Jeffrey M. Smith
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 More work will be needed to see if this carries any health risks.
"A' r\.c n increased activity .ofLDHl occurred in three organs from GM-fed rabbits."86
— R.Tudisco, et al., Animal Science
"A ny significant .change in organ-specific enzyme activity during a feeding trial is cause for concern."
— David Schubert, molecular biologist and protein chemist, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
1. Rabbits fed GM soy for about 40 days showed significant differences in the amounts of certain enzymes in their kidneys, hearts, and livers.
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| In addition to unintended changes in the DNA, there are health risks from other aspects of GM crops. When a transgene starts to function in the new cell, for example, it may produce proteins that are different than the one intended. The amino acid sequence may be wrong, the protein's shape may be different, and molecular attachments may make the protein harmful. The fact that proteins act differently in new plant environments was made painfully clear to developers of GM peas in Australia. |
| Even if we limit our focus to the narrow evaluation of these single proteins, however, there are significant health risks.
T n trying to build a better soybean the company had made a potentially deadly one. "2
—Washington Post
1. A gene from a Brazil nut was inserted into soybeans.
2. When tests verified that people allergic to Brazil nuts would react to the GM soy, the project was canceled.
3. This research verified that genetic engineering can transfer allergenic proteins into crops. |
| Safety assessments are not adequate to guard against potential health risks associated with these changes.
GM crops have altered levels of nutrients and toxins
Previous pages in this section describe how the GM transformation process may alter the composition of GM crops. Unfortunately, biotech companies avoid using modern techniques to identify and quantify many known nutrients, antioxidants, mutagens, carcinogens and toxins in plants. Instead, they typically measure only a few items at a gross compositional level (e.g. total protein, total carbohydrates) rather than specific components (e. |
| Food additives created from GM microorganisms pose health risks....................................................160
Section 8: Risks are greater for children and newborns......................................................................................163
8.1 Pregnant mothers eating GM foods may endanger offspring...............................................................164
8.2 GM foods are more dangerous for children than adults.......................................................................166
Connecting the dots: looking for patterns and causes......................... |
| David Suzuki, geneticist
PART 1
The Documented health risks of Genetically Engineered
Foods
Section 1: Evidence of reactions in animals and humans....................................................................................21
1.1 GM potatoes damaged rats............................................ .......................................................................22
1.2 Rats fed GM tomatoes got bleeding stomachs, several died..................................................................24
1.3 Rats fed Bt corn had multiple health problems.................................... |
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| A high body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer's along with other health risks that can ultimately cause memory loss and dementia. Key in establishing a brain-friendly diet...
•Get your omegas straight. Americans eat an abundance of omega-6 fatty acids, which are found in corn oil and many other vegetable oils as well as in fried and processed foods. Atkins and other low-carb diets include a hefty portion of omega-6s, which can create health risks and may contribute to chronic brain inflammation, setting the stage for brain impairment. |
| HEALTH RISKS NOT CLEAR
Lu acknowledges that the health risks of the pesticides in question are not entirely clear. "Whether [these results are] important in terms of health effects remains to be seen," he says, noting that scientists do not know exactly how the pesticides affect the body over time.
There is evidence that they're dangerous, says Dr. Nathan M. Graber, a fellow in pediatric environmental health at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Despite the presence of numerous studies indicating the overwhelming health risks of cellphone overuse, wireless industry representatives met at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1999 and unanimously approved to raise the radiation exposure limit (for increased "range" and "reception" of course). Obviously, wireless companies want to protect their interests and they consistently cover-up the documented scientific evidence implicating the serious health risks of their products. It amazes me what some people will do for money. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 KEY CONCEPTS
• Consult your health-care practitioner to determine the effectiveness, health benefits, and health risks of each contraceptive method.
• Consult your health-care practitioner about cautions and contraindications for each method.
• Smokers older than 35 should not use hormonal contraceptive methods.
• The choice of contraception method is based on benefits, risks, effectiveness, cost, side effects, ease of use, and personal choice.
• The key to the contraceptive benefit is proper use and compliance with the chosen method.
