Two Australian researchers have found that CSIRO-developed GMO wheat which was created to
silence particular genes within the crop can also silence certain rNA
and DNA sequences in the human body, causing fatality as early as age
five or six. The researchers are calling the GMO wheat a
‘safety’ issue, which requires more profundity before the genetically
modified crop is planted in more areas of Australia and offered in
products in grocery stores.
Professor Jack Heinemann of the University of Canterbury, NZ, and Associate Professor Judy Carman, a biochemist at Flinders University, released their expert scientific opinions on the safety of CSIRO’s GM wheat at a press conference in Melbourne. The Safe Food Foundation & Institute has a video of their conference, here.
While studies on the wheat have been released by CSIRO, the scientists point out that there are some grave holes in the overall assessment of the crop that have serious repercussions for people who consume it.
According to the Heinemann and Carman, extended testing should be performed before the wheat is put on store shelves.
Read: Doctor Says Modern Wheat a “Perfect, Chronic Poison”
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Professor Jack Heinemann of the University of Canterbury, NZ, and Associate Professor Judy Carman, a biochemist at Flinders University, released their expert scientific opinions on the safety of CSIRO’s GM wheat at a press conference in Melbourne. The Safe Food Foundation & Institute has a video of their conference, here.
While studies on the wheat have been released by CSIRO, the scientists point out that there are some grave holes in the overall assessment of the crop that have serious repercussions for people who consume it.
According to the Heinemann and Carman, extended testing should be performed before the wheat is put on store shelves.
Read: Doctor Says Modern Wheat a “Perfect, Chronic Poison”
“We firmly believe that long term chronic toxicological feeding studies are required in addition to the detailed requests . . . for the DNA sequences used. . .The industry routinely does feeding studies anyway, so it should not be too much more difficult to do long term (lifetime) studies and include inhalation studies.”The issue may end up in Australian courts if the company does not respond to the scientist’s and publics concerns about the GM wheat.
“The technology is too new,” the scientists said in the press conference, “What we found is that the molecules created in this wheat intended to silence wheat genes can match human genes and through ingestion can possibly silence human genes. We found over 770 pages of potential matches between the genes in wheat and the human genome.” This is the cause for concern.
Additional Sources:
http://tv.naturalsociety.com/new-csiro-gmo-wheat-can-silence-human-genes-causes-early-death/
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