Letter to editor by Thierry Vrain, in response to newspaper published letter from Ted Menzies, president of Croplife Canada, Ottawa, Ontario ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear Sir, Mr Ted Menzies, President of Crop Life Canada, has not been made aware of the Food Safety and Sustainable Agriculture Forum that took place last month in Beijing. Over 300 scientists from China, the USA, the UK, Russia, France, Denmark, Germany, Australia, Argentina, Brazil and Peru, met to review and discuss scientific studies of engineered crops and food. These were not anti GMO activists and conspiracy theorists with an agenda, they were biologists and biotechnologists, and medical doctors and veterinarians, and there were also farmers, and social and food safety activists, and representatives of NGOs. The broad consensus was that the RoundUp Ready technology that was invented to boost the sales of the herbicide RoundUp is not sustainable because of the chronic toxicity of the herbicide. The technology has been very successful and revolutionized agriculture since 1996, particularly in North America and a few countries of South America, but it is deeply flawed. This chemical is now spread (and sprayed) all over the food supply in North America and a few other countries, it has become as common as a food additive. It is also in the air, the rain, the water and of course it bio-accumulates in our body organs. There is a large body of science showing severe chronic toxicity in animals and pointing the finger at many of the degenerative and inflammatory diseases that we have seen become epidemic since RoundUp has been sprayed on RoundUp Ready crops. Many countries including political allies of the USA (64 at the last count) have now legislated some form of regulation of engineered crops and foods, or banned them altogether. The fact that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada personnel seem to have caved in to political pressure or lobbying to keep ignoring the latest science is not reassuring at all. Studies from the US Department of Agriculture show that engineered grains are depleted of metal micronutrients. Just like they would if they contained residues of a powerful and broad spectrum chelating agent that binds the missing minerals. Studies from many countries show that glyphosate is also antibiotic (at one part per million, as cited on the 2010 US patent). Does this mean that people are fed low level antibiotics like industrial chickens and cattle? Business as usual is not acceptable anymore, this was the strong message from the Forum that took place in Beijing last month. Cui bono ? Mr Ted Menzies finds it disconcerting that I am not getting paid and still consider it my civic duty to protect the health and safety of Canadians and raise the alarm. Who is this technology good for if it depletes the food of essential mineral nutrients and threatens our health? Dr. Thierry Vrain
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:19:44 +0000
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