The Genetic Experiment with our Food

The Genetic Experiment with our food
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Chances are you have already eaten Genetically Engineered (GE) ingredients. Without warning or notice you have been included in a dangerous experiment on our food.

Thousands of products on the shelves of your local supermarket contain GE ingredients in foods from crops that have not evolved in any natural environment, from crops that have never before been part of the human diet.

Look at the ingredient list on any of the packaged foods in the supermarket. You are almost certain to find ingredients made from corn, soy, canola or cottonseed oil. These ingredients commonly come from plants that have been genetically altered and are being grown on millions of acres in the United States. For example, soy ingredients like lecithin, soy oil, and soy protein are found in 60- to 70 percent of all processed foods.

Because they are living organisms, GE crops can multiply, spread and reproduce indefinitely and at will. Once released, genetically engineered organisms can never be recalled, so their effects are irreversible. GE pollen and seeds can contaminate farms and wilderness, creating uncontrollable "super weeds" and threatening the varietal purity of our crops. We have already seen this genetic contamination of corn in Mexico, the center of diversity for corn varieties.

Crop and Number of GM varieties:
Canola, 4
Corn (not blue corn), 13
Cotton, 5
Dairy products from cows injected with genetically altered rBGH, 1
Papaya, 1
Potatoes (Russett, Burbank), 1
Radicchio (red-hearted chicory), 1
Squash (yellow crook-neck), 2
Soybeans, 3
Tomatoes, 5