GMO Research
Text: There are periods when history changes, not just in little ways, or in ways confined to a single country or region, but in a manner such that fundamental shifts in human understanding occur. Here are two examples of what I mean… Keywords: Corporate Consolidation, Wealth Inequality, Family Farms, Industrial Agriculture, Genetically Modified Organisms, GMO, …
Abstract: Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup®, is the most popular herbicide used worldwide. The industry asserts it is minimally toxic to humans, but here we argue otherwise. Residues are found in the main foods of the Western diet, comprised primarily of sugar, corn, soy and wheat. Glyphosate’s inhibition of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes is …
Text: In a world of more than 6 billion people, humans heavily rely on the dependable cultivation of the global food grain crops: rice, wheat, soybeans, maize (and cotton for fiber). History shows that threats to food production have major repercussions, including famine, war, and civil unrest. A major threat to food production occurs every …
Abstract: Kochia scoparia is a troublesome weed across the Great Plains of North America. Glyphosate and dicamba have been used for decades to control K. scoparia. Due to extensive selection, glyphosate- and dicamba-resistant (GDR) K. scoparia have evolved in the USA. Herbicide mixtures are routinely used to improve weed control. Herbicide interactions if result in …
Abstract: Herbicide‐resistant genetically‐modified (GM) crops are the most widely cultivated worldwide, representing 78% of GM crops in 1999, followed by insect‐resistant GM crops with Bt gene. Gene flow is the most touching risk arising from GM crops, and is categorized as three types: within species, between species and between GM crop and other organisms. This …
Abstract: In recent years, corn crop is produced extensively as first and second product in Kahramanmaraş the pests formed European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner) and the stem corn borer (Sesamia nonagrioides Lef.), causes the loss of product per year, average 10-20 % rate. In particularly, this crop loss is observed from the fields which …
Abstract: A significant degradation in the health of wild animals in Montana has been recorded over the past two decades. We surmise that the health issues are related to pesticide exposure. We present some of the evidence of the deterioration of the health in wildlife, which we used to inspire investigations on human health in …
Text: We would like to address the suggestion of Matzke et al. (1) and others that pararetroviral promoters such as the CaMV 35S are not exotic to plant genomes as they already contain many integrated pararetroviral sequences. The crucial question is whether the CaMV 35S promoter in transgenic constructs poses special risks. We would like …
To the editor: A more rigorous analysis of the debate over GM versus non-GM crops is now needed. A fundamental flaw in most arguments (for example, the debate on substantial equivalence) is the erroneous treatment of all genetically modified (GM) plants as one homogeneous group. This distorts arguments and weakens reasoning. It is time to …
Abstract: One of the lay public’s concerns about genetically modified (GM) organisms (GMO) and related emerging technologies is that not all the important risks are evaluated or even identified yet–and that ignorance of the unanticipated risks could lead to severe environmental or public health consequences. To some degree, even the scientists who participated in the …
Abstract: Earlier studies by our group suggested the possibility that offspring of pesticide appliers might have increased risks of birth anomalies. To evaluate this hypothesis, 935 births to 34,772 state-licensed, private pesticide appliers in Minnesota occurring between 1989 and 1992 were linked to the Minnesota state birth registry containing 210,723 live births in this timeframe. …
