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Study blames bad corn for border birth defects [Texas tortillas cause of anencephalic babies]
Laredo Morning Times/AP ^
| February 9, 2006
Posted on 02/09/2006 11:03:01 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
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To: mak5
>>>Just plain old everyday corn. There has been some investigation of using genetic modification to make corn resistant to this "ear mold" or to detoxify the mold itself, but that hasn't happened yet.
Let me guess, Monsanto.
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posted on
02/09/2006 11:33:43 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Ditter
I have a nephew who contracted spinal meningitis from birdseed containing corn. Speculation was that it was from the mold or from the bird droppings.
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posted on
02/09/2006 11:35:21 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: IronJack
I think I am going to ask my mother how many tortillas she ate when she was pregnant with my younger brother. God knows I have always said he only has half a brain!
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posted on
02/09/2006 11:46:25 AM PST
by
compman
(left handed people are the only ones in their right mind!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum; sarasota
Normal corn in a drought, from what I remember. Maybe the toxin causes an inability to store or process folic acid? Let you know if I find out any more.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:04:06 PM PST
by
SwinneySwitch
(Mexico-beyond your expectations!)
To: Calpernia
Yep, that evil Monsanto is trying to prevent birth defects.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:09:08 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Calpernia
Monsanto's corn may well be responsible for the problem. Just a wild guess.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:12:40 PM PST
by
sarasota
To: SwinneySwitch
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:15:13 PM PST
by
sarasota
To: SwinneySwitch; Stellar Dendrite
"I don't know that we can ever go back and definitely say that it was fumonisin," said Lucina Suarez, director of epidemiology and disease surveillance for the Texas Department of State Health Services. But given this and other research, she said, "It certainly looks that way."
David Miller of Carleton University in Canada, one of the world's experts on the toxin, said there was still no direct human evidence that the toxin caused the birth defect. The question isn't asked, and I want an answer...
Where was this "suspected corn" grown?
Is it possible the corn was grown in Mexico, or Canada...and the source is being shielded to prevent a GM style verdict? Or was this another domestic screw-up?
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:18:41 PM PST
by
Itzlzha
("The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote")
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To: SwinneySwitch
well as long as GM and the other mean corporations paid off the extorsion money.... it's all good.
f'ing lawyers.... the at least spoke with "truthiness" about the pollution.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:21:34 PM PST
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
To: SwinneySwitch
I did a bunch of searching on this and it seems that even the lye bath and cooking that tortillas experience may not render this fungal threat harmless; the best guarantee is to buy only inspected grain or avoid consumption.
This is the most informative site I found.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:26:11 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: BurbankKarl
Fields stressed by drought and then flooded cause the greatest growth activity.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:31:43 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: sarasota
Biotech corn is relativity free of this toxin by virtue of the engineering protocols.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:32:57 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: Old Professer
Well, since all we're getting is biotech (GMO) corn, why is this proliferating?
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:34:54 PM PST
by
sarasota
To: Itzlzha
I'm always suspect of a domestic screw up when there was already a solution waiting.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:42:51 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Old Professer
And the gene is patentable.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:43:29 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Calpernia
And the gene is patentable.And therefore farmers who use the patented gene enhanced seed, cannot save any seed from year to year for replanting under threat of being sued by the patentholder.
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posted on
02/09/2006 12:50:49 PM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(Hollywood is like granola. It's composed of fruits and nuts and what ain't are flakes.)
To: sarasota
We're not and the fungus is and has always been, ubiquitous; the key is inspection and testing before marketing.
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posted on
02/09/2006 1:02:46 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: Old Professer
What do you mean "we're not"? In my neck of the farm, it's all about Monsanto feed corn.
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posted on
02/09/2006 1:03:49 PM PST
by
sarasota
To: Old Professer
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posted on
02/09/2006 1:04:32 PM PST
by
sarasota
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