Genetically altered foods
Scientists at different companies around the United States have learned how to insert genes from plants, animals, bacteria, and viruses into plants and animal. They have started inserting foreign genes into soybeans, corn, and canola, that allows farmers to spray the crops with toxic weed killers without killing the plants. They have inserted a gene from an insect-killing bacterium called BT into corn so that every cell of the plant has activated BT toxin in it.
Interesting fact
"These companies have influenced US and Canadian regulatory agencies to allow these grains to be grown, mixed with non-altered grains, and sold without any labeling, even though they have been shown to be harmful to the environment and have not undergone even a single human health safety test. More than 60% of the packaged food items in US grocery stores contain genetically altered ingredients. We are now all experimental animals in a huge biological experiment involving the food we eat every day."
Genetically modified foods that have been approved, are awaiting approval or are under development in the USA
Apples
Rice
Barley
Soybeans
Beans
Squash
Chestnuts
Stawberries
Corn
Sugar cane
Cucumbers
Sunflower
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Melons
Tobacco
Peppers
Walnuts
Papayas
Watermelons
Potatoes
Wheat
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