Kraft Foods Linked to Funding Genetically Modified Foods

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I got this off of Dr. Mercola's website... I did not know this...

Did anyone else?

Misty

http://www..com

 

 

Genetically Modified Foods, Inc.

 

Many are not aware that genetically modified food is funded by drug

companies like Pharmacia and large, well-known corporations such as

tobacco giant Phillip Morris, which owns Kraft Foods. Concern over

the use of these altered foods has grown among many well-respected

scientists, as the effects of such foods are virtually unknown.

 

 

Further troubling is the fact that Kraft Foods is not telling you

that genetically modified foods have made their way into many of the

company's products -- Post cereals, Boca burgers, Lunchables and

hundreds of others -- and may be putting your family's health and

the environment at risk. Little testing has been done to gauge what

consequences these altered foods will have on our world. You can

view an entertaining animation that illustrates the controversy

behind Kraft's use of genetically modified foods and offers an easy

way for you to speak out against this experimental practice.

 

 

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DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

 

As I said last year:

 

There is no telling what the consequences of using these genetically

modified foods will be. Already, investigators have found that rats

fed genetically modified potatoes had an increased thickening in the

lining of their stomach and intestine and a weakening of their

immune system. Further, some scientists want to put vaccines into

plants without any real knowledge of what effects this unnatural

addition will have on human health, or the health of our planet.

 

This is SHEER LUNACY.

 

What these scientists have failed to fully appreciate is that once

these genetically modified plants are growing it is physically

impossible to prevent them from pollinating other plants, thereby

contaminating them with these new proteins, of which we do not know

the long-term consequences.

 

The absurdity of the entire process is mind-boggling. These

scientists are willing to sacrifice the country's food supply by

adding vaccines, which do not even work, to plants.

 

If this continues, our grandchildren may not have access to any non-

genetically modified food, and the health of our society may

continue to rapidly decline.

 

One of the keys to health is good food. Although most of us don't

choose to do so, we can still purchase real, unaltered food in this

country. Sadly, the future does not appear to provide this option.

 

Genetically modified foods did not exist prior to 1995. Ninety

percent of the money Americans spend on food is spent on processed

foods, and seventy percent of processed foods have genetically

modified foods in them.

 

There have been NO STUDIES done with humans to show what happens

when genetically modified foods are consumed. The FDA has ASSUMED

that these modified foods are equivalent to the original foods and

does not require any studies to have them approved, despite the fact

that this technology has never before existed in the history of the

world.

 

This is especially troubling in light of the United State's federal

track record on genetically engineered safety, which is terrible.

 

For example, last year genetically modified Starlink corn was

approved for animal consumption, but NOT human consumption because

of a concern that it could cause allergies in humans. However,

Starlink corn would up directly in the human food supply, despite

FDA precautions.

 

There are EIGHT different agencies in the United States regulating

biotechnology under 12 different sets of laws. NONE of the laws had

biotechnology in mind when they were passed, as they are 40 to 50

years old.

 

This lack of regulation and total irresponsibility in using

genetically modified foods is a disaster waiting to happen.

 

http://www.mercola.com/2003/jan/1/gm_foods.htm