New Report on Bt Crops

GMO-related damage was linked to five different areas: Intestinal permeability, imbalanced gut bacteria, immune activation and allergic response, impaired digestion, and damage to the intestinal wall.

The IRT release also indicated that glyphosate, a weed killer sold under the brand name ‘Roundup’ was also found to have a negative effect on intestinal bacteria. GMO crops contain high levels of the toxin at harvest.

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[The] Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) [...] cites authoritative data from the US Department of Agriculture, US Environmental Protection Agency records, medical journal reviews as well as international research.

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In soy, corn, cotton (oil), canola (oil), sugar from sugar beets, zucchini, yellow squash, Hawaiian papaya, and alfalfa, “Bt-toxin, glyphosate, and other components of GMOs, are linked to five conditions that may either initiate or exacerbate gluten-related disorders,” according to Smith. It’s the BT-toxin in genetically modified foods which kills insects by “puncturing holes in their cells.” The toxin is present in ‘every kernel’ of Bt-corn and survives human digestion, with a 2012 study confirming that it punctures holes in human cells as well.

  Rt

Well, of course it does. Bt works by a physical action, not a chemical one. Who the hell thought it wouldn’t? You can spray the surface of the corn plant, without spraying the edible kernels, and kill the pests. You don’t need to create a monster corn plant that has Bt embedded in it.

Europe wouldn’t allow Bt corn for years, until Monsanto finally got its way in France early this year.

France's highest court lifted the country's ban on growing Monsanto's genetically modified (GMO) maize MON810, yesterday (1 August), following a decision by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in May that said the ban was not justified by a serious environmental threat.

The court found that the French ban violated European Union law because the maize was authorised by the EU in 1998.

Eight member states have banned the cultivation of MON810 – France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Luxemburg, Austria, Hungary and Greece.

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Last week it emerged that Monsanto will no longer pursue cultivation approvals for new GMO crops in Europe because of the regulatory uncertainty. They will instead focus on enabling imports of GMO crops into the EU.

  Euorpean Voice

But China won’t take it.

China has blocked a fifth cargo of US corn since mid-November after testing found a strain of genetically-modified (GMO) corn not yet approved for import.

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China, the world’s second largest corn consumer, has refused 180,000 tons of [US] grain since mid-November. Observers believe it has less to do with the corn and more to do with other trade quarrels between the two countries.

  RT

Why, and who are those “observers”?

We’ll just sell it to someone else.