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In reply to the discussion: Republished study: GMO Corn Can Cause Damage to Liver and Kidneys, and Severe Hormonal Disruption [View all]KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)42. "We" didn't see the increase in obesity, diabetes and cancer?
"We" didn't see the increase in kidney failure?
Maybe we didn't look very hard:
Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades. While many industrialized countries have experienced similar increases, obesity rates in the United States are among the highest in the world
http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTXT3DK#a=1
During 19952010, the age-adjusted prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among U.S. adults increased in all geographic areas, with the median prevalence for all states, DC, and Puerto Rico increasing from 4.5% to 8.2%
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6145a4.htm
About 300 of every 100,000 Americans develop cancer each year, which means the U.S. has the seventh highest cancer rate in the world.
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20110123/us-has-7th-highest-cancer-rate-in-the-world
An analysis of federal health data published last November in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that 13 percent of American adults about 26 million people have chronic kidney disease, up from 10 percent, or about 20 million people, a decade earlier.
Weve had a marked increase in chronic kidney disease in the last 10 years, and that continues with the baby boomers coming into retirement age, said Dr. Frederick J. Kaskel, director of pediatric nephrology at the Childrens Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. The burden on the health care system is enormous, and its going to get worse.
We wont have enough units to dialyze these patients.
Weve had a marked increase in chronic kidney disease in the last 10 years, and that continues with the baby boomers coming into retirement age, said Dr. Frederick J. Kaskel, director of pediatric nephrology at the Childrens Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. The burden on the health care system is enormous, and its going to get worse.
We wont have enough units to dialyze these patients.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/health/18kidneydisease.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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Republished study: GMO Corn Can Cause Damage to Liver and Kidneys, and Severe Hormonal Disruption [View all]
G_j
Jul 2014
OP
Sadly, science reporting on the left is almost as bad as it is on the right...nt
SidDithers
Jul 2014
#4
I think it's partly that "where's our jetpacks? their absence means SOMEBODY is to blame!"
MisterP
Jul 2014
#13
Soda is GMO corn (HFCS) which is designed to be loaded with most easily absorbed sugar -- fructose
KurtNYC
Jul 2014
#47
Do critics of this publication have evidence that current testing standards are optimal?
Faryn Balyncd
Jul 2014
#14
Good Luck with your Monarchs coming back, appal jack! Thanks for your posts not promoting
Cha
Jul 2014
#48