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Top 10 Reasons to Label Genetically Engineered Food
Top 10 Reasons to Label Genetically Engineered Food
Source: Organic Consumers Association
1. A threat to life:
The Convention on Biodiversity recognizes that genetic engineering is a threat to the amount and
variety of life on the planet.
2. They're unhealthy:
Scientists reviewing data from Monsanto's own studies "have proven that genetically engineered
foods are neither sufficiently healthy or proper to be commercialized."
3. Allergens:
Biotech's scattershot technique of spraying plant cells with a buckshot of foreign genes that hit
chromosomes in random spots can trigger the expression of new allergens and change the
character of plant proteins.
4. The dairy's different:
Milk and dairy products from cows injected with genetically engineered growth hormones are
different from normal milk and dairy products.
5. Birth defects:
The third generation of hamsters fed genetically engineered soy suffered slower growth, a high
mortality rate, and a bizarre birth defect: fur growing in their mouths. Many also lost the ability to
have pups.
6. It makes a difference:
Animals fed genetically engineered feed are different from animals fed conventional and organic
feed.
7. Gene transfer:
A single serving of genetically engineered soy can result in horizontal gene transfer, where the
bacteria in the human gut adopts the soy's genetically engineered DNA.
8. They're different:
Genetically engineered foods are different from normal foods.
9. Testing:
Genetically engineered foods have not been tested to determine whether they are safe for human
consumption.
10. They're everywhere:
Almost all non-organic processed food and animal products in the U.S. today contain ingredients
that come from genetically engineered crops or from animals given genetically engineered feed,
vaccines or growth hormones.
Genetically Engineered Foods Should Be Labeled!
Congress: Pass the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act!
Sign the Petition on Facebook
Source: Organic Consumers Association
1. A threat to life:
The Convention on Biodiversity recognizes that genetic engineering is a threat to the amount and
variety of life on the planet.
2. They're unhealthy:
Scientists reviewing data from Monsanto's own studies "have proven that genetically engineered
foods are neither sufficiently healthy or proper to be commercialized."
3. Allergens:
Biotech's scattershot technique of spraying plant cells with a buckshot of foreign genes that hit
chromosomes in random spots can trigger the expression of new allergens and change the
character of plant proteins.
4. The dairy's different:
Milk and dairy products from cows injected with genetically engineered growth hormones are
different from normal milk and dairy products.
5. Birth defects:
The third generation of hamsters fed genetically engineered soy suffered slower growth, a high
mortality rate, and a bizarre birth defect: fur growing in their mouths. Many also lost the ability to
have pups.
6. It makes a difference:
Animals fed genetically engineered feed are different from animals fed conventional and organic
feed.
7. Gene transfer:
A single serving of genetically engineered soy can result in horizontal gene transfer, where the
bacteria in the human gut adopts the soy's genetically engineered DNA.
8. They're different:
Genetically engineered foods are different from normal foods.
9. Testing:
Genetically engineered foods have not been tested to determine whether they are safe for human
consumption.
10. They're everywhere:
Almost all non-organic processed food and animal products in the U.S. today contain ingredients
that come from genetically engineered crops or from animals given genetically engineered feed,
vaccines or growth hormones.
Genetically Engineered Foods Should Be Labeled!
Congress: Pass the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act!
Sign the Petition on Facebook