenging the USDA over its GMO grass seeds, to which the USDA threw in the towel and essentially announced it can't technically regulate many GMOs at all.

Welcome to the new world order of GMO self regulation, where the companies that produce the GMO seeds now get to regulate their own behavior! (http://motherjones.com/tom-philpott...)

Scotts Miracle-Gro is now moving full speed ahead on its GMO yard grass product, which could theoretically be introduced into the marketplace as early as 2012. This is a home consumer yard grass seed which, of course, resists glyphosate (RoundUp), and its introduction into the marketplace would almost certainly result in millions of homeowners across America planting these seeds in their yard and then spraying RoundUp across their entire lawn as a "treatment" for eliminating weeds.

RoundUp, in other words, may be coming soon to a neighborhood near you. And it's not just the lawns, either: This combination of Scotts GMO grass and RoundUp chemicals could be used on playgrounds, schoolyards, community centers and parks. Once this goes into production, there will be virtually no place your family can go in America that isn't contaminated with genetically modified grass seeds and toxic glyphosate chemicals.

A whole new wave of superweeds

The upshot of all this is not merely the astonishing lack of regulation now being admitted by the USDA (which always sided with the biotech industry anyway, so what's new?), but the cause-and-effect results we may soon see. We could be looking at a wave of superweeds spreading across America.

These superweeds will be the baddest, toughest and most chemically-resistant weeds our world has ever seen. They develop as mutant derivatives of the mass spraying of RoundUp chemicals across lawns. In much the same way that superbugs develop in the presence of widespread antibiotics abuse, superweeds, develop in the presence of widespread glyphosate abuse (http://www.businessinsider.com/gene...).

And of course once these superweeds take over America's sidewalks, driveways and lawns, there will be cries for newer, stronger chemical products to kill those superweeds, too. And who will come to the rescue? Monsanto, of course... the very same company that produces RoundUp and thereby contributed to the problem in the first place.

Let the boycott of Scott's Miracle Grow begin!

Join NaturalNews in boycotting Scotts products beginning today. We will maintain this boycott until Scotts announces it will no longer pursue GMO seeds. Remember: GMO Kentucky bluegrass will cross-pollinate with other grasses in the wild, leading to widespread GMO contamination of lawns across our nation!

Join us in sending complaints to Scotts about their pursuit of GMOs. Click here to send Scotts an email.

Then call them by phone at 888-270-3714 (during normal business hours). When you call, let them know you are strongly opposed to their pursuit of GMO Kentucky bluegrass and that you will stop buying all Scotts / Miracle-Gro products from here forward unless Scotts announces it will back away from GMOs.

You may also mail them a letter by sending it to:
Scotts Help Center
14111 Scottslawn Rd.
Marysville, OH 43041

Why this matters

Please join us in this protest against Scotts Miracle-Gro. And to once again summarize why this action is important, remember these simple truths:

• Unleashing genetically modified Kentucky bluegrass in America, to be used across neighborhood lawns and playgrounds, will result in the mass genetic contamination of other types of grasses.

• There is absolutely no scientific evidence showing GMO Kentucky bluegrass to be safe for neighborhoods or the environment. The USDA simply refuses to regulate it.

• Scotts Miracle-Gro is extremely irresponsible in pursuing such a product, and the company could be guilty of crimes against nature if it unleashes these products into the wild.

• If this GMO grass is planted on lawns across America, it will spur the widespread use of Roundup herbicide (made by Monsanto), which will devastate the soils and contaminate the streams and rivers downstream. We are talking about potentially dumping tens of millions of gallons of RoundUp into the environment while boosting the profits of Monsanto!

• If Scotts Miracle-Gro pursues this genetically modified lawn seed, it will instantly place itself on the list of the top 10 most evil companies in North America, earning it widespread criticism, condemnation and boycotts from consumers (who, for the most part, have a positive image of Scott's right now). Many gardeners who currently use Scotts Miracle-Gro products will boycott them instead. Gardeners love the natural world, remember. And they do not like to see companies unleashing GMOs across that natural world.

• NaturalNews will continue to track and publicize Scotts' actions regarding GMO grass seed, and if the company insists in introducing this product, we will work with people like Jeffrey Smith (www.ResponsibleTechnology.org) to organize massive protests against such irresponsible business practices.

Spread the word. Boycott Scotts Miracle-Gro. This company is on the verge of releasing GMO seeds across out front lawns and neighborhoods -- a move that would soon be followed by the mass-spraying of RoundUp pesticides by all your ignorant neighbors who know nothing of the dangers of GMOs and glyphosate.

