Monsanto, whose executives have publicly said that they want Monsanto to become the only producer of genetically modified (GM) seeds in the world, is now joined by a smaller company, in California, which has the same hope. That company is Epicyte, whose president, Mitch Hein, announced at a press conference in 2001: “We have a hothouse filled with corn plants that make anti-sperm antibodies.”
Epicyte’s GM corn is financed, in part, by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Hein claims that it is a possible solution to world ‘over-population’. A contraceptive concealed in crops meant for human consumption?
In the US, genetically engineered corn (maize), soy, cottonseed oil and canola (a type of rapeseed oil) are in most processed foods. Consumers have no idea they are there, and no means to distinguish them from other items. GM foods have never been tested for human safety consumption. Yet, studies in animals repeatedly show severe organ damage and infertility/sterility.
Last May, Codex International Organization, founded by the United Nations, which regulates all foods, minerals and herbs in the world, reported it does not believe that GMO products are food. It places foods with these ingredients in a different category to food produced naturally. This means that they can be used for various practices, including birth control and the creation of infertility in a nation or people.
Joe Dickson, quality standards coordinator for Whole Foods Markets, notes that GMO’s dominate the market, especially for corn, soy and canola crops, from which ingredients in most processed foods are derived.
“Until there’s federal government mandated labeling of GMO ingredients, there’s no way to tell if packaged products contain GMO ingredients,” Dickson said. “Our approach is to work in the spirit of partnership with our suppliers… to encourage them to take active steps to avoid GMO ingredients.”
In spite of public skepticism about GMO foods, the FDA has backed Monsanto and other bio-tech corporations, declaring that modified foods do not require special labeling to let consumers know they are eating GMOs.
Why would the USDA fund the creation of a corn crop that sterilizes humans? Why has The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spent billions of dollars
Think GM technology is only directed at third world countries? Think again. GMOs are directed at all countries in the world, and most heavily, at the US. Keeping GMOs unlabeled leaves us all prey to them. Perhaps it’s time the public started suing their government for forced exposure?
