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"If they win at getting synthetic chemicals like ripening agents and thickeners added to the list of allowable ingredients, or even genetic engineering to pass muster, then "organic" will move further and further away from "pure." In 1996, the two houses of Congress unanimously enacted the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). Through this historic action, Congress presented the EPA with the immense challenge of implementing the most comprehensive overhaul in decades of the nations pesticide and food safety laws." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Biological engineering is not ordinary biotechnology or genetic engineering. It is the application of engineering principles to the construction of novel genetic structures; in contrast, genetic engineering is often a trial-and-error process, with numerous unanticipated results. Many of the reasonable concerns about genetically modified foods and animals come from this hit-or-miss aspect of biotechnology. Biological engineers take a more systematic approach, using an increasingly deep understanding of how DNA works to make microorganisms perform narrowly specified tasks." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Flavonoids as flower pigments: The formation of the natural spectrum and its extension by genetic engineering, Plant Breeding 106: 1-26. Franken, P., Niesbach-Klosgen, U., Weydemann, U., Marechal-Drouard, L., Saedler, H., and Wienand, U., 1991, The duplicated chalcone synthase genes C2 and Whp (white pollen) of Zea mays are independently regulated; evidence for translational control of Whp expression by the anthocyanin intensifying gene In, EMBOJW. 2605-2612. Fukada-Tanaka, S., Inagaki, Y., Yamaguchi, T., Saito, N., and Iida, S., 2000, Colour-enhancing protein in blue petals." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.) "Flavonoids have been the focus of attempts to modify flower color by genetic engineering (Tanaka et al., 1998). There also is interest in using them as drugs or dietary supplements because of their strong antioxidant activities (Harborne and Williams, 2000; Battel and Matsuda, 2003). In plants, flavonoids have several functions including attracting insects for pollination and dispersal of seeds, acting in defense systems (e.g., as UV-B protectants and phytoalexins), signaling between plants and microbes, and regulating auxin transport (Winkel-Shirley, 2001)." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.) "Genetic engineering in floriculture, Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 80: 1-24. Tanner, G. J., Francki, K. T., Abrahams, S., Watson, J. M., Larkin, P. J. and Ashton, A. R., 2003, Proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in plants. Purification of legume leucoanthocyanidin reductase and molecular cloning of its cDNA, J Biol Chem 278: 31647-31656. Tanner, G. J., 2004, Condensed tannins. In K. Davies, ed, Plant Pigments and Their Manipulation (pp. 150-184). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Tiffin, P., Miller, R. E. and Rausher, M. D." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"There are no lifestyle changes, surgical procedures, vitamins, antioxidants, hormones, or techniques of genetic engineering available today that have been demonstrated to influence the processes of aging." The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people. The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"The fruit wasn't produced through genetic engineering; it was an all-natural mutation that just happened to turn up in his orchard one day. The Eden maintains its whiteness, freshness and flavor for a week after being sliced. Everyone from McDonald's to major supermarket suppliers have been flying in to investigate his discovery. It could become an all-natural alternative to preservative-coated apple slices. As we've seen, edible fruits are human artifacts. They will certainly continue to improve—if we want them to. To think otherwise is to misinterpret evolution." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "The alarm over genetic engineering isn't too far removed from the suspicion that initially greeted grafting. Indeed, GM could play a vital role in bolstering Africa's food supply. Bananas have been developed that contain vaccines so that children without access to immunization shots can simply eat bananas to protect themselves from deadly viruses. This could prevent millions of deaths every year. The public, however, is growing wary of the promises of transnational agribusinesses." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Who in 1900 would have predicted the solar cell, genetic engineering, nuclear weapons, radar, microchips, the personal computer, satellite navigation, lasers, television, videocassettes, pocket stereos, or many of the other breakthroughs that we accept so easily today? They were all beyond the thinking of the time. Most of them were still beyond our thinking half a century later. Even twenty years ago, no one foresaw the impact that personal computers would have on our lives. Even science fiction writers got it woefully wrong." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.) "Who knows what other diseases are lurking, waiting for conditions that will make them epidemic, or what diseases we might inadvertently create through genetic engineering? Moreover, should a new plague appear, we would find that our overenthusiasm for antibiotics has left our bodies weakened and our medical armory poorer. With the passing of time, our vulnerability rises rather than falls. Several bacteria that were once treatable with drugs are developing resistance to every one of our antibiotics." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.)

