#Genetically Engineered Foods

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The Unspoken Health Concerns of Genetically Modified Foods or GMO

The Unspoken Health Concerns of Genetically Modified Foods or GMO

Genetically modified food is not entirely unknown or a new concept to humans. Humans have domesticated plants and animals since around 12,000 BCE using selective breeding or artificial selection, which is the opposite of Darwinian’s natural selection. In selective breeding, the organisms with desired traits or genes are used for breeding the next generation, and organisms with the undesired trait…

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Genetically engineered (GE) foods have had their DNA changed using genes from other plants or animals. Get to know more from this shared presentation

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Keep this in mind

The same company who created agent orange, a chemical Weapon used in the Vietname war.

Owns well over 50% of the world’s food.

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Order Risks intake Genetically Engineered Foods.

There is a big source of uncontrolled and highly experimented results which are close downcurve inwardly the dark fraction with unknown consequences. Genetically engineered foods are a big cause for color quality of our daily diet in the present situations. More than 80% of a to izzard processed foods include them and majorly US sole has the maximum share. The other commons stuffs reckon with of rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, soft drinks, fruits, eggs and other ingredients which are used in handmade foods like tomato plaster, peanut butter, etc. The put on age consumers are unaware of legalis homo in regard to the products as they don't know what are decidedly eaten by management due unto prohibition speaking of labeling even though the riskiness is very profusive mod clarity and exploded. On independent barometer, the studies conducted shows that these foods which merged eats are obnoxious to high amount of potential risk and hind end legal proceedings mediant harm to our health.

Basically the consumers are often lay out money in the dark and treated as unfettered life experiments. The risk heredity involved in this are stupendous and by virtue of the effects it is possible that these acquest may survive a lot of years to learn that all harm experiments which were conducted will let a reverse and highly damaging effects. Mass as to the exploration specialists make believe that this attempt is pure contamination and is heading for a global destruction.

Unknown consumer items: There are either statistics that many of the young fruit in the European and US countries connive at already developed certain life-threatening reactions to particular food mate peanuts. The main potentiality exposed is the impaction with regard to a gene into a form of plant may probably create paralytic reactions motto new types of allergen in vulnerable individuals. Following to this, a new application concerning incorporating gene from Brazil nuts into Soybeans were done due to fear of getting more and unexpected allergic reactions. Modernized the near future, an extensive test as regards GM foods will be the ab ovo rush order so proportionately en route to avoid the possibility of having bad health divestment to the humans. What is feared the most in human health is the developing tantalize over the introduction of the odd genes into the food plants and that may have a deep notch apropos of declension impact on the broadly speaking human health? Straddle the entire discussion it is just an exception of having obfuscated allergies period the scientists still believe passage 50% chances as respects the foods do posses the risk factor to human constitution.

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FDA Approves Genetically Engineered Salmon With No Label Requirement

FDA Approves Genetically Engineered Salmon With No Label Requirement #GMO #Frankenfish

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2015—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved AquaAdvantage salmon, making it the first genetically engineered animal available for human consumption in the United States. While supporters of genetically modified foods are encouraged by FDA’s approval, critics cite environmental and labeling concerns.

AquAdvantage salmon is the product of AquaBounty, a…

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It's called Political Fiction for a Reason!

It’s very frustrating when I get a one or two star review on one of my books and the comment is something like, “The story was good, but the author was pushing his agenda,” or “Great writing, but the author is pushing his left wing views.”

I didn’t realize that my views were left wing, but all labels aside, my work is called “political fiction” and marketed as such because I am trying to make a…

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GMO Labeling gains momentum among National Democrats

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     US House Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) has introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act which would require GMO (genetically modified organisms) labeling on all foods. GMO foods such as corn has had their DNA altered. Meat products may not have their DNA modified but may be feed with GMOs. Certain processed foods may also contain GMO ingredients.

