GMOs Linked to Organ Disruption in 19 Studies
April 11th, 2011Via: Institute for Responsible Technology:
A new paper shows that consuming genetically modified (GM) corn or soybeans leads to significant organ disruptions in rats and mice, particularly in livers and kidneys. By reviewing data from 19 animal studies, Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini and others reveal that 9% of the measured parameters, including blood and urine biochemistry, organ weights, and microscopic analyses (histopathology), were significantly disrupted in the GM-fed animals. The kidneys of males fared the worst, with 43.5% of all the changes. The liver of females followed, with 30.8%. The report, published in Environmental Sciences Europe on March 1, 2011, confirms that “several convergent data appear to indicate liver and kidney problems as end points of GMO diet effects.” The authors point out that livers and kidneys “are the major reactive organs” in cases of chronic food toxicity.
“Other organs may be affected too, such as the heart and spleen, or blood cells,” stated the paper. In fact some of the animals fed genetically modified organisms had altered body weights in at least one gender, which is “a very good predictor of side effects in various organs.”
The GM soybean and corn varieties used in the feeding trials “constitute 83% of the commercialized GMOs” that are currently consumed by billions of people. While the findings may have serious ramifications for the human population, the authors demonstrate how a multitude of GMO-related health problems could easily pass undetected through the superficial and largely incompetent safety assessments that are used around the world.
Research Credit: jfreon
As someone who developed diabetes as a young’un for no good reason, I tend to be sensitive to topics dealing with how everyday stuff really messes all of us up.
some of the animals fed genetically modified organisms had altered body weights in at least one gender, which is “a very good predictor of side effects in various organs.”
“Had altered body weights” sounds euphemistic for “got really fat” and this “predictor of side effects” has been showing up all around us for quite some time now. When we see it happen to rats in an experiment we believe it, when we experience it happening to us we seem to deny it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi3GA0nbCtQ
Pretty much sums it up for you deegee.