GMO plant DNA transfers to human gut bacteria.

[WuWei]

●GMO plant DNA transfers to human gut bacteria.

Verification: Nat Biotechnol. 2004 Feb;22(2):204-9. Epub 2004 Jan 18. Assessing the survival of transgenic plant DNA in the human gastrointestinal tract. Netherwood T, Martin-Orue SM, O'Donnell AG, Gockling S, Graham J, Mathers JC, Gilbert HJ. School of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.PMID: 14730317 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

"The inclusion of genetically modified (GM) plants in the human diet has raised concerns about the possible transfer of transgenes from GM plants to intestinal microflora . . . we study the survival of the transgene epsps from GM soya in the small intestine of human ileostomists (i.e., individuals in which the terminal ileum is resected and digesta are diverted from the body via a stoma to a colostomy bag). . . Three of seven ileostomists showed evidence of low-frequency gene transfer from GM soya to the microflora of the small bowel before their involvement in these experiments."




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Pat (I can't copy the pdf file, techy-impaired)

[WuWei]

OMG, it gets worse as I read this article!!

●Into each GMO seeds cell, GMO DNA has been placed with an antibiotic resistant (AR) gene for the purpose of sorting; non-GMO's are killed by antibiotics and GMO remains.
Verification: Biotechnol Lett. 2006 Mar; 28(5): 321-5. The occurrence of antibiotic resistance (AR) genes in Taq polymerases and a decontamination method applied to the detection of genetically modified crops. Perron A, Raymond P, Simard R. St-Hyacinthe Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Casavant Blvd West, J2S 8E3 3400, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. PMID: 16614919 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

"Different antibiotic resistance (AR) genes, such as Bla, Tet and NPTII, contaminate commercially available Taq polymerases. . . The elimination of Taq polymerase contamination allows the use of PCR tests to screen seeds (corn) and processed food for the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMO) based on the detection of AR genes. Without a decontamination procedure for AR genes, PCR screening tests should be interpreted with caution."
Implications: Antibiotic resistant GMO DNA that transfers to human gut bacteria has unimaginable health conciquences. The World Health Organization web has recognized this implication and cautioned against the use of this process.




WTH are they thinking?


Pat

[WuWei]

Sit down, sister. It gets worse.


●Into each GMO seeds cell, GMO DNA has been placed with an antibiotic resistant (AR) gene for the purpose of sorting; non-GMO's are killed by antibiotics and GMO remains.
Verification: Biotechnol Lett. 2006 Mar; 28(5): 321-5. The occurrence of antibiotic resistance (AR) genes in Taq polymerases and a decontamination method applied to the detection of genetically modified crops. Perron A, Raymond P, Simard R. St-Hyacinthe Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Casavant Blvd West, J2S 8E3 3400, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. PMID: 16614919 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

"Different antibiotic resistance (AR) genes, such as Bla, Tet and NPTII, contaminate commercially available Taq polymerases. . . The elimination of Taq polymerase contamination allows the use of PCR tests to screen seeds (corn) and processed food for the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMO) based on the detection of AR genes. Without a decontamination procedure for AR genes, PCR screening tests should be interpreted with caution."
Implications: Antibiotic resistant GMO DNA that transfers to human gut bacteria has unimaginable health conciquences. The World Health Organization web has recognized this implication and cautioned against the use of this process.


Verification 1: Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2005 Jun;137(2):167-80. Epub 2005 Jun 8. Suggestions for the assessment of the allergenic potential of genetically modified organisms. Spok A, Gaugitsch H, Laffer S, Pauli G, Saito H, Sampson H, Sibanda E, Thomas W, van Hage M, Valenta R. Inter-University Research Center for Technology, Work, and Culture, Graz, Austria.PMID: 15947472 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[WuWei]

●1 out of 49 persons had allergic response to GMO soy but not to regular soy.

Verification: Allergy Asthma Proc. 2005 May-Jun;26(3):210-6. Genetically modified and wild soybeans: an immunologic comparison. Yum HY, Lee SY, Lee KE, Sohn MH, Kim KE. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University, Pochon, Korea.

"Most traits introduced into genetically engineered crops result from the expression of new proteins (proteins are what people can be allergic to). . . The skin test results of 49 patients showed 13 positive results to wild soybeans and 8 positive results to GMO soybeans. One patient had a positive skin test result to GMO soybeans only. . . GMO soybeans revealed a unique strong immunoglobulin E binding band at 25 kDa in some patients and wild soybeans showed a strong immunoglobulin E binding band at 30-36 kDa. To assess the allergenicity of GMO food, more research, including a selection of controlled sample materials and immunoassays of qualified sera, is needed."

[ellasmama2007]

*sigh* i dont even know what to say

[WuWei]

Who decides this stuff?!?!

Due to the lack of adequate organic sources of soy lecithin, the USDA allowed the use of non-organic sources when it drafted the national organic standards in 2002.


Pat

[ellasmama2007]

govt "hmmm we dont have enough useless filler for our foods, lets just throw some plastic in and call it a day"

[WuWei]

Originally Posted by ellasmama2007

govt "hmmm we dont have enough useless filler for our foods, lets just throw some plastic in and call it a day"

See, it is this type of thinking which helped shift my paradigm from worshiping Science to recognizing its discrete, minutiae, and dissection of the *whole* person into parts. Then, I learned of more eastern philosophy of oneness: "wei wu wei".
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/ch/wuwei.htm
http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/loy3.htm

Btw, I considered the screen name "Wyrd".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyrd
http://www.wyrdwords.vispa.com/heathenry/whatwyrd.html
http://www.blackcatpress.co.uk/Wyrdwords.htm

"Wyrd refers to how past actions continually affect and condition the future, but also how the future affects the past. The concept of Wyrd highlights the interconnected nature of all actions and how they influence each other."

Science, ironically, seems to ignore that our actions affect the future...

A favorite book which opened my eyes to something bigger than Science as god, was "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and...le_Maintenance
http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Motorc.../dp/0553277472

"Pirsig aims towards a perception of the world which embraces both sides, the rational and the romantic. This means encompassing "irrational" sources of wisdom and understanding as well as science, reason and technology. In particular, this must include bursts of creativity and intuition that seemingly come from nowhere and are not (in his view) rationally explicable. Pirsig seeks to demonstrate that rationality and Zen-like "being in the moment" can harmoniously coexist. He suggests such a combination of rationality and romanticism can potentially bring a higher quality of life."


See how it is interconnected to allergies...


Pat

[txtarheel]

That's some scary stuff. I suspected a lot of it, but to see it some of it published in Nature Biotechnology is just scary. You can't get much more respected in mainstream science than that. No one can argue with the legitimacy of that research at this point.

[WuWei]

GMO just makes me crazy.


Pat

[WuWei]

Ok, this just makes me livid.


Pat

[WuWei]

This is too distressing.

going to bed.

Pat

[Koalamom]

Please forgive me for asking a stupid question, but there are way too may big words for my tired brain tonight. So the GMO's take over the gut? by consuming a GMO food? or by air?


My dh is looking into a study where by correcting the mineral deficiencies, non heirloom crops change(not sure if gmo crops are involved with the study). The DNA changes to be native seeds again. I wonder if the same is for the human body. These minerals that are needed are not just the ones we know like calcium, iron, etc, but trace minerals too that may even be undiscovered, but are found in sea minerals. What the point of sharing this is there is hope!

[kavamamakava]

I love your screen name