Bt Corn—a Most Dangerous Failure
Monsanto's genetically modified "Bt corn" has been equipped with a gene from soil bacteria called Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), which produces the Bt-toxin. It's a pesticide that breaks open the stomach of certain insects and kills them.
This pesticide-producing corn entered the food supply in
the late 1990's, and over the past decade, the horror stories have
started piling up. And the problem with Bt crops go far beyond the
creation of Bt-resistant insects.
Monsanto and the EPA swore that the genetically engineered
corn would only harm insects. The Bt-toxin produced inside the plant
would be completely destroyed in the human digestive system and would
not have any impact at all on consumers, they claimed.
Alas,
they've been proven wrong on that account as well, because not only is
Bt corn producing resistant "super-pests," researchers have also found
that the Bt-toxin can indeed wreak havoc on human health.
Bt-Toxin Now Found in Many People's Blood!
Last year, doctors at Sherbrooke University Hospital in Quebec found Bt-toxin in the blood of:
- 93 percent of pregnant women tested
- 80 percent of umbilical blood in their babies, and
- 67 percent of non-pregnant women
The study authors speculate that the Bt toxin was likely
consumed in the normal diet of the Canadian middle class—which makes
sense when you consider that genetically engineered corn is present in
the vast majority of all processed foods and drinks in the form of high
fructose corn syrup. They also suggest that the toxin may have come from
eating meat from animals fed Bt corn, which most livestock raised in
confined animal feeding operations (CAFO, or so-called "factory farms")
are.
These shocking results raise the frightening possibility
that eating Bt corn might actually turn your intestinal flora into a
sort of "living pesticide factory"… essentially manufacturing Bt-toxin from within your digestive system on a continuing basis.
STOP MONSANTO KILLING US AND FUTURE GENERATIONS!!!
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