No more GMO: Monsanto drops bid to approve new crops in Europe

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72. Check it out.

http://gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14991:the-bad-seed-the-health-risks-of-genetically-modified-corn

Thursday, 25 July 2013 22:06

"Elle" magazine should be congratulated for its courage in publishing this remarkable article by Caitlin Shetterly about her successful effort to regain her health by eliminating GM corn from her diet.

We would only add that Shetterly is not alone. We've received a number of accounts from Americans who have recovered (or whose children have recovered) from serious and often life-threatening illness by taking the single step of eliminating GMOs from their diet.

Sometimes they've worked out the cause of their illness by themselves; in other cases they've taken the advice of an insightful doctor or other health professional.

http://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/allergy-to-genetically-modified-corn

Caitlin Shetterly
Elle, 24 Jul 2013

...While I quickly discovered that blaming GMO foods for any kind of health problem is controversial in the medical and biotech worlds, what’s beyond debate is the increase in the incidence of autoimmune disorders such as type 1 diabetes, lupus, and celiac disease, as well as of allergies. As for the latter, the National Health Interview Survey found, for instance, that since 1999, the number of children with food allergies has jumped by 50 percent, and those with skin allergies by 69 percent (and the increase isn’t merely a by-product of fuller reporting by parents, experts say).

Allergenic eosinophilic disorders, however, aren’t counted in that data. They were first identified about 20 years ago, according to a pioneer in the field, Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD, a professor at University of Cincinnati medical school and director of an affiliated center for eosinophilic disorders. “We’re in the midst of an allergy and autoimmune epidemic,” Rothenberg told me on the phone, “and the environment is the black box.” Mansmann’s GMO theory was “interesting”, he went on, before quickly adding that “no one in conventional medicine will have the data” to prove it.

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Link from excellent GMO news aggregating site: http://gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_dategroup