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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><strong><em><br>
</em></strong></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><strong><em>Spilling
the Beans</em>, March 2008</strong> <br>
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<p class="title-large"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
class="059461115-10072007"><font face="Times New Roman, Times">For a
more in-depth look at 65 health risks of GM foods, excerpted from
Jeffrey Smith's comprehensive new book <strong>Genetic Roulette: The
Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods</strong>, </font><a
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<p class="Title-Large"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4">Unintended GMO Health Risks</font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><strong>Genetically modified foods:</strong></font></p>
<blockquote dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000080"
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>YES, you are already eating
them.<br>
NO, they are not safe to eat.</strong></font></p>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b><font
color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Did you know...</font></b> since
1996 Americans have been eating genetically modified (GM) ingredients
in most processed foods.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b><font
color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Did you know...</font></b> GM
plants, such as soybean, corn, cottonseed, and canola have had foreign
genes forced into their DNA. And the inserted genes come from species,
such as bacteria and viruses, that have never been in the human food
supply.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b><font
color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Did you know...</font></b> genetically
modified organisms (GMOs) are not safe. They have been linked to
thousands of toxic and allergenic reactions, thousands of sick,
sterile, and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ and
system studied in lab animals.</font></p>
<p class="Title-Large"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b><font
color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Find out what the
risks are and start protecting yourself and your family today!</font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">Why isn’t the FDA protecting us?</font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">In 1992, the Food and Drug
Administration claimed that they had no information showing that GM
foods were substantially different from conventionally grown foods and
therefore were safe to eat. But internal memos made public by a lawsuit
reveal that their position was staged by political appointees under
orders from the White House to promote GMOs. FDA scientists, on the
other hand, warned that GMOs can create unpredictable, hard-to-detect
side effects, including allergies, toxins, new diseases, and
nutritional problems. They urged long term safety studies, but were
ignored.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref1" title="_ednref1"
href="#1" name="_ednref1"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080"
face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">[1]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The FDA does not require any safety
evaluations for GMOs. Instead, biotech companies, who have been found
guilty of hiding toxic effects of their chemical products, are now in
charge of determining whether their GM foods are safe. (The FDA
official in charge of creating this policy was Michael Taylor,
Monsanto’s former attorney and later their vice president.)</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Although
these biotech companies participate in a voluntary consultation process
with the FDA, it is a meaningless exercise. The summaries of the
superficial research they submit cannot identify most of the health
risks of GMOs.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref2" title="_ednref2"
href="#2" name="_ednref2"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[2]</font></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Genetic
modification is radically different from natural breeding</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In
contrast to the statements of biotech advocates, FDA scientists and
others affirm that genetic modification is not just an extension of the
conventional breeding techniques that have been used by farmers for
millennia. Genetic engineering transfers genes across natural species
barriers, using imprecise laboratory techniques that bear no
resemblance to natural breeding. Furthermore, the technology is based
on outdated concepts of how genes and cells work.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref3" title="_ednref3" href="#3"
name="_ednref3"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[3]</font></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Widespread,
unpredictable changes</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Gene
insertion is done either by shooting genes from a “gene gun” into a
plate of cells or by using bacteria to invade the cell with foreign
DNA. The altered cell is then cloned into a plant. These processes
create massive collateral damage, causing mutations in hundreds or
thousands of locations throughout the plant’s DNA.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref4" title="_ednref4" href="#4"
name="_ednref4"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[4]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Natural genes can be deleted or
permanently turned on or off, and hundreds may change their levels of
expression.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref5" title="_ednref5"
href="#5" name="_ednref5"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[5]</font></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="#000000"
face="Times New Roman" size="3">In addition:</font></b></p>
<ul>
<li>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
inserted gene is often rearranged;</font><a class="bookmark"
id="_ednref6" title="_ednref6" href="#6" name="_ednref6"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[6]</font></span></span></a></div>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">It
may transfer from the food into our body’s cells or into the DNA of
bacteria inside us;</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref7"
title="_ednref7" href="#7" name="_ednref7"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[7]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> and</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
GM protein produced by the gene may have unintended properties or
effects.</font></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GM
foods on the market</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
primary reason companies genetically engineer plants is to make them
