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Foreword by Michael Meacher, MP Acknowledgments Introduction: Deceptions, Assumptions, and Denial—Exposing the roots of genetically modified crops Deceptions, Assumptions, and Denial— Exposing the roots of genetically modified crops

Terms and concepts used throughout this book

Part 1: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods

Section 1: Evidence of reactions in animals and humans Section 2: Gene insertion disrupts the DNA Section 3: The protein produced by the inserted gene may create problems Section 4: The foreign protein may be different than what is intended Section 5: Transfer of genes to gut bacteria, internal organs, or viruses Section 6: GM crops may increase environmental toxins and bioaccumulate toxins in the food chain Section 7: Other types of GM foods carry risks Section 8: Risks are greater for children and newborns Connecting the dots: looking for patterns and causes

Introduction to Parts 2 and 3 Part 2: The Regulation of GM Foods is Inadequate to Protect Public Health.

Regulators are often hijacked by the biotech industry Inadequate testing requirements are the norm among GM crop regulators worldwide Lack of safeguards exposes the food supply to GM contamination

Part 3: Industry Studies are Not Competent to Identify Most of the Unpredicted Side Effects

The enormous pressure not to discover problems results in very few studies, most of which are poorly done Case study: One scientist’s shock with GM research Case study: Spinning failure into proclamations of success Animal feeding studies overlook most potential problems Compositional studies are not comprehensive enough to detect hazards Evaluating allergenicity is not guaranteed Case Study: The blood test on StarLink’s protein was flawed Case Study: Irregularities marred evaluations of Monsanto’s GM drug, recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH) Canadian GM food approvals are assumption-based Chart of several safety-related assumptions that have been proven wrong False assumptions that viral genes in disease-resistant crops won’t recombine to create new viruses

Part 4: Flaws in the Arguments Used to Justify GM Crops

Why GM crops are not needed to feed the world Golden rice is the wrong way to supplement vitamin A

Conclusion Appendix

Gathering data and staying up-to-date on the risks of GM foods How to avoid eating genetically modified foods List of GM crops Food enzymes from genetically modified organisms Special alert on aspartame, a genetically engineered sweetener Institute for Responsible Technology Credentials of those cited often in the text

Endnotes About the Author

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