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To: Kaslin

The article raises fears about GMOs but doesn’t provide a single documented example of an injury from GMOs.

Lots of baseless “probably” and “could”. Several examples of prior Monsanto products that were not food related (Agent Orange and PCBs) and others that are criticized because of highly flawed studies (DDT and sacharine).

Fearmongering now passes for information.


19 posted on 06/04/2013 5:49:56 AM PDT by kidd
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To: kidd

Do your own reasearch and use some commonsense.


23 posted on 06/04/2013 5:53:37 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Why am I both pro-life & pro-gun? Because both positions defend the innocent and protect the weak.)
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To: kidd

According to a 2013 report by Food and Water Watch (FWW), “Monsanto’s day-to-day operations have wreaked havoc on the environment and public health.”[12] FWW specifically cites Monsanto’s past production of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Monsanto produced about 99 percent of PCBs used by U.S. industry at its plant in Sauget, Illinois until PCB production was banned by Congress in 1976, due to their carcinogenic properties and detrimental effects to the liver, endocrine system, immune system, reproductive system, developmental system, skin, eye and brain.[12] Despite the ban, PCBs continue to be illegally dumped or leaked, and since these chemicals do not break down easily, they continue to cycle through air, water and soil for long periods of time. Thus PCBs continue accumulating in plants and food crops, as well as in fish and other aquatic organisms, which are then ingested by other animals building up higher levels of PCBs as they move up the food chain.[12]

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Monsanto


81 posted on 06/04/2013 7:14:28 AM PDT by sunny48
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