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The Scorpion's Sting...

  

by: newpioneer

Fri May 28, 2010 at 19:07:34 PM EDT


(7:30~
IMPORTANT INFO- READ THIS!!! - promoted by RiaD
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Genetically Modified Foods Could Cause Long-Term Sterility

   * Warning: This Common Food Causes Devastating Offspring Defects in New Research Study
     By Dr. Joseph Mercola
     Mercola.com, May 22, 2010
     Straight to the Source

In this interview, Jeffrey Smith, author of the bestseller Seeds of Deception, and Genetic Roulette, discusses the latest GMO research findings coming out of Russia, which adds fuel to previous concerns about long-term sterility and other highly bizarre physiological side effects.

newpioneer :: The Scorpion's Sting...

I strongly believe that one of the most obvious clues about the danger of GMO foods are that just about EVERY species of animal that is offered a GMO food versus a non-GMO food will avoid the GMO one. Many times they will do this to the point of starvation, as they have an intuitive sense of the danger of this food.

...

Russian Scientists Find Third Generation of Hamsters Sterilized by GM Soy

The release of this new information provides yet another health risk, and confirmation on earlier problems related to fertility, birth weight of offspring, and infant mortality.

In this feeding study they used hamsters, an animal which has not been previously featured in GM safety studies.

One group of hamsters was fed a normal diet without any soy whatsoever, a second group was fed non-GMO soy, a third ate GM soy, and a fourth group ate an even higher amount of GM soy than the third.

Using the same genetically modified (GM) soy that is produced on over 90 percent of the soy acreage in the US, the hamsters and their offspring were fed their respective diets over a period of two years, during which time the researchers evaluated three generations of hamsters.

First they took five pairs of hamsters from each group, each of which produced about seven to eight litters each, totaling about 140 animals.

At first all went well, but serious problems became apparent when they selected new pairs from the offspring.

...

Nearly All of the Third-Generation GMO Babies Were Sterile!

But then an even bigger problem became apparent, because nearly all of the third generation hamsters lost the ability to have babies altogether.

Only a single third-generation female hamster gave birth to 16 pups, and of those, one fifth died.

In short, nearly the entire third generation of GM soy eaters were sterile!

But it doesn't end there.

In the GM soy-fed groups they also found an unusually high prevalence of an otherwise extremely rare phenomenon - hair growing inside the animals' mouths.

I hope you guys have the time to watch the video, and the entire article is available HERE presented by the Organic Consumers Association.

Scorpion's sting, indeed...


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"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett



Ugh. (12.00 / 3)
Sort of gives a whole new meaning to 'morning hairy-mouth', doesn't it?

[ Parent ]
by following (15.00 / 4)
the "read the full article" link, i went to Dr Mercola's site where i found this in the article:

You CAN avoid GMOs, if you know what to look for.

First of all, remember there are eight genetically modified food crops:

  1. Soy
  2. Corn
  3. Cottonseed (used in vegetable cooking oils)
  4. Canola (canola oil)
  5. Sugar from sugar beets
  6. Hawaiian papaya
  7. Some varieties of zucchini
  8. Crookneck squash

Based on this list, anything containing soy or soy derivatives should be avoided, as well as anything containing corn, the most obvious ingredient being high fructose corn syrup.

The easiest way to avoid ending up with GM foods in your shopping cart is to do some pre-planning using the free non-GMO shopping guide, available at http://www.NonGMOshoppingGuide...



"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett



so much great info, Ria (14.33 / 3)
Kathleen turned me on to Dr. Mercola, so I was really happy to see this article in my inbox.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

[ Parent ]
I'm a compulsive label-reader. (14.33 / 3)
It's a regular gauntlet to find anything in the grocery store that doesn't contain soy (check the emulsifiers) or corn syrup!

[ Parent ]
this is crossed to LaVidaLocavore (14.00 / 4)
here's the link:
http://www.lavidalocavore.org/...

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett



i just spent (14.67 / 3)
a long time catching up on the Cuba diaries over there (LVL)
Jill has done an amazing job with them...

but now i'm about to fall asleep....
so i'll say g'nite here
the friday thread is toooooo big!

(-.-)g'nite! Zzzz...

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett



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g'nite, sweetie... (11.00 / 3)
Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day. Mason Cooley

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

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Thanks Newp (15.00 / 3)
I saw that and didn't think to post it, i am so glad you did.  

I posted a link to the one on Turmeric the other day in thew open here it is again:

The most important herb to have in your diet......  turmeric.

Did you know that in India they have very little Alzheimers and the collective wisdom is.... it is because they put turmeric on everything, eggs, rice, salads, meats.  It is one of the main ingredients of curry.

http://organicindia.mercola.co...

I read everything he sends, he is so good!


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welcome! (13.67 / 3)
but I need to thank YOU for leading me to Dr. Mercola.

I still can't fathom how anyone would even think about eating products that are saturated in round-up or toxic pesticides. for Monsanto, of course, it's an enormous financial windfall - their near monopoly on genetically modified seeds, as well as their own round-up to take care of the weeds! very much like BP's oil, as well as their own toxic dispersants to clean up their messes. it's disgusting.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm


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More on this, Ria you will get a kick out of it (13.67 / 3)
here is Dr. Mercola talking about how science has been manipulate for profit.

Science does work. The challenge with science that many people fail to appreciate is that it has become progressively easier for many well funded multinational corporations to manipulate and distort the entire process to make it appear as though science is applied, when in fact it's only superficially being implemented due to massive conflict of interest.

In recent times we've seen researchers being exposed for creating entirely fraudulent research; studies are ghostwritten and researchers are paid to put their names on work they've had no part in; journalists are paid to write articles that are nothing more than thinly disguised advertising, and the list of scientific deception goes on.

All of this deceptive maneuvering gives industry the appearance of being science based, when in fact they're oftentimes far from it.

Of course this creates confusion. How could it not?

But there is a simple, rational solution. And that is to pay attention to the source of the funding, for one, and to pay special heed to research that comes from independent sources that have no vested interest in manipulating the end results.

When you do, you'll find that there is no shortage of scientific based evidence showing a wide variety of hazards that are currently being ignored and glossed over with, in many cases, completely nonsensical PR sound bytes.

More on the GMO dangers, he takes a lot of shit for the positions on the for, poison profit corporations.

http://articles.mercola.com/si...

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i believe (15.00 / 3)
that was/is one of my first questions to the naysayers at other sites...

But there is a simple, rational solution. And that is to pay attention to the source of the funding, for one, and to pay special heed to research that comes from independent sources that have no vested interest in manipulating the end results.

When you do, you'll find that there is no shortage of scientific based evidence showing a wide variety of hazards that are currently being ignored and glossed over with, in many cases, completely nonsensical PR sound bytes.



"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett



[ Parent ]
I knew you had (13.00 / 3)
fought that one but I didn't want to go back thank you now we have your words here.

Your wisdom is far and wide.  I am so glad I wasn't alone in those crushing moments.  Thank you for standing up, thank you dear friend.

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[ Parent ]
exactly, Ria (15.00 / 2)
I no longer trust talking point "scientific research" with vested interests (are they even capable of biting the hands that feed them?) and in Monsanto and big agra's case, they attempt to destroy any scientist and their research that dares to contradict their spin and ability to profit.

HERE

and HERE

and HERE

and HERE

and HERE

and on and on and on...

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm


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