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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are the result of laboratory processes which artificially insert foreign genes into the DNA of food crops or animals. Those genes may come from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals or even humans. Although banned by food manufacturers in Europe and elsewhere, the FDA does not require any safety evaluations. Most Americans say they would not eat GMOs if labeled, but the U.S. does not require labeling. GMOs are not safe, but have been in the food supply since 1996 and are now present in the vast majority of processed foods in the US.
New “ShopNoGMO” Lifestyle App for iPhone and iPod Touch Hundreds of brand comparisons by category for healthier non-GMO foods anywhere, anytime
Fairfield, IOWA (Feb. 22, 2010) ShopNoGMO, a new iPhone and iPod lifestyle application that identifies healthier alternatives for hundreds of unlabeled genetically modified (GM) food products, is available for free from the iTunes store, starting today. This mobile version of the informative, Non-GMO Shopping Guide, credited by Supermarket News for accelerating GMO awareness in the US, provides health conscious consumers with a handy anywhere, anytime, resource for identifying non-GMO brand choices across 22 categories. Read more...
Genetically modified foods are linked to toxic and allergic reactions, sick, sterile, and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ studied in lab animals. (See summary in Genetic Roulette.) They are banned by food manufacturers in Europe and elsewhere, yet GMOs are present in the vast majority of processed foods in the US.
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WATCH this 3-minute message from Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception and Genetic Roulette
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Everything you HAVE TO KNOW about Dangerous Genetically Modified Foods
Expert Jeffrey M. Smith presents shocking evidence why genetically modified crops may lead to health and environmental catastrophes, and what we can do about it.
Doctors Call for GMO Moratorium
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has called for long-term independent studies, labeling and a moratorium on GM foods. They called on “Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks.”
The natural foods industry has led the way in the widespread consumer rejection of genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH or rbST) by Educating customers about the health dangers associated with rbGH and making rbGH-free brands readily available. Read more..The next big consumer tidal wave will be the complete rejection of remaining GMOs in food products.
Educate yourself and use the materials in our Make it HappenCampaign Kit to help educate and inspire others. Spread the word and engage your community. Ask your natural foods retailer to place a Non-GMO Education Center in their store, or get one for your organization to use.
The purchasing power of the tens of millions of health-conscious shoppers will inspire a new tipping point where GMOs can be pushed out of the entire food supply.
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Tell Ohio’s Governor Strickland to abandon his rbGH (rbST) labeling restrictions. Ohio’s anti-consumer labeling restrictions threaten to eliminate the rbGH-free labels now placed on many dairy brands nationwide. Click here to add your signature.
Sugar Beets – Court rules GM sugar beets, first grown in 2008 and in our food, were illegally approved by the FDA. Read the Full Story. Read the facts.
View the list of companies who have pledged not to use GM Beet Sugar. _________________________________
The World According to Monsanto,a film by Marie-Monique Robin, documents the devastating cost of Monsanto’s race over the last decade to genetically engineer and patent the world’s crops. Ms. Robin has traveled the globe in an effort to capture the human toll of Monsanto’s drive for GMO market domination. Her interviews with scientists, legislators, agricultural officials, farmers, shepherds, and families affected by GMOs, has made this picture critically-acclaimed in every country where it has opened. To purchase or to learn more about U.S. distribution click here.
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Read Jeffrey Smith's Blog on Huffington Post Executive Director, Jeffrey Smith spells out his views and takes his turn debunking GMO myths in his regular blog in the Green and Politics Section.
Are Biotech Foods Safe? Real experts going head-to-head on issues you care about. Each side presents their arguments in their own words. Read Jeffrey Smith’s response.
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Fifteen groups in the top wheat-exporting countries of Canada, the U.S. and Australia released a joint statement of opposition to GMO wheat on Monday. It follows the May 14 call by GM wheat supporters in the three countries for synchronized production of GM wheat. Joint Statement
Roundup Could Cause Birth Defects The herbicide used on genetically modified soy – Argentina's main crop – could cause brain, intestinal and heart defects in fetuses, according to the results of a scientific investigation released Monday. Although the study "used amphibian embryos," the results "are completely comparable to what would happen in the development of a human embryo,” embryology professor Andres Carrasco, one of the study's authors, told Efe.
Different RoundUp Formulations Lead to Embryonic, Umbilical cord and Placental Cell Death and Are Poorly Assessed (France) For the first time, the toxicity mechanisms of four different Roundup formulations were studied in human cells. They act at doses where they are not herbicides anymore. The cells were neonatal cells freshly isolated from the umbilical cord, or less sensitive cell lines specially used to measure pollutant toxicity. The various components of these major herbicides were tested because they are among the most common in the world. Their residues are among the major pollutants, and moreover they are authorized as residues contaminating GM foods and feed at the tested levels. Full Story
Is Bt Cotton Causing Human Allergies and Reproductive Problems and Deaths of Animals? (India) Investigators find human and animal health problems linked with Bt cotton in India. These include allergic reactions in cotton workers, reproductive problems in buffalo and herds of sheep and goats (reduced fertility, aborted foetuses, premature deliveries and calf deaths), toxic effects leading to sudden unexplained animal deaths, as well as reduced milk yields and fat content.
GM Corns Disturbs Immune System in Young and Old Mice (Italy) The Italian government’s National Institute of Research on Food and Nutrition has just published a report online in the Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry documenting significant disturbances in the immune system of young and old mice that have been fed the GM maize MON 810.
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