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Alarming facts about
genetically engineered foods

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Animals have become seriously ill or died from Genetically Engineered (GE) foods
Hazardous genes from GE foods that you eat can become inserted into your own genes
An unexpected poison killed 37 persons eating a food supplement produced by GE bacteria. This disaster was not coincidental:
Top researchers confirm that genetic engineering is inherently unsafe and unpredictable. It may therefore generate unexpected harmful substances in GE food
Numerous studies have demonstrated that GE causes "non-target effects" in addition to the specific "desired effect". These effects are little understood, completely unpredictable and may be hazardous to the individual and the environment. This underscores the fundamental unsafety of genetic engineering.
The present procedure for assesing the safety of GE foods is not designed to detect unexpected substances
Therefore, harmful substances may appear in GE food approved as food
Still, GE foods are sold in most food stores in the US and in many other countries
In the US and Canada, they are not even labeled

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Press Release May 6, 2010

GENETIC ENGINEERING CAUSED A MAJOR DISASTER

New evidence indicates that it was genetic engineering that caused the
tryptophan food supplement disaster in the US that killed 37 and
permanently disabled 1500 people in a painful chronic disorder that
occurred 20 years ago.

This is the conclusion of the international NGO, Physicians and
Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and Technology
(PSRAST) after reanalysis of the facts in the light of new evidence.

"The biotechnology corporations have maintained that it was caused by
some impurity of unexplained origin appearing due to decreased
filtering of the tryptophan solution generated through fermentation by
genetically engineered bacteria - however this is contradicted by new
facts" says Dr Jaan Suurküla, the chairman of PSRAST.

It has been discovered that hundreds fell ill before the filtering was
decreased. PSRAST has found, after careful analysis, that no other
plausible explanation remains for the appearance of the unexpected
poison in the supplement than a metabolic disturbance due to genetic engineering.

For details see http://psrast.org/demsd.htm

"It is only a matter of time before another major accident happens
with genetically engineered foods" says Dr Suurkula. The reason, he
says, is that the approval procedure of genetically engineered foods
is not designed to detect unexpected dangerous substances that can appear in the food due to genetic engineering.

Dr Suurkula concludes: "This is a recipe for disaster - as all
genetically engineered foods have been approved on the basis of this
unreliable safety evaluation method, all GE foods on the market are
unsafe and must be withdrawn, and a ban on GE foods should be
implemented".

For details, see "Inadequate safety assessment of GE foods" at
http://psrast.org/subeqow.htm

Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and
Technology (PSRAST) Contact: Dr Jaan Suurküla email:

What is genetic engineering?

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Synonyms

Genetically Engineered (GE) = Genetically Modified (GM) = Genetically Altered.

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What foods are genetically engineered?

Many common foods are, including: Corn, Soy, Wheat, Canola, Tomato , Potato , Rice , Cantaloupe , Sugar beet - (all kinds of sugar) , Radicchio , Flax (linseed) , Papaya , Squash , Oilseed rape, Alfalfa.

All of these, and products made of them, including common infant feeds, may contain unexpected harmful substances.

And remember, in the US, the GE foods are not labeled.

For details go to: "GE foods on the market"

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Introduction to our website

In order to make it easy for you to rapidly get a good idea about the issue, we have created an introduction in steps with increasing amounts of detail at each step.

Step one

Our main conclusions at a glance

Commercial application of genetical engineering for production of foods cannot be scientifically justified and carries with it unpredictable and potentially serious consequences.

The reasons are as follows:

The knowledge about the genes and how they work is too incomplete to make it possible to predict and understand all consequences of genetic engineering.

The knowledge about the health safety of GE foods is seriously incomplete.

The knowledge about the environmental safety of GE organisms is seriously incomplete.

It has been scientifically established that unexpected effects can occur from genetic engineering that are hazardous to health and the surroundings.

Science has established that there is no need for GE organisms for feeding the world or solving nutritional deficiency problems.

Food biotechnology perpetuates environmentally unsustainable industrial agriculture. It is based on chemicals of various kinds that are demonstratedly harmful to health and to the environment.

Why GE foods should be banned immediately

Considering that GE organisms are unsafe to eat and that they expose the environment to unpredictable and irreversible risks, they should be banned. It is not justified to take any risk at all in using them as there is no need for them to feed the world and because they perpetuate unsustainable agriculture that is harmful to health and to the environment.

On the following pages you will find more details explaining our position.

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