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phynyxfyre
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Just found out Walmart is selling genetically altered corn. This corn is actually designed to cause insects organs to rupture so the corn grows better. Problem is, in lab testing, it caused organ failure in lab rats. Now they are selling it to the public with no warning labels or anything. I was so mad about this earlier when I read about it. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
General Mills refuses to use this corn in their cereals, and I believe they are owned by the tobacco company. That tells me a lot if they are refusing to use it.
General Mills refuses to use this corn in their cereals, and I believe they are owned by the tobacco company. That tells me a lot if they are refusing to use it.
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Specifically: Would you eat that corn? Should it be labelled? Are other companies doing this; I have only heard of Walmart so far?0
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I does bother me to hear this. If I can, I try to buy organic produce. However, it's very hard to control what's in the food you get in a restaurant. I guess it all comes down to making as healthy of choices as possible and being as informed as you can.:flowerforyou:0
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It's walmart. You should read the book "The Walmart Effect"
You may start shopping elsewhere if you are into ethics and environment.0 -
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I have only been buying organic corn for this very reason, it disgusts me and disturbs me that they would market this for food !!
I think all GM food needs to be marked, but they won't because they know that no one would buy it !!
http://www.saskfarmersmarket.com/show_news.php?n=35415
http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0706.htm#headingA110 -
First, do you have any actual proof that Walmart is selling this?
Second, do you have any proof of the claims that the corn had this effect on rats?
Third, have you heard of any people or have any proof that said effects have happened on people, or is this just a warning for rats?0 -
You're eating GM corn if you eat almost anything processed or any fast food.
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/essays/we-are-what-we-eat
Eat organic corn and stay away for processed foods and fast foods if you want to avoid it. Same goes for soy.0 -
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If you can't believe something you heard from someone with a blog, who can you trust?0 -
All corn today is genetically altered. Not all with bug genes, but none of it is the corn of corn ancestors.0
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Most corn sold in the U.S. is genetically modified (edit to clarify: in the lab, as opposed to traditional breeding methods). If this concerns you, I recommend you learn more about it. Unfortunately, in the U.S., there is no requirement to mark genetically modified foods. Companies can voluntarily label foods that aren't modified; best to assume any other produce may be modified.0
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I have only been buying organic corn for this very reason, it disgusts me and disturbs me that they would market this for food !!
yeah, making it so that food can be grown in areas that previously couldn't support food is dumb. so is making crops need less pesticide, keeping it off the food and out of the run-off from watering, which then gets into water, to other animals, etc.
also, odds are that you are eating GM ingredients even in your super special organic foods. more than 90 percent of canola seeds and soy in this country are modified in some way. upwards of 85 percent of corn is, too.
also, while there hasn't been any mass study done, of the studies done both here and by the british -- who initially were against GM foods but have now said studies show there are no health issues there -- show it is perfectly safe.I think all GM food needs to be marked, but they won't because they know that no one would buy it !!
and I think this is probably wrong, too. but whatever.0 -
also, this:
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Just found out Walmart is selling genetically altered corn. This corn is actually designed to cause insects organs to rupture so the corn grows better. Problem is, in lab testing, it caused organ failure in lab rats. Now they are selling it to the public with no warning labels or anything. I was so mad about this earlier when I read about it. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
General Mills refuses to use this corn in their cereals, and I believe they are owned by the tobacco company. That tells me a lot if they are refusing to use it.
Where did you read that General Mills doesn't use corn in any of their cereals???
Chex is a GM cereal and they make corn chex............I know there are more.
And do you really think that wheat isn't GMO??? Sadly mistaken if you think otherwise.
Monsanto is here to try and rule the world and from what I see, people (especially in the US) are going to sit there and let them do it by feeding their corporation by buying the crap stuff.0 -
I would eat it.
I am not a rat or an insect. I don't think I will explode xD0 -
I think the study the OP might be talking about is this one:
A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health
http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0706.htm
I've only read the abstract though, so I don't have much to say about this yet.0 -
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I does bother me to hear this. If I can, I try to buy organic produce. However, it's very hard to control what's in the food you get in a restaurant. I guess it all comes down to making as healthy of choices as possible and being as informed as you can.:flowerforyou:0
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Not surprised...it IS walmart afterall. Whatever is cheapest and most convenient for them is what they're going to do. Don't like it, don't buy it.0
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You do understand that most of the foods we eat, even the fruit & veggies are genetically modified, right? Try shopping at a farmers market...even though the seeds most farmers are forced to use are genetically altered...but they're a lot closer to natural than a lot of things we buy. Shopping at a huge chain like Wal-Mart if you're worried about GE food is just kinda funny really...0
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