What’s So Bad About Genetically Modified Foods?
I just found out about a survey the Federated Farmers of New Zealand (pro GM) are doing to gauge the public reaction to introducing GM foods into ‘clean, green’ New Zealand. Then only about an hour later I stumbled across this article, aptly named Just Another Reason to Grow Your Own Food Most of us who care about our health know that GM food have to be bad news, but until now I didn’t know that any studies had been done into exactly what effect they can have. Here’s what one study has found. Then, a week later, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine dropped a bombshell study which states, “GM foods pose a serious health risk.” The AAEM paper also notes, “Multiple animal studies have shown that GM foods cause damage to various organ systems in the body.” “Physicians are probably seeing the effects in their patients, but need to know how to ask the right questions,” the study suggested. Because GM foods are not identified it is impossible to match a person’s consumption to any s