• Pregnancy itself carries considerable health risks. |
Bill Sardi
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 Still, the public is often concerned about undue health risks, especially for small children. Increasing distance from electrical sources is the most practical way of reducing exposure.
While there have been inconclusive and conflicting studies involving the health impact of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in the range of household appliances, there has been a small but significant increased risk of leukemia noted among children exposed to EMFs. There have also been reports of an increased risk of solid tumors among electrical workers. |
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| Atkins and other low-carb diets include a hefty portion of omega-6s, which can create health risks and may contribute to chronic brain inflammation, setting the stage for brain impairment.
What to do: Eat one serving per day of ome-ga-3s—found in high-fat fish, such as salmon and tuna, and in avocados, olive oil, nuts and other foods. Also consider a daily supplement of 1,000 milligrams (mg) of fish oil.
•Fight free radicals. Free radicals, the cell-damaging byproducts of metabolism, are always present in the body, including the brain, causing cells to lose structure and function. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 They don't, in any truly significant way, help people who need it the most—people who are obese and suffer health risks because of this.
The latest weight-loss wonder, over-the-counter (OTC) orlistat (Alii), promises that "if you could lose 10 pounds through dieting, you could lose 15 pounds with hard work and Alii." Orlistat is also available by prescription as the brand-name product Xenical. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Blood sugar goes up, insulin goes up, the cells refuse to allow either of them in, and you're left with the enormous health risks of high blood sugar and high insulin, a sure path to either metabolic syndrome or diabetes. We call this condition insulin resistance; its opposite is insulin sensitivity, which is what you want. Research demonstrates that vinegar makes the cells more "sensitive" to insulin, a desirable effect indeed. |
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| And those babies, like very premature babies, face greater health risks.
"Most of the rise in premature [births] is related to these so-called late preterm babies," says Dr. Nancy Green, medical director of the March of Dimes in White Plains, New York.
THE NUMBERS
Approximately one in eight babies is born prematurely, and 70% of those are late preterm, accounting for more than 355,000 births each year, says Michael Davidoff, manager of informatics, research and development at the March of Dimes and lead author of the study. |
Andreas Moritz
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 This will drastically reduce the health risks imposed by an illness. To undo years of dehydration and to be completely hydrated again, however, may take up to a year, and sometimes even longer.
A note of caution: When the body is dehydrated, it tries to retain its salt in order to hold on to water. Once urination increases following improved hydration, these salts are gradually passed out with the urine. If the hydration attempts are implemented too quickly, those areas with the most salt retention may develop lymph edema. |
| April 9, 2007: 34-35, roxarsone, an arsenic-based additive used in most chicken feed, could pose health risks to humans. Roxasone is used to promote growth, kill parasites and improve the color of chicken meat. Under certain conditions, which can occur within live chickens or on farm land, this compound converts into more toxic forms of inorganic arsenic. This form of arsenic has been linked to bladder, lung, skin, kidney and colon cancers, and low-level exposure can lead to partial paralysis and diabetes. Of course, arsenic is also a deadly poison. |
| In the last 15 years, several scientists have proposed conducting a case-controlled study that would compare a large number of HIV-infected people with a similar number of uninfected people, all of whom would share the same health risks or medical history. Yet there hasn't been much interest in conducting such a study since the focus is still on destroying a virus rather than on eliminating immune-suppressive influences.
HIV + Pneumonia = AIDS? |
| Since major health risks exist almost everywhere in the world, a "rise" in the number of HIV infected people in areas where no one had been tested before is more than likely, especially since HIV has been around since the 1940s. In its "New World Health Report 1996", the World Health Organization (WHO) states that "there are now more than 21 million people infected with HIV." Eight years and 100 million ELISA tests later, the number has nearly doubled. |
| Developing countries may have such low AIDS rates because they do not have such extraordinary health risks as the ones found among very active homosexuals, intravenous drug addicts, and hemophiliacs. Those who have long histories of various opportunistic infections or used "poppers" regularly in the past, or had anal sex, received blood transfusions and took poisonous addictive drugs, belong to the risk group for AIDS, with or without HIV. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| The major long-term health risks include the potential to cause cancer and birth defects, while the major health risks of acute intoxication include vomiting, diarrhea, blurred vision, tremors, convulsions, and nerve damage.
