Hazardous substances

• Why unpredictable substances may appear [ELi] [ML] An introduction along with a text by Dr. Michael Antoniou
• The Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods [ML]  An interdisciplinary report by ten scientists edited by Dr Jaan Suurkula.
• The reasons why hazardous substances may be created [ML] An overview
• No safety assessment methods are fully reliable [EL]
• Inadequate safety assessment of GE foods [EL] The GE foods on the market have not been reliably tested for safety.
• The Showa Denko Tryptophan disaster - new evidence [EL] - New evidence makes it hihgly that genetic engineering caused this tragic accident killing 37 and permanently disabling 1.500 people.
• Summary of the GE tryptophan catastrophe   [EL]  Dr. John B Fagan. A summary about the serious accident associated with the use of genetically engineered bacteria for tryptophan manufacture.
• Plant-Pesticide toxins in GE-food [EL]  Dr. Joseph Cummins . Pesticide resistance genes are popular subjects for genetic engineering of crops. They code for substances that it may be hazardous to ingest.
• New! Hazards with GE soy. The inserted gene in the soy may cause long time allergy problems because it is taken up by intestinal bacteria who can continue producing it. Also the promoter associated with the gene can migrate into the bacteria and into your body. The promoter can cause different health problems.

Other health hazards

• New! Liver changes from GE food. Liver changes were found in mice fed with GE foods.
• The fate of food genes and the DNA CpG motif and its impact by Professor Joe Cummins.  [EL] summary  [AL] GE foods contain genetic elements from bacteria. These may be taken up by our bodies. Cummins warns that they may lead to promotion of inflammation, arthritis and lymphoma (a malignant blood disease).
• Immunological reactions to DNA and RNA. [AL]  Dr. Sharyn Martin. This article warns for the possibility that fragments of transgenic DNA might provoke chronic allergic or autoimmune disorders including such that cause serious disabling or even lethal disease.
• New! DNA from GM maize found in chicken tissues and in cow milk.  All GE foods contain potentially problematic DNA from the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus that is suspected to constitute a health hazard. These studies indicate that such virus DNA may enter our tissues if we eat GE food.
• Research Indicates that Ingested Virus Genes may be taken up by Body Cells The famous studies of the German professor Walter Doerfler has repeatedly demonstrated virus uptake into different tissues.
• "Transgenic DNA in Animal Feed" The main conclusions are that DNA is not degraded under most commercial processing conditions. Current animal feed is likely to contain substantial amounts of undegraded DNA. Components of transgenic DNA may have significant health impacts on livestock and human beings up the food chain.
• Horizontal transfer of viral and bacteria DNA facilitated by GE organisms? [EL]  A press release about a report presenting important reasons to suspect that genetically engineered genes may have contributed to the recent appearance of serious infectious diseases.