http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalresearch.ca/index.php%253Fcontext%253Dva%2526aid%253D3912 Comments & Reviews of http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=3912 on StumbleUpon en-us Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:06:36 -0700 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:30:36 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalresearch.ca/index.php%253Fcontext%253Dva%2526aid%253D3912 http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:08:47 -0700 http://soundslike.stumbleupon.com/review/20439818/ SoundsLike - The process of modifying a plant's genes is inexact, resulting in mutations that may or may not be harmful to us and the environment. The industries that profit from GM crops have no interest in exposing potential dangers, and no one else is carrying out the needed research. It turns out that the damage done to DNA due to the process of creating a genetically modified organism is far more extensive than previously thought. GM crops routinely create unintended proteins, alter existing protein levels or even change the components and shape of the protein that is created by the inserted gene. Kirk's concerns about a GM crop producing a harmful misfolded protein remain well-founded, and have been echoed by scientists as one of the many possible dangers that are not being evaluated by the biotech industry's superficial safety assessments.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalresearch.ca/index.php%253Fcontext%253Dva%2526aid%253D3912 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:34:55 -0700 http://darwinslilhelper.stumbleupon.com/review/20433439/ DarwinsLilHelper - From the page: "Gene insertion was done using a gene gun (particle bombardment). Kirk, who has an undergraduate degree in biochemistry, understood this to be â€oea kind of barbaric and messy method of genetic engineering, where you use a gun-like apparatus to bombard the plant tissue with genes that are wrapped around tiny gold particles.” He knew that particle bombardment can cause unpredictable changes and mutations in the DNA, which might result in new types of proteins. The scientist dismissed these newly created proteins in the cotton plant as unimportant background noise, but Kirk wasnâ€t convinced. Proteins can have allergenic or toxic properties, but no one at Monsanto had done a safety assessment on them. â€oeI was afraid at that time that some of these proteins may be toxic.” He was particularly concerned that the rogue proteins â€oemight possibly lead to mad cow or some other prion-type diseases.”"]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.globalresearch.ca/index.php%253Fcontext%253Dva%2526aid%253D3912