tolerant to their brand of herbicide. The four major GM plants, soy,
corn, canola, and cotton, are designed to survive an otherwise deadly
dose of weed killer. These crops have much higher residues of toxic
herbicides. About 68% of GM crops are herbicide tolerant.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
second GM trait is a built-in pesticide. A gene from the soil bacterium
called Bt (for Bacillus thuringiensis) is inserted into corn and cotton
DNA, where it secretes the insect-killing Bt-toxin in every cell. About
19% of GM crops produce their own pesticide. Another 13% produce a
pesticide <i>and</i> are herbicide tolerant.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">There
is also Hawaiian papaya and a small amount of zucchini and yellow
crookneck squash, which are engineered to resist a plant virus. Help
stop the introduction of GM sugar in late 2008. Send a letter to top
companies on our website.</font></p>
<p class="Title-Large"><b><font color="#000080"
face="Times New Roman" size="4">Growing evidence of<font
face="Times New Roman, Times"> </font>harm from GMOs<br>
</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GM soy and
allergic reactions</font></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Soy
allergies skyrocketed by 50% in the UK, soon after GM soy was
introduced.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref8" title="_ednref8"
href="#8" name="_ednref8"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[8]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A
human subject showed a skin prick allergic-type reaction to GM soy, but
not to natural soy.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref9"
title="_ednref9" href="#9" name="_ednref9"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[9]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
level of one known soy allergen is as much as 7-times higher in cooked
GM soy compared to non-GM soy.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref10"
title="_ednref10" href="#10" name="_ednref10"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[10]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GM
soy also contains an unexpected allergen-type protein not found in
natural soy.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref11" title="_ednref11"
href="#11" name="_ednref11"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[11]</font></span></span></a></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Bt
corn and cotton linked to allergies</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
biotech industry claims that Bt-toxin is harmless to humans and mammals
because the natural bacteria version has been used as a spray by
farmers for years. In reality, hundreds of people exposed to Bt spray
had allergic-type symptoms,</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref12"
title="_ednref12" href="#12" name="_ednref12"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[12]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> and mice fed Bt had powerful immune
responses</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref13" title="_ednref13"
href="#13" name="_ednref13"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[13]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> and damaged intestines.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref14" title="_ednref14" href="#14"
name="_ednref14"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[14]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Moreover, Bt in GM crops is designed
to be more toxic than the natural spray and is thousands of times more
concentrated.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Hundreds
of laborers in India report allergic reactions from handling Bt cotton.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref15" title="_ednref15" href="#15"
name="_ednref15"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[15]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Their symptoms are identical to those
exposed to Bt spray.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref16"
title="_ednref16" href="#16" name="_ednref16"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[16]</font></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GMOs
fail allergy tests</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">No
tests can guarantee that a GMO will not cause allergies. Although the
World Health Organization recommends a protein screening protocol,</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref17" title="_ednref17" href="#17"
name="_ednref17"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[17]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> the GM soy, corn, and papaya in our
food supply fail those tests— because they have properties of known
allergens.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref18" title="_ednref18"
href="#18" name="_ednref18"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[18]</font></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GMOs
cause immune reactions to non-GM foods</font></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If
proteins “digest” slowly, there is more time for allergic reactions.
Because GM soy reduces digestive enzymes in mice,</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref19" title="_ednref19" href="#19"
name="_ednref19"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[19]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> it may slow protein digestion and
promote allergies to many foods.</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Mice
not only reacted to Bt -toxin, they had immune responses to formerly
harmless compounds.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref20"
title="_ednref20" href="#20" name="_ednref20"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[20]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Similarly,
a mouse test indicated that people eating GM peas could develop
allergies both to the peas and to a range of other foods. The peas had
already passed all the allergy tests normally used to get GMOs on the
market. It took this advanced mouse test, which was never used on the
GMOs we eat, to discover that the peas could be deadly.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref21" title="_ednref21" href="#21"
name="_ednref21"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[21]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GMOs
and liver problems</font></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Rats
fed GM potatoes had smaller, partially atrophied livers.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref22" title="_ednref22" href="#22"
name="_ednref22"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[22]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
livers of rats fed GM canola were 12-16% heavier.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref23" title="_ednref23" href="#23"
