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Why GMO Scares The Hell Out Of Me


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mushroom Proficient

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(This link is in German, but if you click translate you get the info.

A recent Testbiotech survey shows that DNA fragments from transgenic plants are increasingly found in animal tissue such as milk, inner organs and muscles. Most recently, in April 2010, scientists from Italy reported DNA sequences stemming from genetically engineered soy in milk from goats. These DNA fragments are presumably, entering the blood stream from the gut and then from there reaching the udder and the milk.


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Skylark Collaborator

Shroomie, that link is really weird. It takes me to some sort of login page and looks almost like a phishing attempt. Did you make a copy/paste mistake or could someone have hacked your account and put a weird link in the post???

mushroom Proficient

Shroomie, that link is really weird. It takes me to some sort of login page and looks almost like a phishing attempt. Did you make a copy/paste mistake or could someone have hacked your account and put a weird link in the post???

You are so right - hotmail has hijacked the link - I have removed it and will try to find it some other way (I received the info in hotmail) - darned Bill Gates :o

(Edit: I worked around it)

Skylark Collaborator

I almost wish you hadn't fixed that link. That article is downright terrifying. If the genes get into pigs and goats they are getting into humans. I've already been buying more organic food.

I'd love to know how many senators Monsanto has bribed to keep GMO food legal in the US. Maybe I'll write mine on the off chance it helps.

cassP Contributor

yes- i actually read somewhere a couple of weeks ago- that GMO food can cause Horizontal Gene Transfer-

it sounds like we're in a SciFi experiment... you could eat somd GMO soy- and then some of your stomach cells could adopt GMO soy DNA into it's own cell- SCARY

i believe Modified Food Starch does the same thing.

:angry:

psawyer Proficient

I believe Modified Food Starch does the same thing.

No, it does not. The modification there is not genetic at all. In modifed food starch, the modification is the partial breakdown of the molecular structure. Nothing genetic is is added.

naiiad Apprentice

The link isn't working for me, I'm really interested in reading it.

*edit* nvm it worked! Thanks for sharing.


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cassP Contributor

No, it does not. The modification there is not genetic at all. In modifed food starch, the modification is the partial breakdown of the molecular structure. Nothing genetic is is added.

good to know, since it's in almost everything :)

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