Researcher: GMO Crops May Be Causing Animal Miscarriages & Infertility

[appal_jack]

January 16, 2011

Dear Secretary Vilsack:

A team of senior plant and animal scientists have recently brought to my attention the discovery of an electron microscopic pathogen that appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals, and probably human beings. Based on a review of the data, it is widespread, very serious, and is in much higher concentrations in Roundup Ready (RR) soybeans and corn—suggesting a link with the RR gene or more likely the presence of Roundup. This organism appears NEW to science!

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This previously unknown organism is only visible under an electron microscope (36,000X), with an approximate size range equal to a medium size virus. It is able to reproduce and appears to be a micro-fungal-like organism. If so, it would be the first such micro-fungus ever identified. There is strong evidence that this infectious agent promotes diseases of both plants and mammals, which is very rare.

Pathogen Location and Concentration

It is found in high concentrations in Roundup Ready soybean meal and corn, distillers meal, fermentation feed products, pig stomach contents, and pig and cattle placentas.

Linked with Outbreaks of Plant Disease

The organism is prolific in plants infected with two pervasive diseases that are driving down yields and farmer income—sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soy, and Goss’ wilt in corn. The pathogen is also found in the fungal causative agent of SDS (Fusarium solani fsp glycines).

Implicated in Animal Reproductive Failure

Laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of this organism in a wide variety of livestock that have experienced spontaneous abortions and infertility. Preliminary results from ongoing research have also been able to reproduce abortions in a clinical setting.

The pathogen may explain the escalating frequency of infertility and spontaneous abortions over the past few years in US cattle, dairy, swine, and horse operations. These include recent reports of infertility rates in dairy heifers of over 20%, and spontaneous abortions in cattle as high as 45%.

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It is urgent to examine whether the side-effects of glyphosate use may have facilitated the growth of this pathogen, or allowed it to cause greater harm to weakened plant and animal hosts. It is well-documented that glyphosate promotes soil pathogens and is already implicated with the increase of more than 40 plant diseases; it dismantles plant defenses by chelating vital nutrients; and it reduces the bioavailability of nutrients in feed, which in turn can cause animal disorders.

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Sincerely,

COL (Ret.) Don M. Huber
Emeritus Professor, Purdue University
APS Coordinator, USDA National Plant Disease Recovery System (NPDRS)



http://farmandranchfreedom.org/gmo-miscarriages

[SoCalDem]

1. Infertility in humans seems to be on the upswing too.. geee what could that mean?

Of course delayed families contribute too, but a combination of issues could include frankenfoods that a whole generation has grown up with..

Boomer fertility probably peaked somewhere in the mid 70's BEFORE all the prepared/chemical-laced stuff.. We reached puberty BEFORE all that shit was fullblown

[cbdo2007]

3. There definitely seems to be a greater percentage of infertility with our friends....

than in our parents's friends of the next generation.

My wife and I went through infertility, so were extra aware of who all was around us and what all they were going through. Not just women but many, many guys who were the main cause as well.

[SoCalDem]

4. My son's best friend is going through this with his wife

He has worked around construction chemicals all of his young working life, and played a lot of sports on turf that was routinely sprayed with god-knows what.. Their doctor "suspects" those may be a factor in his fertility issues.. They sold a car and took a 2nd mortgage just to try & have a baby:(.. They are okay with adopting if it does not work, since they have limited funds to try this medical stuff for a long time.. He was an adopted child

[appal_jack]

5. Best of luck to them.

I'm one of those Gen X'ers who has delayed having children. Now that I'm thinking of having them, anything is possible I guess.

I'm a guy who eats pretty well, exercises, and tries to avoid chemicals & gmo's. Fortunately, my girlfriend is similar, except that she's a gal, and younger (more Gen Y than X) and prettier than me too. So hopefully I've got some odds in my favor...

-app

[SoCalDem]

6. Remember.. there is never a perfect time for a child, so don't wait too long

Good luck to you kids:)

and remember this too.. you can have the full parenting experience with ONE kid..and a side benefit is that you always know "who did it".. We had three within 5 years and we apparently raised SIX..

the three with birth certificates and:

I don't know
somebody
not me

those three were the ones who forgot to lock the door, who left the hose on for a whole day
who left a gallon of milk sitting out all day, and yet managed to put the empty one back in the fridge, who threw a clodhopper shoe at and dented a brand new $1500 fridge, who lost (FOREVER) a remote control for the only vcr that worked well, who lost almost every spoon in the house, etc:)

[appal_jack]

7. :-) - Good advice! - n/t

[cbdo2007]

8. Good luck to them!!

It is very difficult and can definitely cost A LOT of money, if not covered by their insurance (some states do cover infertility treatments). Hopefully they know that they can write off medical expenses over 7.5% of their income on their taxes. My wife and I ended up living with her parents for 6 months to pay for our IVF, and now we've got a perfect little girl here with us and it was the best thing we've ever done. Now we're starting to get worried about the potential of kid #2. It's worth a shot.

Adopting can be just as frustrating, more expensive, take longer, and still not be successful, so whichever way they go, I wish them the best.

[SoCalDem]

10. They have already decided that if they cannot have a pregnancy, they will adopt

siblings under 10 (if possible).. he was adopted at 8 and always regretted that his younger brother was adopted before he was, and went to a different family.. They did not re-connect until they were in their teens, and by then had very little in common anymore..

[Newest Reality]

2. I don't remember how that old saying goes ...

Ah: "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature!"

No action is without its intended and, more importantly, unintended consequences. To continue to ignore this a profit and power motives drive the world to extinction is not only reckless and immature, it is totally insane.

I've been watching this nightmare unfold for years. Keep in mind that we are animals and the disorders that can be caused in other animals are an issue for those who consume them and the modified plants.

All that and, we don't get a label. If we did, who would buy the products and by-products produced from Monsanto's Grim Reaper lab work?

[no_hypocrisy]

9. USDA won't take GM and/or Round-Up seriously until the cattle ranchers

start losing their herds.

We don't matter. Beef does.

[SoCalDem]

11. or when the animals they love to shoot at, start to disappear

:(