Cancer deaths double in Argentina's GMO agribusiness areas

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13. I'm under the impression that crops like corn and soybeans and others

are genetically engineered to resist the chemical glyphosphate, so it can be used to douse the fields with glyphosphate to kill weeds in the soil. Even though the glyphosphate supposedly disappears some time after use, there is concern that it could have residual effects over a period of time, both on the crops and the soil, Long-term effects in rats were mentioned in one of the links I posted. The other concern is that genetic engineering of food crops may have unknown effects, including long-term effects, on those that consume them. This includes possible effects on cattle, poultry and other animals raised as food. I do not eat meat, but I am very worried about the potential for harm in GMO food.

Asbestos used to be considered safe and was used as a fire-retardant in stage curtains, pot holders, ironing board covers, pipe insulation, floor tiles, siding and many other applications when I was young. I worked for a small newspaper in the town of Manville, NJ, around the time men who worked at the Johns-Manville asbestos plant starting coming down with mesothelioma lung cancers from inhaling asbestos fibers in the plant years earlier. Their wives were coming down with mesothelioma too - frpm washing their husbands' work clothes.It takes anywhere from 20 to 40 years for these cancers to develop and become detectable.