Please share this story and help get the word out. Scotts Miracle-Gro must go. Just Say No to GMOs

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Wait, Did the USDA Just Deregulate All New Genetically Modified Crops?

By Tom Philpott
Mother Jones, July 8, 2011 
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_23586.cfm

It's a hoary bureaucratic trick, making a controversial announcement on the Friday afternoon before a long weekend, when most people are daydreaming about what beer to buy on the way home from work, or are checking movie times online. But that's precisely what the US Department of Agriculture pulled last Friday.

In an innocuous-sounding press release titled "USDA Responds to Regulation Requests Regarding Kentucky Bluegrass," agency officials announced their decision not to regulate a "Roundup Ready" strain of Kentucky bluegrass-that is, a strain genetically engineered to withstand glyphosate, Monsanto's widely used herbicide, which we know as Roundup. The maker of the novel grass seed, Scotts Miracle Gro, is now free to sell it far and wide. So you'll no doubt be seeing Roundup Ready bluegrass blanketing lawns and golf courses near you-and watching anal neighbors and groundskeepers literally dousing the grass in weed killer without fear of harming a single precious blade.

Which is worrisome enough. But even more worrisome is the way this particular product was approved. According to Doug Gurian-Sherman, senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists' Food and Environment Program, the documents released by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) along with the announcement portend a major change in how the feds will deal with genetically modified crops.

Notably, given the already-lax regulatory regime governing GMOs (genetically modified organisms, click here for a primer), APHIS seems to be ramping down oversight to the point where it is essentially meaningless. The new regime corresponding with the bluegrass announcement would "drastically weaken USDA's regulation," Gurian-Sherman told me. "This is perhaps the most serious change in US regs for [genetically modified] crops for many years."

>>> Read the Full Article 
http://motherjones.com/environment/2011/07/usda-deregulate-roundup-gmo-tom-philpott?page=1

British government squanders millions conducting secret GM potato trials while non-GM variety already performs spectacularly

Friday, July 08, 2011 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/032933_GM_potatoes_crop_yields.html#ixzz1RWZz0e8f

(NaturalNews) For the past ten years, the British government has been quietly subsidizing research aimed at developing a genetically-modified (GM) potato resistant to blight, the fungal disease responsible for causing the infamous Irish potato famine.

According to Indymedia UK, Sainsbury Laboratory, the group tasked with development, has already spent roughly 1.7 million pounds ($2.7 million) worth of public funds to develop the GM potato, despite the fact that a natural blight-resistant variety has already been successfully bred and in use for the past three years.

Unlike in the US where GM crops are widely cultivated, GM crops have never been commercially grown in the UK. Widespread public opposition to their introduction back in 1997, as well as continued opposition, has kept them largely out of food and off the land. And yet reports explains that the GM potato research being conducted by Sainsbury -- with public funding -- is so secretive that nobody knows for sure whether or not any open-air trials of test GM potatoes have taken place.

Meanwhile, a small Welsh research group three years ago successful bred a natural, non-GM potato variety with natural resistance to blight -- and that potato variety has been in cultivation ever since that time. As opposed to GM crops, this blight-resistant potato -- which is now available in more than six different varieties -- is safe for the environment, safe for human consumption, and it does not require the yearly repurchasing of terminator seeds and expensive chemical pesticides in order to grow.

But the British government continues to pour money into useless endeavors to develop a GM variety, which has prompted Stop GM, a UK group devoted to ending the spread of GMOs, to take action. The group is holding an event on July 23 to speak out against the abuse of public funds by the UK government, and it needs your help to make it a success. Part of this event will include the dropping off of a trailer full of safe, non-GM, blight-resistant potatoes at the Sainsbury research center where the GM potato trials are taking place.

To learn more about how you can help fight GMOs in the UK, visit:
http://www.stopgm.org.uk/take-action.html

Sources for this story include:
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/06/480991.html

The 10 Freakiest Things About Frankenfish

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Alert

Stop Frankenfish!

#10 - According to the FDA, Frankenfish Aren't Animals, They're "Animal Drugs"
#9 - The GMO Part of the GMO Salmon Isn't Being Safety Tested
#8 - Frankenfish DNA Could Change the Bacteria of Your Gut
#7 - If It Swims Like Salmon, FDA Says Frankenfish Is Safe to Eat
#6 - The Frankenfish Company Tests Its Own Product's Safety
#5 - Frankenfish Is More Carcinogenic
#4 - Frankenfish Is Less Nutritious
#3 - Frankenfish Is More Allergenic
#2 - GMOs Can Mess a Fish Up!
And, the freakiest thing about all of this is ...
#1 - The Government Wants More Transgenic Fish and Less Wild Fish