"Eventually, it's possible that new techniques of genetic engineering, by being able to totally isolate the offending antigen, may be able to offer a safer form of vaccine. But until that day... 'Before 1990, doctors were not legally obligated to report adverse reactions to vaccines to the Center for Disease Control; and, even with the current legal obligation, it's estimated that only 10% of doctots report the damage they see to the CDC. 2In fact, there is strong evidence that the original polio epidemic itself in the late 1940s was caused by another vaccine." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"This earlier upgrading via crossbreeding was a relatively primitive kind of genetic engineering that did not involve artificially mixing genes of different species in test tubes. Through the methods of selection, grafting and cross-pollinating, farmers hybridized foods to make them taste sweeter. Hence, we now have foods that taste very sweet compared with their wild forebears, as with beets, carrots and bananas." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Not only that, but with a bit of genetic engineering they can be induced to grow faster than wild salmon. Researchers working for what is now called Aqua Bounty Technologies, a company that uses genetic engineering to develop farm-raised fish that grow bigger and faster, discovered that part of an "antifreeze" gene (one that keeps fish blood from freezing in very cold water) also stimulates production of growth hormone and keeps the fish growing year-round." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"When these viruses are used as part of genetic engineering, they combine with one another to create new plant and animal diseases. By eating these new foods, foreign genetic material from these viruses can be absorbed through our intestines and become incorporated into our cells. Thanks to genetic research and food production, we are now on the verge of creating new diseases against which we have no natural or unnatural way of defending ourselves." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.) "The process of genetic engineering of food often involves the use of a live virus, small enough to enter cell nuclei and, thereby, infect other genetic material. Cancer in chickens often results from infection with the Rous Sarcoma virus. The chicken cancer virus is used as a carrier to implant the growth hormone gene into farmed fish so they will grow faster. Once the virus has infected the fish, it will likely end up on your dinner plate and also infect you." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"But when the Manitoba scientists used genetic engineering to knock out those senses, the cancer cells would simply lie inert and not reproduce. Even more astonishing, the receptorless cancer cells soon turned to their normal, non-cancerous state. "If you blind it, the cancer cell just dies," said Dr. Arnold Greenberg, one of three molecular biologists making up the research team. "It surprised us, and everyone else who saw it." "Researchers never thought of this before. It's quite novel," said team leader Dr. Eva Turley, who discovered and named the RHAMM receptor three years ago." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"There was a lot of enthusiasm in the government and at the FDA, as genetic engineering was then a sexy new technology that many believed held the promise for significant breakthroughs in science, and significant windfalls for American companies. Being the first transgenic drug, rBGH was expected to be a poster child, so there was enormous pressure to get it out to the market quickly. The plan, however, was deeply flawed. Injections of rBGH made the cows sick. They developed a wide range of ailments and even died prematurely." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.) "Genetic Engineering of Livestock." Science, 244: 1281-1288, 1989 25. THE LANCET. "Bovine Somatotropin and Human Health." The Lancet, p. 376, August 13, 1988. 26. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Governmental Operations, Twenty-Seventh Report. "Human Food Safety and Regulation of Animal Drugs," 99th Congress, December 31, 1985. NOTES 1. This report, including cited references to Dr." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

