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In reply to the discussion: Total Ban On GM Corn in France Follows Popular Opposition [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)132. Don't like ENSSER as source? Gone. PLEASE FOCUS ON THE INTERSECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH & BIOTECH FOOD.
Last edited Thu May 8, 2014, 12:16 PM - Edit history (1)
Posts #68, #131, and the following, in particular.GMO crops (corn/soy/canola/cottonseed/sugarbeet) -> manufactured into food additives found in processed foods -> inadequately tested (as recently detailed in multiple peer-reviewed journal articles by multi-year PEW FOOD ADDITIVES PROJECT) -> READ BELOW
http://www.pewhealth.org/other-resource/pew-examines-gaps-in-toxicity-data-for-chemicals-allowed-in-food-85899493633
http://www.pewhealth.org/projects/food-additives-project-85899367220
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890623813003298
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3705099
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=B846909A-A5E3-4A27-A8DA-631FD66F9DED
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=B846909A-A5E3-4A27-A8DA-631FD66F9DED
POLITICO
NRDC to launch attack on food ingredient approvals
By: Helena Bottemiller Evich
September 10, 2013 04:30 PM EDT
http://www.pewhealth.org/other-resource/pew-examines-gaps-in-toxicity-data-for-chemicals-allowed-in-food-85899493633
Aug 14, 2013
PEW EXAMINES GAPS IN TOXICITY DATA FOR CHEMICALS ALLOWED IN FOOD
Project: Food Additives Project
The peer-reviewed journal Reproductive Toxicology published a paper from The Pew Charitable Trusts' food additives project examining the data used to make safety recommendations for chemicals added to food sold in the United States. The analysis of three major sources of toxicology information found significant gaps in the data for chemicals that are added to food and food packaging.
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Only one in five chemicals has been evaluated using the simplest lab animal test recommended by FDA to evaluate safety.
Only one in eight chemicals that FDA recommended be evaluated for reproductive or development problems had evidence it was tested for these effects.
The lack of data means that often we dont know whether these chemicals pose a health risk to the hundreds of millions of Americans who eat food with untested chemical additives.
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Shit happens in France because politicians FEAR people. In the U.S.A., they LAUGH.
Auggie
May 2014
#5
what's "all over the internet" is anti-science, anti-intellectual fear mongering...
mike_c
May 2014
#153
Do you have a credible link or are we just going to go with unsubstantiated conspiracy theories? nt
Gore1FL
May 2014
#66
Of course the FDA agrees with Monsanto, they appointed most of the FDA commissioners! Sheesh!
DeSwiss
May 2014
#55
PRESS RELEASE > Environmental Chemicals Harm Reproductive Health: Ob-Gyns Advocate for Policy Change
proverbialwisdom
May 2014
#131
Don't like ENSSER as source? Gone. PLEASE FOCUS ON THE INTERSECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH & BIOTECH FOOD.
proverbialwisdom
May 2014
#132
I deleted all matters ENSSR from the post you are criticizing and added post #140. Please review. nt
proverbialwisdom
May 2014
#141
How's this grab you? MOST soy is GMO, maybe this isn't, wouldn't u like more testing on soy formula?
proverbialwisdom
May 2014
#140
So what happens when someone produces a GM corn that meets all the standards?
C_eh_N_eh_D_eh
May 2014
#10
NOBODY said "science is scary". A shitload of scientists said MONSANTO is scary.
loudsue
May 2014
#13
People say science is scary all the time, and it's not the scientists I'm worried about.
C_eh_N_eh_D_eh
May 2014
#18
That is the meme of Monsanto and other large pesticide/herbicide companies ...
MindMover
May 2014
#80
Again I will state that you are parroting Monsantos meme .... which is ridiculous ... nt
MindMover
May 2014
#82
It's quite astonishing, watching you fight the good fight against know-nothings here
FarrenH
May 2014
#116
Hasn't shown a negative impact on humans or rats? Not true, check it out.
proverbialwisdom
May 2014
#109
I do not know more about the status of this ban in France. Do you know about this?
proverbialwisdom
May 2014
#90
My response to your post was in error. It's fixed, why are you repeating yourself?
proverbialwisdom
May 2014
#110
That web site is anything but creepy. It is focused on getting the science right.
HuckleB
May 2014
#177
Statement by the AAAS Board of Directors On Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods
HuckleB
May 2014
#165