Activists often cite the alleged potential health risks of genetically modified foods. One recent example of this—”10 Scientific Studies Proving GMOs Can Be Harmful To Human Health“, posted on Collective-Evolution.com—outlines many familiar concerns and points in each case to “credible scientific studies that clearly demonstrate why GMOs should not be consumed”. Are these concerns credible? What do the studies cited actually claim?
1)
Multiple Toxins From GMOs Detected In Maternal and Fetal Blood.
The
blog post sites a 2010 study that alleges to show this danger. The authors
identified the Bt protein Cry1Ab in maternal and fetal blood, a protein
found in some GMOs, but also commonly used as a pesticide in organic farming. The paper is flawed. The
researchers’ measurements were based on an experiment/assay designed to detect Bt’s
Cry1Ab in plants, not in humans. As this post in
Biofortified.org explains, the pregnant women in the study would have had to
eat several kilos of corn in order to get the Bt measurements that were
detected in their blood......To Read More....
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