The evidence for the cancer-causing capabilities of pesticides in animals is inadequate, and the formal opinion of many "experts" is that they pose no significant risk for the public or the farmer. |
Bill Sardi
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| With the news that hormone replacement therapy posed health risks, doctors were so overwhelmed by phone calls from millions of women that they simply shut off their office phones.
The bomb drops on hormone replacement therapy
For decades doctors continued to prescribe hormones to postmenopausal women under the assumption they improved health for postmenopausal women. But after years of customary use it was time for a scientific review. Did hormone replacement therapy really improve health? |
Ray D. Strand
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 Some are more dangerous than others, but they all have potential health risks. These chemicals have allowed our food industry to produce the most abundant food supply ever known. But what is the cost to our health?
Ultraviolet Sunlight
It is a known fact that people get two-thirds of their lifetime sun exposure to their skin prior to their twentieth birthday. This means you, the reader of this book, have most likely already exposed your skin to the sun's damaging ultraviolet rays.
Several different studies have shown ultraviolet light to produce increased free radicals in human skin. |
Bill Sardi
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| Yet this study is cited again and again, for over a decade, as evidence that dietary supplements can pose health risks.
Instead of saying that tobacco use overcomes some of the health benefits derived from eating fresh fruits and vegetables and advising men to stop smoking, the study advised men to stop taking dietary supplements. There was no major criticism of the study from public or private health authorities. Physicians all bought into the story. |
| There is no question that miners exposed to radon experience health risks, but this involves high-dose exposure. The EPA admits it primarily relies upon data from miners in regard to radon hazards. For low doses, the risk estimates are all hypothetical, calculated from data involving high-dose exposure. [Radiation Environment Biophysics 39: 17-24, 2000]
The problem with the EPA's radon gas mortality numbers is that they aren't a count of dead bodies, they are mathematical extrapolations. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
CYTISI SCOPARII HERBA
General: health risks or side effects following the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages are not recorded. Common (Scotch) Broom preparations should not however be used in cases of high blood pressure or with atrioventricular blocks.
Drug Interactions: Use of Broom herb with monoamine oxidase inhibitors (amine content) may cause a hypertensive crisis.
Pregnancy: The herb should not be used during pregnancy (abortive efficacy). |
Devra Davis
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 We now also understand that those who have the bad luck to live in homes where old underground storage tanks with fist-size holes in their rusted shells have let gasoline seep into their basements face important health risks. This is not a trivial problem, as there are more than half a million such leaking structures around the country—many in urban areas. |
| National Cancer Institute had begun a program to train doctors to look out for signs of these health risks and to promote their reduction by 1949, why were these efforts stymied? What happened to derail programs to reduce the burden of cancer? Why have we spent so much effort treating cancer and so little understanding how to keep the disease from happening?
In the run up to World War II and its aftermath, science could not remain an abstract matter carried out solely because of the inherent curiosity of lone geniuses. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 If you are overweight or obese and you smoke cigarettes, the health risks are increased dramatically. Since cigarette smoking speeds up your heart rate and constricts the flow of blood throughout your body, it will significantly increase your odds of experiencing a heart attack.
Nicotine addiction also results in withdrawal symptoms when a person tries to stop smoking. A study found that when chronic smokers were deprived of cigarettes for 24 hours, they had increased anger, hostility, aggression and loss of social cooperation. |
Devra Davis
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| A 1931 study by the insurance analyst Frederick Hoffman found increased health risks for smokers. Raymond Pearl's report on the higher death rates of smokers in America was presented in 1938 in Science magazine and included statistically robust calculations.23 By 1950, several different reports appeared in a single issue of JAMA, all showing increased deaths from lung cancer for smokers. The larger question that must be asked is, How did it happen that democratic countries took such a long time to act against smoking? |
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