Can cause cancer: why GMOs (modified food) are dangerous. Even bugs don't eat it

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Translated from Russian to English via Yandex translator by Russian Bear

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This week, a presentation of a unique book, "The GMO Encyclopedia: Myths and Truth," took place in Moscow. For the first time in Russian, it contains all the most interesting facts about genetic engineering in agriculture. The English version of the publication has already been read by more than half a million people. Its authors are British specialists who have been tracking the development of the technology and the problems it has led to for more than 20 years.

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as "organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that is not found in nature."

Despite the fact that the topic of using GMOs in food products has appeared in the media less and less recently, the problem of the safety of such food has not disappeared. The number of food components that may contain GMOs is increasing every year.

In Russia, 27 variants of transgenic soy, corn, rice and beets can be found on the shelves in the form of additives to familiar products such as milk substitutes and various fillers. This is the number of so-called GM lines that have been registered with Rospotrebnadzor. All of these are imported components, since the cultivation of GM crops for commercial purposes has been prohibited in Russia since 2016. Cattle feed may also contain GMOs, and the number of such additives permitted for use in Russia is constantly increasing.

What is the danger of GMOs? Has anyone died from eating them?

This is the most popular question that journalists and ordinary consumers ask scientists. But no one can answer it correctly now, the authors of the book claim. If a person died from anaphylactic shock or intestinal disease, would anyone connect this fact to the consumption of GMOs? Unfortunately, no. After all, GMOs are not poisons that cause instant death.

However, "research results show that GM foods can be toxic, allergenic, and have unexpected changes in nutritional properties," the book says. Oncology is also mentioned among the long-term consequences.

"When a GMO is created in a laboratory, an organism with a new set of functions is created, changes in the biochemistry of the plant occur, this can lead to the emergence of new toxins or allergens. And this is not a fantasy, these are the results of real long-term studies on animals. Are we also guinea pigs in this experiment? I know the situation in the United States well and I can say with 100% certainty that the health of the population there is very low, 50 percent of children have at least one chronic disease: allergies, digestive problems, various behavioral disorders. One in 65 children suffers from autism. An increase in cancer in children is also recorded. And this jump has occurred in the last 20-30 years. Why? One of the reasons is the poor quality of food products. Americans have been consuming GMO products for a long time. Is this related to GMOs? No one has studied it. They just haven't asked such a question," comments Michael Antonio, the author of the work, Doctor of Biological Sciences, molecular geneticist and head of the research group. in Gene Expression and Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, King's College London.

Unfortunately, no one is specifically tracking the short-term effects of GMOs on human health, but we have records of conversations with American therapists whom we met in the United States. They have repeatedly encountered the fact that people who complained of intestinal problems, allergic reactions, intolerance to certain foods, began to feel much better within two weeks after doctors prescribed them a diet based on organic products (not containing GMOs and pesticides),

— says Claire Robinson, one of the book’s authors and the director of science at the nonprofit Earth Open Source.

According to Robinson, in this case it’s difficult to separate the impact of GMOs from the impact of pesticides, which are also found in food. But given that 80 percent of GM crops are designed to withstand high doses of chemicals and are loaded with them, it’s impossible not to recognize the connection between the two problems.

(Protests against the use of glyphosate are taking place around the world. Photo: Oliver Berg / Globallookpress)

The main chemical that, thanks to Monsanto (now Bayer), has entered literally every home is glyphosate. It is sold not only as a mandatory supplement to GM seeds, which are officially not supposed to exist in Russia. In our country, it is the most popular weed killer. It has about a dozen other names: Tornado, Fighter, Typhoon, Napalm, Chistogrjad and others. We not only eat products stuffed with glyphosate, but also treat lawns, garden beds, and forests with it.

"In 2015, the WHO announced that this herbicide can cause cancer. The company brought glyphosate to the market in the 70s of the last century. It took 45 years to admit that it is dangerous!" - emphasized Elena Sharoykina, director of the National Association of Genetic Safety, which published the Russian translation of the book. According to her, we will not know the truth about GMOs for a long time, because they were brought to the market only at the very end of the last century.

And how can we find out if all the decisions about what GMOs will end up on consumers' plates tomorrow are made in the laboratories of biotech firms?

"Nowhere in the world do authorized agencies conduct their own safety tests or commission anyone else to organize such studies before launching mass production of GMOs. On the contrary, they make decisions about the safety of GMOs based on research data organized and conducted under the control of the same companies that will profit from the approval of the new crop," the book says.

Why do humans have fewer genes than rice?
When creating GMOs, one gene of any living organism, such as an apple tree, can be replaced with another one that is convenient for the manufacturer, or some "unnecessary" gene can simply be removed. This is done in various ways, including gene editing. However, any of them involves the use of additional materials (for example, bacteria or viruses).

However, the role of genes in the body is still not fully understood. Why do humans have as many genes with encoded information about protein production as a fruit fly - about 21 thousand? And agricultural crops such as rice, wheat, corn and soybeans contain many more genes than humans - from 30 to 50 thousand. "Obviously, when determining the characteristics of an organism, the information content of genes is more important than their number," the authors of the book say.

