GMOs cause animals to lose their ability to reproduce, Russian scientists discover

							GMOs cause animals to lose their ability to
reproduce, Russian scientists discover
Jonathan Benson
Infowars.com
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.
This article first appeared on Natural Society.com.



Ontario raw milk farmer says federal
inspectors raided co-op
12160.info
August 6, 2012

Ontario dairy operator Michael Schmidt shares a glass of unpasteurized milk with former Home
on the Range dairy operator Alice Jongerden in front of Fraser Health's offices in Chilliwack
Tuesday morning OWEN SOUND, Ont. — An Ontario farmer who has been in a long legal
battle over selling and producing raw milk says a co-op farm he’s involved with has been raided
by federal inspectors.
Michael Schmidt says members of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency seized computers and boxes
of items from the farm northeast of Durham on Thursday.
Schmidt, who recently won the right to appeal his conviction for producing, selling and distributing
raw milk, says he may face new charges but he’s not worried.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials would only confirm that they executed search warrants
Thursday as part of an investigation into the removal of 31 sheep from an eastern Ontario farm on April
2.
Those sheep had been quarantined over concerns they had a disease known as scrapie and their removal
breached a federal quarantine.



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