Jonathan Benson
Natural News
August 6, 2012
A study presented at the Days of Defense Against Environmental Hazards
in Russia has unveiled once again the implicit dangers associated with
the consumption of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). According to Voice of Russia, scientists from the National Association for Gene Security and the Institute of Ecological and Evolutional Problems discovered that animals fed GMOs as part of their normal diet eventually develop the inability to reproduce.
A shocking revelation; the study is one of several that has
identified a link between GMO consumption and infertility in recent
years. And because it was conducted independently of the biotechnology
industry, it came to far different conclusions than have most of the
studies offered up for mainstream consumption in defense of GMOs.
Using hamsters as the test subjects, scientists observed that
consumption of GM soybeans, which have never been a part of these
creatures’ normal diets, tended to slow sexual maturity and gradually
eliminate the ability to reproduce. After several generations, hamsters
consuming the “Frankensoy” eventually lost their innate ability to
reproduce.
“We selected several groups of hamsters, kept them in pairs in cells
and gave them ordinary food as always,” said Dr. Alexei Surov, one of
the authors of the study. “We did not add anything for one group but the
other was fed with soya that contained no GM components, while the
third group with some content of Genetically Modified Organisms and the
fourth one with increased amount of GMO.”
Dr. Surov and his team then monitored the various groups of cubs,
including their rates of growth and birthing frequencies, and compared
their findings to the cubs’ diets. After several generations of cubs
breeding with each other, the team observed that those cubs who ate GMOs
as part of their diet eventually became completely sterile.
“[W]e noticed quite a serious effect when we selected new pairs from
[the] cubs and continued to feed them as before,” added Dr. Surov.
“These pairs’ growth rate was slower and reached their sexual maturity
slowly. When we got some of their cubs, we formed the new pairs of the
third generation. We failed to get cubs from these pairs, which were fed
with GM foodstuffs. It was proved that these pairs lost their ability
to give birth to their cubs.”
Will widespread GMO consumption make future generations of humans infertile?
An Austrian study uncovered similar harm in mice that consumed GM
corn. An immediate consequence among the mice eating the “Frankencorn”
was that their offspring weighed less than normal, and overall litter
size became smaller. After three or four generations, mice who came from
GMO-eating parents and grandparents became completely infertile. (http://www.naturalnews.com)
Farmers across the U.S. have also reported infertility among pigs and
cows that consume GM feed. And in India, an investigatory team observed
infertility and other serious problems among buffalo that were
consuming GM cottonseed.
Sources for this article include:
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/04/16/6524765.html
http://www.naturalnews.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com
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