Re: THE ANTI-GM FOOD MOVEMENT GROWS

Thank you so much for publishing this.

Have you read Barbara Kingsolver's piece on her conerns written years
ago?

http://www.organicconsumers.org/gefood/SmallWonders.cfm

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:41:47 -0000, "pearl" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Most Offspring Died When Mother Rats Ate GM Soy
By Jeffrey M. Smith
Author of Seeds of Deception
GMWatch.com
10-31-5

The Russian scientist planned a simple experiment to see
if eating genetically modified (GM) soy might influence
offspring. What she got, however, was an astounding
result that may threaten a multi-billion dollar industry.

Irina Ermakova, a leading scientist at the Institute of
Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), added GM soy
flour (5-7 grams) to the diet of female rats. Other females
were fed non-GM soy or no soy at all. The experimental
diet began two weeks before the rats conceived and
continued through pregnancy and nursing.

Ermakova's first surprise came when her pregnant rats
started giving birth. Some pups from GM-fed mothers
were quite a bit smaller. After 2 weeks, 36% of them
weighed less than 20 grams compared to about 6%
from the other groups (see photo below).

[ ]

(Photo of two rats from the Russian study, showing
stunted growth - the larger rat, 19 days old, is from
the control group; the smaller rat, 20 days old, is from
the "GM soy" group.)

But the real shock came when the rats started dying.
Within three weeks, 25 of the 45 (55.6%) rats from
the GM soy group died compared to only 3 of 33 (9%)
from the non-GM soy group and 3 of 44 (6.8%) from
the non-soy controls.

........

http://www.seedsofdeception.com/utility/showArticle/?objectID=297

A very good, very scary article, Ilena. Thank you.

"Ilena Rose" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Thank you so much for publishing this.

Have you read Barbara Kingsolver's piece on her conerns written years
ago?

http://www.organicconsumers.org/gefood/SmallWonders.cfm

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:41:47 -0000, "pearl" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Most Offspring Died When Mother Rats Ate GM Soy
By Jeffrey M. Smith
Author of Seeds of Deception
GMWatch.com
10-31-5

The Russian scientist planned a simple experiment to see
if eating genetically modified (GM) soy might influence
offspring. What she got, however, was an astounding
result that may threaten a multi-billion dollar industry.

Irina Ermakova, a leading scientist at the Institute of
Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), added GM soy
flour (5-7 grams) to the diet of female rats. Other females
were fed non-GM soy or no soy at all. The experimental
diet began two weeks before the rats conceived and
continued through pregnancy and nursing.

Ermakova's first surprise came when her pregnant rats
started giving birth. Some pups from GM-fed mothers
were quite a bit smaller. After 2 weeks, 36% of them
weighed less than 20 grams compared to about 6%
from the other groups (see photo below).

[ ]

(Photo of two rats from the Russian study, showing
stunted growth - the larger rat, 19 days old, is from
the control group; the smaller rat, 20 days old, is from
the "GM soy" group.)

But the real shock came when the rats started dying.
Within three weeks, 25 of the 45 (55.6%) rats from
the GM soy group died compared to only 3 of 33 (9%)
from the non-GM soy group and 3 of 44 (6.8%) from
the non-soy controls.

........

http://www.seedsofdeception.com/utility/showArticle/?objectID=297

pearl said:

Most Offspring Died When Mother Rats Ate GM Soy
By Jeffrey M. Smith
Author of Seeds of Deception
GMWatch.com
10-31-5

The Russian scientist planned a simple experiment to see
if eating genetically modified (GM) soy might influence
offspring. What she got, however, was an astounding
result that may threaten a multi-billion dollar industry.

Irina Ermakova, a leading scientist at the Institute of
Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), added GM soy
flour (5-7 grams) to the diet of female rats. Other females
were fed non-GM soy or no soy at all. The experimental
diet began two weeks before the rats conceived and
continued through pregnancy and nursing.

Ermakova's first surprise came when her pregnant rats
started giving birth. Some pups from GM-fed mothers
were quite a bit smaller. After 2 weeks, 36% of them
weighed less than 20 grams compared to about 6%
from the other groups (see photo below).

[ ]

(Photo of two rats from the Russian study, showing
stunted growth - the larger rat, 19 days old, is from
the control group; the smaller rat, 20 days old, is from
the "GM soy" group.)

Quoted message said:

But the real shock came when the rats started dying.
Within three weeks, 25 of the 45 (55.6%) rats from
the GM soy group died compared to only 3 of 33 (9%)
from the non-GM soy group and 3 of 44 (6.8%) from
the non-soy controls.

Combined Soy group - 28 deaths total from a population of 78 = 35.9%

Non Soy group - 3 deaths for a population of 44 = 6.8%

You cannot visually tell the difference between GM and non-GM soybeans.
I would avoid all soy, since they are not real food anyways.

TC