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GeneticallyModifiedSweetCorn
Duringtheshortsummerthatwe'vejustexperienced,andI'lldescribeitasabouttwo
weekslong,wherethetemperatureswereactually"summerlike",aquestionkeptgnawingat
meregardingourexposuretogeneticallymodifiedfood!HasMonsantoandtheotherlarge
Biotechcompaniesbeenfeedingus,ageneticallymanipulatedversionofoneofourlate
summerfavourites,sweetcorn?Well,becauseIdidn'thaveananswerandIknowthatiffoods
aregeneticallymodified,themostdangerousformtoeatitisinitsnaturalformasgrown.
Becauseofthis,Iwouldn'tbuyanyfreshcobsofcornthatwereplentifulatthefarmer's
marketsandroadsidestandsinthearea.Becausetherearenolawsregardingthelabellingon
GMproduceinCanadawhichwouldallowconsumerstomakeinformeddecisionsinregards
tothefoodtheypurchase,Ididn'thaveasinglefreshcobofcorn!
NowthatIhavedonealittleresearchintothisquestion,Icameupwithsome
personallydisturbing
answers.
And
the
answer
is
yes,
acertain
percentage
of
the
"sweet"
corn
thatweallknowandloveisgeneticallymanipulated.I'mgoingtoaddanarticletakenfrom
theCanadianBiotechnologyActionNetwork,thatwaspostedOctober23rd2013byLucy
SharrattandTaariniChopraofCBAN.
TestsDiscoverUnlabelledGMSweetCorninCanadianGroceryStoresandFarmersMarkets
(Pleasenote:NosamplesweretestedfromMetrostores)
October23,2013OttawaTestshavefoundunlabelledgeneticallymodified(GM)sweetcorn
ingrocery
stores,
roadside
stands
and
farmers
markets
across
Canada,
says
the
Canadian
BiotechnologyActionNetwork(CBAN).
OurtestingclearlyshowsGMsweetcornispresentinCanada,saidLucySharrattofCBAN.
Thehighnumberofpositiveresultsinoursmallsamplesizealertsconsumerstothefactthat
theycouldbeunknowinglybuyingGMsweetcorn.Attheveryleast,GMsweetcornshouldbe
clearlylabelledsoconsumerscanmakeachoice.
ThepurposeofCBANstestwastogetanindicationofthepresenceofgeneticallymodified
(alsocalledgeneticallyengineered)freshsweetcorninCanada.
Oursample
size
was
small
and
random
but
shows
aclear
presence
of
GM
sweet
corn,
across
provincesandtypesofvendors,saidCBANresearcherTaariniChopra.Theresultsdonttell
ushowmuchofCanadassweetcornisGM,buttheydotellusthatitsoutthere,inboth
grocerystoresandfarmersmarkets.
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CBANtested43samplesofconventionalfresh,sweetcorn.HalfwerefromOntario;therest
fromBC,AlbertaandNovaScotia.Thesampleswerepurchasedfromoutletsofmajorgrocery
chains(Loblaw,WalmartandSobeys)aswellassomesmaller,independentgrocerystores,
farmersmarkets,androadsidestands.
15of
the
43
samples
tested
positive.
This
means
that
approximately
35%
of
these
sweet
corn
samplesweregeneticallymodified.
GMsweetcornwasdiscoveredinsamplespurchasedfromLoblawstores.
GMsweetcornwasalsopresentinsamplesfromfarmersmarketsandroadsidestands.
Varioussamplesfromall4provinceswheresampleswerecollected
Ontario,BC,Nova
ScotiaandAlberta testedpositive.
TestingofsamplesfromSobeysandWalmartdidnotfindGMsweetcorn.
Results
are
not
statistically
significant
but
provide
asnapshot
of
GM
sweet
corn
in
Canada,
intheabsenceofmandatoryGMfoodlabellingandanygovernmenttracking,including
statisticsonGMcropcultivation.
ThetestswereconductedbyCBANstaff,atSeedsofDiversityCanada'slaboratoryin
WaterlooOntario,usingstriptestsfortheGMproteinCry1Ab.
Untilrecently,GMcorngrowninCanadawaspredominantlyfieldcorn,whichisusedfor
animalfeed,processedfoodingredientsandbiofuels.GMsweetcornisthefirstGMwhole
foodgrowninCanada,andraisesnewquestionsforconsumersaboutpossiblehealthrisks.
Thesweet
corn
is
genetically
engineered
with
genes
from
the
Bt
bacteria
to
produce
proteins
thatmakeittoxictosomeinsects.
SomefarmersmightbeplantingGMsweetcornwithoutknowingthatitsgenetically
modified,orbeingawareoftheconsumerconcerns,saidSharratt.
Formoreinformation:LucySharratt,CBAN,6132412267ext25;TaariniChopra,CBAN,cell
2266068240.www.cban.ca/corn
HereisthelinktotheabovepageattheCBANwebsite:
http://www.cban.ca/Press/PressReleases/Tests
Discover
Unlabelled
GM
Sweet
Corn
in
CanadianGroceryStoresandFarmersMarkets
Sonowthatweknowthatgeneticallymodifiedsweetcornisbeingsoldtousfor
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consumption,inOntario,let'slookalittlefurtherintothisimportanttopic.
Hereissomeinformationonastudythatwasdonecomparingthenutritionalvalue
analysisofGMOcornversusNonGMOcorn.TheanalysisshowsclearlythattheGMcornisof
significantlyless
nutritional
value
than
the
Non
GM
corn.
Hereisthelinktothewebpage"MomsAcrossAmerica"fromwherethischartoriginatedandis
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beingusedtoeducatethepublicinregardstothisimportanttopic.
http://www.momsacrossamerica.com/stunning_corn_comparison_gmo_versus_non_gmo
Nowforsomefurtherinformationandstatisticalchartsthatshowthecorrelationbetweenthe
introductionofgeneticallymodifiedfoodstotheNorthAmericanpublic(theU.S.inparticular)
andthesteadyriseofvariousdiseases,cancersandothermaladiesinthehumanpopulation.
Thecharts,alongwithaplethoraofotherusefulinformation,iscontainedinthefollowing
article,
Genetically Modified Organisms and the deterioration of health
in theUnited States........N.L. Swanson, 4/24/2013
The
above
noted
42
page
report,
where
all
of
the
following
charts
can
be
located,
alongwithagreatquantityofrelatedinformationcandbefoundatthefollowinglink....
http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/glyphosate/NancySwanson.pdf
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Basedontheexaminingoftheabovecharts,theyappeartoshowanuncanny
correlationtotheuseofGlyphosatepesticides,theacreageofGMOcornandsoyplantedand
theincreasedincidentsofvariousdiseasesandillnessesintheU.S.population.
BasedonalltheinformationthatIhaveseen,read,watchedandlistenedto,these
GeneticallyModifiedfoodcropsareDANGEROUStohumanhealth.Some,infactmostofthe
abovelistedchartsshowthattheacutehealthproblemsarisingfromtheconsumptionof
thesegeneticallymanipulatedfoods,isalreadymanifestingitselfatalarmingrates.Ibelieve,
thatasfarasthehazardousanddeadlysideeffectsstemmingfromtheconsumptionofthese
productsandofglyphosateaswell,willberevealedoverthenextcoupleofgenerations,
meaningourchildrenandtheirchildren.
Theworstisyettocome!
M.
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