People eating genetically modified food may have rat-short lifespan

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People eating genetically modified food may have rat-short lifespan

 

Genetically modified food is connected with great economic concerns

 

http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/16372_GMF.html

 

It is generally believed that rats, cockroaches and cyanobacteria can

survive any biological catastrophe. But recently, researchers have once

again stated that there is a delayed action poison which can slowly kill

even enduring rodents.

 

Leading expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for higher

nervous activity and neurophysiology, Doctor of Biology Irina Yermakova,

conducted an experiment on rats. The rodents are traditionally used for

important experiments as they have morphology and biochemistry

resembling the human ones.

 

The experimental rats were given food containing genetically modified

components. The rats survived during the experiment but their conduct

seriously changed: they became nervous, anxious and even aggressive for

no reason at all. The researcher discovered abnormal pathologic changes

in the liver and testicles of the rats.

 

This is important that descendants of the experimental rats fed with GMF

had really terrible problems. Alien components turned out to be lethal

for little rats. Generally, all rats of one litter survive. But over 55

percent of experimental rats' babies were born dead or died soon after

they came to the world. At that, their death was really agonizing, they

were found with their intestines swollen. Other new-born rats had really

weak health. At the same time, mothers did not reveal their motherly

instinct actively.

 

Similar experiments were conducted on other animals and fixed

approximately the same results. So, the experiments reveal that

transgenes are very poisonous for descendants and are in fact a delayed

action biological weapon.

 

There are opponents and supporters of genetically modified foodstuffs.

At that, people need to know that transgenic products are very

profitable. This in its turn means that genetically modified foodstuffs

are connected with great economic concerns.

 

Those who support cultivating of transgenic plants and production of

products with genetically modified components say that these components

proved to be safe as a result of large-scale researches. But the

Greenpeace international non-governmental organization disagrees with

these statements. Greenpeace states that research institutions that

allegedly prove safety of genetically-modified components cannot provide

accurate information about transgenes' safety and even debar people from

getting acquainted with such information.

 

There is still no reliable information proving the danger of transgenes

for humans, but the tragedy of experimental rats is really alarming.

Russians undoubtedly have the right to know if products contain

genetically modified components and decide themselves if they will

include them into the everyday ration or not. But it is important that

unfair producers must not deceive customers about the content of their

products.

 

According to the recent data of the Russian Opinion Poll Center, over 95

percent of Russians prefer products free from transgenic components even

when they cost more. Majority of parents are absolutely negative as

concerning genetically modified components in baby and kids food.

 

Today, Russia has no unified system of marking products containing

genetically modified components. It means that even when producers claim

they use no genetically modified components they may still do it and

deceive customers.

 

Greenpeace activists initiated an independent research aimed to find out

if products marked as containing no transgenic components contain

genetically modified components or not. In the framework of the

research, experts studied sausage produced in large cities of Russia,

crab sticks made in the Kaliningrad Region and China, potato mash and

evaporated milk formulas produced by Russian subsidiaries of foreign

companies. Out of the 42 tested products 18 proved to be containing no

transgenic components, 6 products contained just hundredths of

genetically modified components, and 10 products fixed not more than

1.33 percent of genetically modified components. But 6 sorts of sausage

and crab sticks fixed too high content of transgenic components.

 

Greenpeace reported the results of the experiment in the middle of

October; it is not ruled out that the situation is that distressing in

Russia in general. The results of the Greenpeace experiment seem to be

today the only reliable guide for choosing safe products free from

transgenes. Today, when Russian stores offer a great variety of products

and Russians have a chance to choose, everyone should remember the fate

of the experimental rats fed with transgenes and eat food which is safe

for health.