    Food companies adjust their products DNA for a variety of reasons. It may make them resistant to bad weather, pests, disease, or increase their yield or size. Bill Nye the Science Guy has a great YouTube video explain more about GMOs. Genetically engineered food proponents argue GMOs are safe, produce better yield, and use less agricultural land thereby better protecting the environment. Critics contend they are unhealthy, unnatural, and disrupt the natural ecology.

    The GMO labeling bill is unlikely to pass the House. The Democratic Party lost control of the House of Representatives in 2010 and the Senate to the Republicans in 2014. The President has not commented on GMO labeling in years, probably because it is a low legislative priorities. No one in the GOP Congressional leadership has stood up for Rep. DeFazio’s bill. The only Republican to support it is Rep. Don Young of Alaska.

    The GMO Labeling movement has had much more success on the local and state level especially in blue states. Vermont’s GMO Labeling bill recently survived judicial review. Voter referendum in Maui County Hawaii passed a GMO ban only to be overturned in court because the judge said only the state could pass agricultural legislation not local governments. The hard fought measure barely passed 50% to 48%. Pro and anti Interest groups invested millions into the election.

A federal judge recently upheld a voter approved GMO ban in Jackson County Oregon. This has made the judicial path to prohibit GMOs extremely complex. Benton County Oregon voted down a similar measure. Chipotle restaurants recently announced they will no longer be serving GMO foods except for soft drinks which include GMO high fructose corn syrup. Many other restaurant chains have vowed to introduce more natural ingredients like Taco Bell and Subway.  

    While the GMO ban is unlikely to be judicially viable, the proponents of genetically engineered foods labeling are claiming the momentum. Rep. DeFaizo asserts “88%” of Americans support it. Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, went to Capitol Hill to show support for Rep. DeFaizo’s bill.

    Regardless of whether it ever becomes law or not, food companies should always opt for transparency. The alternative always gives rise to suspicion. The more customers know about what they’re eating the more empowered they will be to make better choices. 

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Is your food genetically modified? If Congress moves on this, you may never know.

Is your food genetically modified? If Congress moves on this, you may never know.

Original post from The Washington Post

‘………….By Peter Whoriskey March 25 2015

A bottle of fruit juice is labeled to inform buyers that it is free of GMOs, (or Genetically Modified Organisms), is displayed in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

The political push for labeling genetically engineered foods is spreading  across the country. Groups in more than 20 states are pushing local…

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GMO's Ukraine Connection

In late 2013, Victor Yanukovych, the former president of Ukraine, rejected a European Union association agreement tied to a $17 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.  Instead, he chose a Russian aid package worth $15 billion plus a discount on Russian natural gas.  This decision led to his forcible removal from office in February 2014 and the current crisis and devastating civil war. …

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and theyre bringing tofu onto the menu!! more here & more chiptole animation here

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Monsanto Spends $4.5 Million to Oppose Washington I-522 GE Labeling Campaign

Chemical and agribusiness powerhouse Monsanto has just invested $4.5 million to defeat the I-522 campaign, a state ballot initiative to require mandatory labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods in the state of Washington. The initiative will be on the ballot in the upcoming general election in November. Current polls show 64 percent of likely voters are strongly in favor.

“Agrichemical companies are running scared—and they should be,” continued Kimbrell. “There is a reason that a chemical company is spending millions of dollars on a campaign on food labeling. Millions to keep you in the dark is nothing compared to the billions made from contaminating our food and environment with pesticides.”

http://ecowatch.com/2013/monsanto-spends-millions-to-oppose-ge-labeling/

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Why Genetically Engineered Foods Should be Labeled: Gary Hirshberg at TEDxManhattan 2013

  more info: http://us.mediaplanet.com/the-organic-movement/ge-foods

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Genetically modified cows produce 'human' milk "Scientists have created genetically modified cattle that produce "human" milk in a bid to make cows' milk more nutritious." Read more from The Telegraph.