Jim I think you will find this link interesting; it is about the ‘
Terminator’ seed and
Monsanto Chemical who now owns
Delta & Pine Land, which is the largest cotton/cottonseed/cottonseed oil producing company in the
WORLD!
This is ‘big time’ and helps to explain why we are seeing so much research into the cotton plant, and also helps to explain why more food and cosmetic products are showing up in stores that contain cottonseed oil. Please remember this is a concern to me, and it is a concern to 20% of the population because
this is the number my allergist gave me when I asked him how many other people are allergic to cottonseed oil. I knew others had cystic acne but I didn't know, until I had that extensive skin allergy test, that it was cottonseed oil in my diet that was causing the acne.
There is even a 'push' on today to put cottonseed flour into our human food supply. This is bad news not just for people like myself who are severely allergic to cottonseed/cottonseed oil, this is bad news for all people who eat!
Jim, I haven't forgotten that you enjoy your oysters in cottonseed oil. That seems to be a contradiction to me to put oysters, an aphrodisiac, into cottonseed oil. Where were the oysters packed? Some countries use cruder, darker colored oil than other countries. The darker oil contains more gossypol, and from the scientific literature I have posted you are now aware that gossypol renders some men sterile, and also affects their hearts.
It took
Monsanto ten years to accomplish the acquisition of
Delta & Pine Land.(D&PL). D&PL already had the patent for the
‘Terminator’ seed, which is more subject matter that all humankind should read and understand. There are many web sites available to read on this subject. Google Monsanto Delta & Pine Land Terminator to bring up many web sites.
http://www.banterminator.org/The-Issues/Introduction
Direct quote follows;
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Why is Terminator a problem? The top 10 largest seed companies control half the world’s commercial seed market. If Terminator is commercialized, corporations will likely incorporate sterility genes into all their seeds. That’s because genetic seed sterilization would secure a much stronger monopoly than patents — instead of suing farmers for saving seed, companies are trying to make it biologically impossible for farmers to re-use harvested seed.
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http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GE-agriculture.php
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MDSGBTC.php
Following are quotes from above document, the post harvest Bt is what is commonly called foodstuff when the reference is to animals grazing on the leftovers from the harvesting of the cotton plant:
“At least 1 820 sheep were reported dead after grazing on post-harvest Bt cotton crops; the symptoms and post-mortem findings strongly suggest they died from severe toxicity. This was uncovered in a preliminary investigation conducted by civil society organisations in just four villages in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh in India. The actual problem is likely to be much greater. “
“It cannot be mere coincidence that similar Bt toxins from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis incorporated in the genetically modified crops are involved in all these cases; but the regulators have done nothing. Things are so bad that the European Commission levelled an accusation of bias towards the biotech industry against its own food safety regulatory body (“European Food Safety Authority criticised of GMO bias”, this series). “
Jim, in India, where there is a heavy cotton growing industry, the
Terminator seed,, which is a
GMO seed, has been ‘in test’ and because a
bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is incorporated
within the Terminator seed to prevent the cotton plant from producing seeds of it’s own, the animals that have been grazing on the cotton foodstuffs are dying. This is WHY
GMO crops are a problem today. So now we have more than poisoning from gossypol to worry about in regards to cottonseed oil. The oil from
GMO cottonseeds does contain the
bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. It kills animals, which are mammals, and we are mammals. What do you think this bacterium does to human beings?
Most Americans don’t have a clue that this is going on. Please take the time to check out the links on the home page, and please pass the information on to people you know.
My suggestion is to make
‘hard copies’ of all information you wish to retain because documents on the web sometimes disappear. I put interesting articles into word, and store for further reference.
23 concerned’
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