It is fashionable in Africa to blame every strange or
inexplicable health condition on genetic engineered food or ingredients. The
problems raised in the media and by activist organizations include barrenness,
impotence, cancer, obesity, allergies, asthma, autism, aging, etc. In Uganda, in early January, the daily Monitor
newspaper reported on a 3-year-old
girl in the rural area of Lwengo, Central Uganda, who has started menstruating, and
according to doctors, she has the potential of becoming pregnant. This is the second strange case of
accelerated maturation in the news recently. Last July, in the Newsvision from
Gulu district in the Northern part of Uganda, there were reports of a 3-year-old
boy who developed all the features of a male adult and was
much more energetic than a kid of his age could ever be. There have also been
reports of increased cases of Siamese twins
reported almost yearly in Uganda from
2011 to 2014 and most cases are from rural areas.
In every case, there were rumors and some media reports that “GMOs are to blame”.
But that couldn’t be the case. All of these cases occurred in
rural areas where crops are grown organically; no genetically
modified crops are grown in these areas. The problems couldn’t be linked to
pesticide use either, as some have claimed. Even if farmers in these regions
wanted to spray, they could not because of the costs of pesticides..........To Read More....
My Take - The real question we should be asking oursleves is this: If these activists are so concerned about human health why are they standing in the way of Golden Rice and it's ability to deliver much needed Vitamin A to the world's population? We know the lack of Vitamin A is either killing or blinding millions every year, yet we're supposed to ban needed GMOs based on Greenie lies and speculation about human health and GMOs. Claims that have no foundation in science, versus very these real provable and preventable deaths. Greenie must be insane!
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