name="_ednref23"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[23]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GM
soy altered mouse liver cells in ways that suggest a toxic insult.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref24" title="_ednref24" href="#24"
name="_ednref24"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[24]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The changes reversed after their diet
switched to non-GM soy.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref25"
title="_ednref25" href="#25" name="_ednref25"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[25]</font></span></span></a></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GM
soy, reproductive problems, and infant mortality</font></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">More
than half the offspring of mother rats fed GM soy died within three
weeks.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref26" title="_ednref26"
href="#26" name="_ednref26"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[26]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Male
rats</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref27" title="_ednref27"
href="#27" name="_ednref27"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[27]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> and mice</font><a class="bookmark"
id="_ednref28" title="_ednref28" href="#28" name="_ednref28"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[28]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> fed GM soy showed changes in their
testicles; the mice had altered young sperm cells.</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
DNA of mouse embryos whose parents ate GM soy functioned differently
than those whose parents ate non-GM soy.</font><a class="bookmark"
id="_ednref29" title="_ednref29" href="#29" name="_ednref29"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[29]</font></span></span></a> </li>
</ul>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Many offspring of female
rats fed GM soy were considerably<br>
smaller,and more than half died within three weeks (compared<br>
to 10% of the non-GM soy controls).<font face="Arial" size="2"> </font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref30" title="_ednref30" href="#30"
name="_ednref30"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080"
face="Times New Roman" size="3">[30]</font></span></span></a> <strong></strong></font>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Bt
crops linked to sterility, disease, and death</font></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">When
sheep grazed on Bt cotton plants after harvest, within a week 1 in 4
died. Shepherds estimate 10,000 sheep deaths in one region of India.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref31" title="_ednref31" href="#31"
name="_ednref31"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[31]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Farmers
in Europe and Asia say that cows, water buffaloes, chickens, and horses
died from eating Bt corn varieties.</font><a class="bookmark"
id="_ednref32" title="_ednref32" href="#32" name="_ednref32"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[32]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">About
two dozen US farmers report that Bt corn varieties caused widespread
sterility in pigs or cows.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref33"
title="_ednref33" href="#33" name="_ednref33"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[33]</font></span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Filipinos
in at least five villages fell sick when a nearby Bt corn variety was
pollinating.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref34" title="_ednref34"
href="#34" name="_ednref34"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[34]</font></span></span></a></li>
</ul>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td>The stomach lining of rats fed GM potatoes showed
excessive cell growth, a condition that may be a precursor to cancer.
Rats also had damaged organs and immune systems.<a class="bookmark"
id="_ednref35" title="_ednref35" href="#35" name="_ednref35"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[35]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><b><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><br>
Functioning GM genes remain inside you</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Unlike
safety evaluations for drugs, there are no human clinical trials of GM
foods. The only published human feeding experiment verified that
genetic material inserted into GM soy transfers into the DNA of
intestinal bacteria and continues to function.</font><a class="bookmark"
id="_ednref36" title="_ednref36" href="#36" name="_ednref36"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[36]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> This means that long after we stop
eating GM foods, we may still have their GM proteins produced
continuously inside us.</font></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If
the antibiotic gene inserted into most GM crops were to transfer, it
could create super diseases, resistant to antibiotics.</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If
the gene that creates Bt -toxin in GM corn were to transfer, it might
turn our intestinal flora into living pesticide factories.</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Animal
studies show that DNA in food can travel into organs throughout the
body, even into the fetus.</font><a class="bookmark" id="_ednref37"
title="_ednref37" href="#37" name="_ednref37"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font
color="#000080">[37]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GM
food supplement caused deadly epidemic</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In the
1980s, a contaminated brand of a food supplement called L-tryptophan
killed about 100 Americans and caused sickness and disability in
another 5,000-10,000 people. The source of contaminants was almost
certainly the genetic engineering process used in its production.</font><a
class="bookmark" id="_ednref38" title="_ednref38" href="#38"
name="_ednref38"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
class="MsoEndnoteReference"><font color="#000080">[38]</font></span></span></a><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The disease took years to find and
was almost overlooked. It was only identified because the symptoms were
unique, acute, and fast-acting. If all three characteristics were not
in place, the deadly GM supplement might never have been identified or
removed.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If GM
foods on the market are causing common diseases or if their effects
appear only after long-term exposure, we may not be able to identify
the source of the problem for decades, if at all. There is no
monitoring of GMO-related problems and no long-term animal studies.
