I have covered this book indirectly in an earlier post, however we now have the endorsement of Jane Goodall. It tells a story of profound scientific corruption working through the regulatory system to the benefit of those prepared to pay well.
What has been sold is the reputation of the FDA.
The destruction of that reputation is now almost complete and we find country after country now taking a long second look at what they have bought on trust. It is a sad day.
This provides all the anti GMO information anyone needs.
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Jane Goodall and Steven Druker Expose US Government Fraud over GMOs
Posted on Mar 4 2015
http://sustainablepulse.com/2015/03/04/jane-goodall-steven-druker-expose-us-government-fraud-gmos/#.VYsY1KKwV4A
I n an acclaimed new book being launched Wednesday in London, American
public interest attorney Steven Druker reveals how the US government and
leading scientific institutions have systematically misrepresented the
facts about GMOs and the scientific research that casts doubt on their
safety.
The book’s revelations come at a crucial time when some European
countries are considering the commercial planting of GM crops following
the European Parliament’s decision to allow member states to opt out of
the blockade that has barred them from the EU until now. Based on the
evidence presented in the book, Druker and Goodall will assert that it
would be foolhardy to push forward with a technology that is
unacceptably risky and should never have been allowed on the market in
the first place.
The book is the result of more than 15 years of intensive research
and investigation by Druker, who came to prominence for initiating a
lawsuit against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that forced it
to divulge its files on GM foods. Those files revealed that GM foods
first achieved commercialisation in 1992 only because the FDA:
• Covered up the extensive warnings of its own scientists about their dangers.
• Lied about the facts.
• And then violated federal food safety law by permitting these foods to be marketed without having been proven safe through standard testing.
The book points out that if the FDA had heeded its own experts’
advice and publicly acknowledged their warnings that GM foods entailed
higher risks than their conventional counterparts, the GM food venture
would have imploded and never gained traction anywhere.
It also reveals:
• Many well-placed scientists have repeatedly issued misleading statements about GM foods, and so have leading scientific institutions such as the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the UK’s Royal Society.
• Consequently, most people are unaware of the risks these foods entail and the manifold problems they have caused.
• Contrary to the claims of biotech advocates, humans have indeed been harmed by consuming the output of genetic engineering. In fact, the technology’s first ingestible product (a food supplement of the essential amino acid, L-tryptophan) caused dozens of deaths and seriously sickened thousands of people (permanently disabling many of them). Moreover, the evidence points to the genetic alteration as the most likely cause of the unusual contamination that rendered the supplement toxic.
• Laboratory animals have also suffered from eating products of genetic engineering, and well-conducted tests with GM crops have yielded many troubling results, including intestinal abnormalities, liver disturbances, and impaired immune systems.
• Numerous scientists (including those on the FDA’s Biotechnology Task Force) have concluded that the process of creating genetically modified food radically differs from conventional breeding and entails greater risk.
• There has never been a consensus within the scientific community that GM foods are safe, and many eminent experts have issued cautions – as have respected scientific organizations such as the Royal Society of Canada and the Public Health Association of Australia.
Druker says: “Contrary to the assertions of its proponents, the
massive enterprise to reconfigure the genetic core of the world’s food
supply is not based on sound science but on the systematic subversion of
science – and it would collapse if subjected to an open airing of the
facts.”
At their upcoming press conference, he and Jane Goodall intend to
challenge the Royal Society to confront the facts, apologize for the
misleading statements that it and several of its prominent members have
issued, and take earnest steps to set the record straight.
In her foreword to Altered Genes, Twisted Truth , Goodall commends it
for countering the disinformation and providing much-needed clarity.
She states: “I shall urge everyone I know who cares about life on earth,
and the future of their children, and children’s children, to read it.
It will go a long way toward dispelling the confusion and delusion that
has been created regarding the genetic engineering process and the foods
it produces. . . . Steven Druker is a hero. He deserves at least a
Nobel Prize.”
Pat Thomas, Director of UK campaigning group Beyond GM, which is
facilitating the press launch, says: “Under pressure from new
legislation and the ongoing TTIP negotiations, the UK and the rest of
Europe are on the precipice of making sweeping changes to their
historical stance on GMOs. Much of our regulatory framework has been
informed by foundations laid down in America in the early 1990s, and the
belief that they got it right in terms of understanding the science of
genetic modification. Steven Druker’s investigation into the history of
fraud and deceit that ushered in the era of GMOs deserves serious
consideration before we take actions that will irreversibly alter the
European food supply”.
About Steven Druker
Steven Druker is an American public interest attorney and executive
director of the Alliance for Bio-Integrity, the lead plaintiff in the
lawsuit he initiated against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
that gained worldwide attention by exposing how the agency had enabled
the commercialisation of GM foods through a colossal fraud.
About the book:
Altered Genes, Twisted Truth
– How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted
Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public
By Steven M. Druker
Foreword by Jane Goodall
Published March 2015
Praise for Altered Genes, Twisted Truth
“A fascinating book: highly informative, eminently readable, and most
enjoyable. It’s a real page-turner and an eye-opener.” Richard C.
Jennings, PhD Department of History and Philosophy of
Science, University of Cambridge
“This incisive and insightful book is truly outstanding. Not only is
it well-reasoned and scientifically solid, it’s a pleasure to read – and
a must-read. Through its masterful marshaling of facts, it dispels the
cloud of disinformation that has misled people into believing that GE
foods have been adequately tested and don’t entail abnormal risk.” David
Schubert, PhD molecular biologist and Head of Cellular
Neurobiology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
“A great book. The evidence is comprehensive, clear, and compelling.
No one has documented other cases of irresponsible behavior by
government regulators and the scientific establishment nearly as well as
Druker documents this one. His book should be widely read and
thoroughly heeded.” John Ikerd, PhD Professor Emeritus of Agricultural
Economics, University of Missouri
“Steven Druker’s meticulously documented, well-crafted, and
spellbinding narrative should serve as a clarion call to all of us. In
particular, his chapter detailing the deadly epidemic of 1989-90 that
was linked with a genetically engineered food supplement is especially
significant. . . . Overall his discussion of this tragic event, as well
as its ominous implications, is the most comprehensive, evenly-balanced
and accurate account that I have read.” Stephen Naylor, PhD Professor of
Biochemistry, Mayo Clinic (1991-2001)
“A landmark. It should be required reading in every university
biology course.” Joseph Cummins, PhD Professor Emeritus of Genetics,
Western University, Ontario
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