But what if the information content of genes turns out to be much greater than the gene editors assumed? Then, by removing and/or adding even one gene, you can provoke unpredictable changes in a living organism. How justified is this intervention if we are not talking about preventing a deadly disease or an equally significant reason?

On GM animals, the mistakes of genetic engineers are more visible and harder to hide. In 2019, the United States announced the creation of genetically edited hornless cows. Genetic engineers successfully "pasted" the hornlessness gene into the cows' DNA. However, according to a report from the Food and Drug Administration, it was later discovered that other changes had occurred in the genome, as a result of which the cows became resistant to three antibiotics at once. This means that it would be difficult to cure them of many diseases. This happened despite the fact that the target gene was inserted into the animal's DNA correctly and there were no failures during the procedure.

According to Claire Robinson, this is due to the fact that despite the precision of the genetic scissors, as the CRISPR Cas9 editing method is called, and the "successful" hit of the target gene in the DNA, the DNA itself starts the process of self-healing after cutting, which can lead to unexpected consequences.

Will we be able to be well-fed without GMOs?
Currently, genetic engineering in agriculture is used mainly on plants. What is more dangerous - to use chemicals on conventional crops or to grow transgenic ones that are not afraid of them? According to statistics, farmers often have to use even more chemicals on GM plants than on conventional ones.

Is it possible to grow, say, wheat or soybeans with minimal use of chemicals or without them at all? Organic farming practice says yes. Will this affect the yield? Everything depends on many factors. In general, according to the UN Food Organization (FAO) in 2007, organic products are quite capable of feeding the world.

According to other studies conducted at the University of Michigan (USA), a global transition to organic production today would already make it possible to produce at least 2,641 kcal of food per person per day, which is slightly less than the current production level of 2,786 kcal. However, this is far from the limit - with the help of this type of agriculture, 4,381 kcal per person per day is quite achievable.

But the world's transition to organic technologies means a complete revolution in agriculture, which, of course, is unprofitable for corporations producing chemicals and GMOs (as a rule, these are the same companies) and therefore sounds utopian.

The only thing that remains for the average consumer is to pay close attention to their diet, cook more often themselves, and not buy products that may contain a large amount of chemicals, such as those brought from far away (including Chinese) or out-of-season vegetables and fruits or GM components - these are usually imported soybeans and corn.


Scientists have developed GMO corn - even bugs disdain to eat it
Another "plastic" invention from scientists, GMO corn, can be sown all over the world.

Scientists have found that genetically modified corn is healthier than regular corn. This conclusion was reached by Italian scientists, who are most likely sponsored by lobbyists from food companies.

About 6 thousand studies have been conducted on corn, which have established that carcinogens are released more than 30 percent less in GMO cobs, as well as toxic substances produced by mold fungi.

In addition, GMO corn allows producers to increase yields by up to 25%, Scientific Reports reports. Modified corn allows you to get more grain and is more resistant to insects.

There is no information on the taste of corn, which even insects do not want to eat.

There is an opinion that such studies on the "usefulness" of the next GMO product are ordered by lobbyists who want to change the food picture of the world for their own benefit. The empire of GMO products is strong in Western countries. However, in Russia it is prohibited to grow genetically modified agricultural crops.

There is much talk about GMOs, but few people actually know where this mutated food comes from. And everything is on the surface - the Rockefeller Foundation from New York plays a decisive role in the propaganda and dissemination of these technologies. Over the past ten years, this influential private foundation has spent more than 100 million dollars, sponsoring research and development of GM crops, which should be used in food production in the world.

Resources:
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Prophecies of Saint Cosmas of Aetolia:
"Your plates will be filled to the brim, but the food will be impossible to eat."

A very accurate and amazing prophecy. In the 18th century, it was completely incomprehensible how this could happen: plates filled with food, but it was impossible to eat. Now we see it: genetically modified products or products stuffed with preservatives, "with the taste" of something that is simply not in them. Sufficiently wealthy people can still find some more or less natural products, but perhaps with each passing year it will become more and more difficult to do so.

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Posted by Russian Bear (here)
Why do humans have as many genes with encoded information about protein production as a fruit fly - about 21 thousand? And agricultural crops such as rice, wheat, corn and soybeans contain many more genes than humans - from 30 to 50 thousand.

We humans depend on three sources of genes, the blue prints for our proteins:

• The cells we call "ours", carry copies of genes created from the merging and selection of genes from our biological parents, at conception.
• The mitochondria within in our cells, which are specialized "chemical factories" within our cells that we inherit from our female parent, also at or near the time of conception.
• The wide variety of symbionts that live mostly on the surfaces of our body facing external stuff ... such as our gut bacteria, which we initially populate from our mother, especially during birthing and nursing.

I would speculate that plants and bugs are more "self-sufficient" ... that they rely less on such symbionts, rather more their "own" genetics to carry all the "tools" (protein blueprints) needed to construct the immense variety of specially shaped proteins needed for life. So these simpler beings need a more complete repertoire of their "own" genes.