Heavily invested biotech corporations are gambling away the health of
our nation for profit.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Help
end the genetic engineering of our food supply</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">When
the tipping point of consumer concern about GMOs was achieved in Europe
in 1999, within a single week virtually all major food manufacturers
committed to remove GM ingredients. The Campaign for Healthier Eating
in America is designed to reach a similar tipping point in the US
before the end of 2009.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Our
growing network of manufacturers, retailers, healthcare practitioners,
organizations, and the media, is informing consumers of the health
risks of GMOs and helping them select healthier non-GMO alternatives.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Go to <a
href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Times New Roman" size="3">www.responsibletechnology.org</font></a>
to get involved and learn how to avoid GMOs. Look for our Non-GMO
Shopping Guide in summer 2008.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Start
buying non-GMO today</b>.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Help
us stop the genetic engineering of our food supply.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Donations
to the Institute For Responsible Technology are tax-deductible. Your
$25 membership includes a free educational gift.<br>
</font><font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size="3">There
are three ways to become a member or make a donation:</font></p>
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mail:</font> <font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Institute
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209-1765</font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The
health information is from the book <i>Genetic Roulette: The
Documented Health Risk of Genetically Engineered Foods</i>, by Jeffrey
M. Smith. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">©
copyright Institute For Responsible Technology 2008. The Institute is a
fully tax deductible project of The Coordinating Council, a 501c(3).<br>
</font></p>
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2005; <a href="http://www.regnum.ru/english/526651.html"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="2">http://www.regnum.ru/english/526651.html</font></a>;
Irina Ermakova, “Genetically modified soy leads to the decrease of
weight and high mortality of rat pups of the first</font> <font
face="Times New Roman">generation. Preliminary studies,” <i>Ecosinform</i>
1 (2006): 4–9.<br>
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a GM Free Europe, EU Parliament, Brussels, June 12, <span class="hl">2007<br>
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name="_edn29"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
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face="Times New Roman"> Oliveri et al., “Temporary Depression of
Transcription in Mouse Pre-implantion Embryos from Mice Fed on
Genetically Modified Soybean,” <i>48th Symposium of the Society for
Histochemistry,</i> <i>Lake Maggiore</i><i> (</i><i>Italy</i><i>),</i> <i>September
7–10, 2006</i><i>.<br>
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name="_edn30"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
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face="Times New Roman"> I.V. Ermakova, “Diet with the Soya Modified by
Gene EPSPS CP4 Leads to Anxiety and Aggression in Rats,” <i>14th</i> <i>European
Congress of Psychiatry.</i> <i>Nice</i><i>,</i> <i>France</i><i>,</i> <i>March
4-8, 2006</i><i>;</i> “Genetically modified soy affects posterity:
Results of Russian scientists’ studies,” <i>REGNUM</i>, October 12,
2005; <a href="http://www.regnum.ru/english/526651.html"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="2">http://www.regnum.ru/english/526651.html</font></a>;
Irina Ermakova, “Genetically modified soy leads to the decrease of
weight and high mortality of rat pups of the first</font> <font
face="Times New Roman">generation. Preliminary studies,” <i>Ecosinform</i>
1 (2006): 4–9.<br>
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name="_edn31"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span
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face="Times New Roman"> “Mortality in Sheep Flocks after Grazing on <i>Bt</i>
Cotton Fields—Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh” <i>Report of the</i> <i>Preliminary
Assessment,</i> April 2006, <a
href="http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6494"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman">http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6494</font></a><br>
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2006; and Mae-Wan Ho and Sam Burcher, “Cows Ate GM Maize & Died,”
ISIS Press Release, January 13, 2004,</font> <a
href="http://www.isis.org.uk/CAGMMAD.php"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Times New Roman" size="2">http://www.isis.org.uk/CAGMMAD.php</font></a><br>
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Rosman and other farmers, 2006; also reported widely in the farm press.<br>
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Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine,” Lancet, 1999 Oct 16;
354 (9187): 1353-4; and Arpad Pusztai, “Facts Behind the GM Pea
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of the Conference, December 1st 2005</i> (Frankfurtam Main, Germany:
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face="Times New Roman" size="2"> William E. Crist, Toxic L-tryptophan:
Shedding Light on a Mysterious Epidemic, <a
href="http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/index.cfm"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="2">http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/index.cfm</font></a>;
and Jeffrey M. Smith<strong>,</strong> <i>Seeds of Deception</i>, Yes!
Books, Fairfield, IA 2003, chapter 4, Deadly Epidemic.<br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><br>
Jeffrey M. Smith is the author of publication <em>Genetic Roulette:
The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods</em>, which
presents 65 risks in easy-to-read two-page spreads. His first book, <em>Seeds
of Deception</em>, is the top rated and #1 selling book on GM foods in
the world. He is the Executive Director of the Institute for
Responsible Technology. <a href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/"><font
color="#0000ff" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">www.responsibletechnology.org</font></a>,
which is spearheading the Campaign for Healthier Eating in America. Go
to <a href="http://www.seedsofdeception.com/"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">www.seedsofdeception.com</font></a> to
learn more about how to avoid GM foods.</font>
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