GMO foods cause tumors and early death according to new studies

[Crveni Baron]

Still wondering if GMO foods are safe? A shocking new UK study is one of the first long-term inquires into the safety of consuming genetically modified foods (GMO) with startling results.

The study found consuming even the smallest amounts (reported as "safe" by Monsanto scientists) of Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller (sprayed on GMO food plants), or the NK603 Roundup-resistant GM maize (corn) also developed by Monsanto, resulted in the development of mammary tumors and severe liver and kidney damage in rats.

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[Crveni Baron]

“This research shows an extraordinary number of tumours developing earlier and more aggressively - particularly in female animals. I am shocked by the extreme negative health impacts,” said Dr Michael Antoniou, molecular biologist at King’s College London, and a member of CRIIGEN, the independent scientific council which supported the research.

GM crops have been approved for human consumption on the basis of 90-day animal feeding trials. But three months is the equivalent of late adolescence in rats, who can live for almost two years (700 days), and there have long been calls to study the effects over the course of a lifetime.

The peer-reviewed study, conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Caen, found that rats fed on a diet containing NK603 Roundup resistant GM maize, or given water containing Roundup at levels permitted in drinking water, over a two-year period, died significantly earlier than rats fed on a standard diet.

Up to half the male rats and 70% of females died prematurely, compared with only 30% and 20% in the control group.

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