understanding genetically modified food (gmo)

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Understanding Genetically Modified Food

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Understanding

Genetically Modified Food

Genetically Modified Food

+ All Organisms have genes

+ Modify & gain new traits

Enhance taste/Quality

Improved nutrients

Pest resistance

Faster Growth

+ Mixed opinion in the world

* Broadly Banned

* Safety - unproved

# Multiple Toxins From GMOs Detected In Maternal and Fetal Blood

History

+ GM Crops & BT

(Bacillus Thuringiensis)

+ Calgene’s Flavr Savr Tomato

(1994 - Delayed Ripening,

Rotting)

+ Monsanto Inc –biggest GMO

Company

# DNA From GMC Can Be Transferred Into Humans Who Eat Them

93% Cotton

86%

Corn

90%

Soya

# GMO Corns in most of the breakfast cereals

GM Foods

Lemato (Lemon+Tomato) GM Corn

GM Foods

Animal FeedMore Milk/Nutrients, Fatter Cows/Chickens

GM Foods

Golden Rice (http://irri.org/golden-rice)Increased Vitamin A, to Save the poor

GM Foods

GM SalmonDouble the size, shortest time, early harvest

GM Foods

Yet, you don’t know it!

GM Foods

GM Facts

Labeling must in China, Ethiaopia, Kazakstan. Not in USA

# Too soon to say GMO is harmless

# GMO awareness high in USA

GM Facts

Research Facts

Glyphosate Linked To Birth Defects

Glyphosate linked To Autism, Parkinson’s &

Alzheimer’s

Chronically Ill Humans Have Higher

Glyphosate Levels

GMO Animal Feed cause Stomach

Inflammation and Enlarged Uteri in Pigs

testing methods recommended are not

adequate to ensure safety

GM – India

# Glyphosate Induces Human Breast Cancer Cells Growth

• 80% are BT Cotton

from Monsanto

• Moratorium on

GM food crops

• Maharashtra Field Trials –

Monsanto BT Corn

http://www.IndiaGMInfo.org

Say ‘No’ to GMO

October

http://www.NonGMOproject.org/