Vermont Breaks Stalemate on GMO Labeling
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I'm all for labeling any product that is genetically modified. I think the consumer should have the right to know what they are ingesting and have the choice to make the decision to buy that GMO garbage or not. I'm very pleased in the supermarket when I see something labeled NON-GMO. Just bought some Contadina tomato paste, non-gmo, non-BPA.
Personal GMO Thoughts
Except for one or two serious unintended consequences, I have to admit that based on the concept and use alone, GMOs are not particularly harmful, I believe. But, those one or two consequences introduce the specter of serious unknowns generations from now.
Genetically Modified plants are able to resist insect attack without the use of pesticides. This is a good thing. How they do it is not. The modification of the plant's genes allows it to create it's own pesticides! Believe it or not. The GMO freaks are very reluctant to reveal exactly how this works. Organic pesticides are not particularly complex chemical compounds, in that they closely resemble steroid hormones. So what's wrong with steroid hormones?
Nothing in particular, if you neglect that they are absorbed by the human body which then mistakes many of the insect-killing chemicals for estrogen, the hormone naturally produced by our bodies. Both sexes produce it, women much more than men. The adsorbed pesticide chemicals become bound to human fat tissue just as though they were estrogen.
The human breast contains much fat tissue. The milk it produces absorbs quantities of these "fake estrogens" and it gets delivered to the next generation of human beings. And so on. Science simply does not know what the probable result for future generations will be as a result of this steroid-loading. Knowing that some of the very potent pesticides are very carcinogenic, AND resemble estrogen, tips the scales heavily against GMOs, in my mind. imp
Except for one or two serious unintended consequences, I have to admit that based on the concept and use alone, GMOs are not particularly harmful, I believe. But, those one or two consequences introduce the specter of serious unknowns generations from now.
Genetically Modified plants are able to resist insect attack without the use of pesticides. This is a good thing. How they do it is not. The modification of the plant's genes allows it to create it's own pesticides! Believe it or not. The GMO freaks are very reluctant to reveal exactly how this works. Organic pesticides are not particularly complex chemical compounds, in that they closely resemble steroid hormones. So what's wrong with steroid hormones?
Nothing in particular, if you neglect that they are absorbed by the human body which then mistakes many of the insect-killing chemicals for estrogen, the hormone naturally produced by our bodies. Both sexes produce it, women much more than men. The adsorbed pesticide chemicals become bound to human fat tissue just as though they were estrogen.
The human breast contains much fat tissue. The milk it produces absorbs quantities of these "fake estrogens" and it gets delivered to the next generation of human beings. And so on. Science simply does not know what the probable result for future generations will be as a result of this steroid-loading. Knowing that some of the very potent pesticides are very carcinogenic, AND resemble estrogen, tips the scales heavily against GMOs, in my mind. imp
An article that may be of interest. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...12/15/glyphosate-modern-diseases-pathway.aspx