Thursday, June 08, 2006


IS THAT DUPONT PIONEER LIBERTY LINK CORN YOU'RE EATING?


Pioneer Liberty Link corn was bioengineered to withstand high levels of the toxic herbicide glufosinate so that farmers could blast their corn fields with way more herbicide (enzymes in the GM corn break down the herbicide, making it less toxic to the plant), devastating surrounding weeds, but not corn consumers. At all. As far as we knew. Until yesterday or so.

Turns out that (and believe me, Dupont is just flabbergasted; they might even change the name of the corn) "enzymes in the human gut are likely 'reactivating' the herbicide... Glufosinate is known to cause nerve damage and is a likely endocrine disruptor. Scientists are also concerned that by reactivating the toxic chemical in the digestive tract, it is likely killing off beneficial bacteria necessary for healthy digestion." [from OCA newsletter]

If you've been having strange symptoms...

2 comments:

Tabor said...

I can NOT believe this! I actually thought something like this would happen way back when they started this. Mother nature nevers allows a shortcut.

Robert Brady said...

And this is only one of many thousands of such genetic experiments worldwide, all unknown to the general public... then of course there's the pollen, coursing its way on the endless wind...