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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.
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