is the end of monsanto near? prop 37 succeeding as nations ban GMO

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35. Finding a Monsanto GMO corn pesticide in the blood of pregnant women/umbilcal cord samples is ok?

http://www.latimes.com/health/ct-met-gmo-food-labeling--20110524,0,3802216.story

With no labeling, few realize they are eating genetically modified foods

Some consumers are concerned that such foods may pose health risks and say manufacturers should be required to identify them for consumers

By Monica Eng, Tribune reporter
May 24, 2011, 8:28 p.m.

...Canadian researchers this year reported that the blood of 93 percent of pregnant women and 80 percent of their umbilical cord blood samples contained a pesticide implanted in GMO corn by the biotech company Monsanto, though digestion is supposed to remove it from the body. "Given the potential toxicity of these environmental pollutants and the fragility of the fetus, more studies are needed," they wrote in Reproductive Toxicology.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/benbrook_annals_response2012.pdf

September 4, 2012

Initial Reflections on the Annals of Internal Medicine Paper "Are Organic Foods Safer and Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives? A Systematic Review

By: Charles Benbrook

Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources
Washington State University

...For most people, just switching to organic fruits and vegetables, or organic dairy products or meat, in the absence of other changes in food choices and overall diet quality, would not be expected to trigger a clinically significant improvement in health, especially in the relatively short time periods assessed in the dietary-­‐ intervention or human-­‐health studies reviewed by the Stanford team.

The one exception in the literature—studies spanning the duration of a woman’s pregnancy and the first few years of a child’s life—provide encouraging evidence that organic food can reduce the odds of some adverse health impacts, including birth defects, neuro-­‐behavioral and learning problems, autism, and eczema (Arbuckle, et al., 2001; Bellinger, 2012; Bouchard, et al., 2011; Engel, et al., 2011; Garry et al.; 2002; Rauh, et al., 2011; Schreinemachers, 2003).

Link from: http://www.organicconsumers.org/