"The authors continued: "the possibility for genetic engineering and aerosol transmission [of influenza] suggests an enormous potential for bioterrorism" The possible hostile abuse of influenza virus is seen as a very real threat by public health officials in the USA. $15 million was granted by the US National Institutes of Health to Stanford University to study how to guard against the flu virus "if it were to be unleashed as an agent of bioterrorism". Stanford University News Release 17 September 2003, (See: http://mednews.stanford.edu/ newsreleases html/2003/septrelease/bioterror%20flu." - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"Many scientists and politicians believe that making plants resistant to insects and infections will greatly increase crop yield and help prevent world hunger. In fact, in 2006 a total of 252 million acres of transgenic (or GM) crops were planted in twenty-two countries by 10.3 million farmers. The United States led the way with 53 percent of its crops produced from GM organisms, followed by Argentina (17 percent), Brazil (11 percent), Canada (6 percent), India (4 percent), and China (3 percent)." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Information on Sodium American Heart Association Making Healthy Food Choices American Diabetes Association Mothers for Natural Law An advocacy group against the genetic engineering of food. Portion Control for Parents and Kids American Diabetes Association Protein Nutrition Fact Sheet Northwestern University articles & links Visit www.FitAdvocate. com for the direct link to these and many other articles. "Going with the (Whole) Grain" Article from the Harvard School of Public Health "Carbohydrates in Nutrition" Ron Kennedy, M.D." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"All of these are patented analogs of human insulin and were created through a genetic engineering process. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, in a press release for the new product Lantus, stated: Safety Information: Human insulin therapy may be associated with hypoglycemia, worsening of diabetic retinopathy [non-inflammatory disorders of the retina], lipodystrophy [changes in fat metabolism], skin reactions (such as injection site reaction, pruritus [itching], and rash) allergic reactions, sodium retention, and edema [swelling due to fluid accumulation]." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.)

"In September 2004, the Hawaii genetic engineering Action Network announced that tests proved that pollen from GM papayas must have "drifted" and gotten into conventional papayas. This meant that the modified genes for resistance to ringspot were now appearing in supposedly non-GM papayas. I did not think this had safety implications (the fruit seems just fine to eat), but it did say something about the inability of biotechnology companies to keep their genes under control. If GM papayas are grown in Hawaii, I wondered whether they were being sold in continental supermarkets." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"Before genetic engineering enabled us to modify food on a molecular level, plant breeders who wanted to create more efficient crops (hardier or more fruit-bearing, for example) would irradiate seeds by blasting them with a ray gun that could have come straight out of Star Trek, and then hope for the best. Most of the time, seeds couldn't even sprout after being irradiated, but every once in a while this heavy-handed genetic manipulation produced a beneficial trait. Even the sun can cause mutation—not just by frying your skin and causing skin cancer, but on a global scale." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"John feels that the future of our food currently hangs in the balance: "It could go either way. genetic engineering could take over, as Monsanto is hoping. Or organic food and agriculture could prevail and become the standard. We could see a pound of meat continue to sell for only a few dollars, despite requiring astronomical quantities of water, energy, grain, and land for its production." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.)

"In a New York Times article that holds that, "the era of large increases in life expectancy may be nearing an end," he asserts that, "there are no lifestyle changes, surgical procedures, vitamins, antioxidants, hormones, or techniques of genetic engineering available today with the capacity to repeat the gains in life expectancy that were achieved in the twentieth century."6 I believe that this conclusion could not be more wrong. It is based on the extrapolation of Second Stage science." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.)

"Genetic engineering of livestock." Science 244: 1281-1288, 1989. 6. Brown, D. L., et al. "Influence of sometribove USAN on the body composition of lactating cattle." J. Nutr. 119: 633-638, 1989. 7. Kronfeld, D.S. "BST milk safety." J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 195: 288-289,1989. 8. Mepham, T.B. "Criteria for the public acceptability of biotechnologi-cal innovations in animal production. In Biotechnology in Growth Regulation." edited by R.B. Heap. C. 6. Prosser and 6. F. Lamming, pp. 203-212. Butterworths, London, 1989. 9. Collins, J S. (Impro Inc., Minnetonka, Minn.)." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

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"Jumping genes are beginning to look like Mother Nature's version of on-the-fly genetic engineering. The more we understand how they work, the more they may reveal about how our immune systems protect us against disease and how our very genetic structure responds to environmental stress. This could open up whole new avenues to immunize people against disease, restore compromised immune systems, and even reverse dangerous mutations on a genetic level. remember all that "junk DNA"?" - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Despite altruistic thetoric, genetic engineering companies design sterile crops to ensute that farmers— large agribusinesses and subsistence farmers alike—must keep on buying their proprietary seeds. There was a time when ptudent farmers kept theit best seed stock for next year's crop. Now they get sued for doing so." - David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Get the book.)

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