Glo Fish, genetically modified animal wikipedia.org
Sedona AZ (July 25, 2012) – Paul Gosar, Prescott Arizona dentist, is running for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona Congressional District 1 (CD-1).
Concerned CD-1 citizen Monnie Ramsell posted the following to SedonaEye.com on July 25, 2012. Ramsell introduces the Congressman’s letter addressed to her by writing, “Paul Goser is pro-GMO. Here is the letter he sent me.” It is as follows:
Thank you for contacting me about the regulation of genetically engineered (GE) foods and biotechnology. I appreciate hearing from you on this matter.
As the world population grows and places rising demands on U.S. agriculture, the use of technology plays a critical role in increasing food production. This includes biotechnology and the planting of GE crops, which have enabled farmers to increase crop yields, use fewer pesticides, and benefit the environment in the process.
U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar, CD1-AZ
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducts extensive tests and environmental reviews of GE crops before they are de-regulated and are approved for the market. At no time has the USDA found any instances in which GE crops have posed harm to consumer health or the environment. In addition, the Food and Drug Administration requires that food products made with biotech crops adhere to strict safety standards, and the Environmental Protection Agency regulates the use of pesticidal compounds in GE plants. Together, the three agencies exercise extensive oversight over GE crops to ensure their safety for the marketplace; however, we will continue to monitor the science behind GE crops as it is provided.
I will keep your thoughts in mind should any provisions regarding GE crops or biotechnology come up in debate on the floor of the House of Representatives—be it in the form of a Farm Bill or any other agriculture-related legislation.
Again, I appreciate your thoughts and concerns. It is a pleasure to serve Arizona as part of its Congressional Delegation. Your suggestions are always welcome, and if ever I may be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. To receive the latest legislative updates and news you can sign up for my e-newsletter by visiting my website at www.gosar.house.gov.
Sincerely,
Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. Member of Congress
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Kristin Monday 7:50pm Sep 18 via Facebook: Jeffrey Smith’s new documentary Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives is turning out to be a life-changer, and you can watch it for free online:
from September 15-22 at http://www.GeneticRouletteMovie.com
Story at-a-glance
The health dangers of genetically engineered (GE) foods are masterfully presented in this documentary by Jeffrey Smith, one of the world’s leading authorities on GE foods. Americans get sick more often than Europeans or people from any other industrialized nation, and scientific evidence suggests a significant factor may be the genetic engineering of our food supply.
Despite claims by government regulators and the food industry that GE foods are safe, scientific studies continue to show the opposite; GE foods have been linked with allergies, reproductive problems and infertility, birth defects, bizarre mutations, cancer, and now an unidentified mystery organism causing an epidemic of livestock deaths, “Sudden Death Syndrome”
GE foods trigger immune attacks because they appear to your body as foreign invaders rather than food; this immune response can lead to chronic inflammation, which in turn raises your risk for multiple additional health problems. The two main types of GE foods are herbicide-tolerant crops and pesticide-producing crops; both are imprecise processes that are riddled with unexpected consequences, such as hundreds to thousands of genetic mutations that have unknown effects on human health.
Excerpt from one page out of 44,000 FDA documents subpoenaed for discovery for lawsuit against the FDA and no proper safety tests for GMO foods.
The FDA repeatedly lied stating that GMO foods are safe. Michael R. Taylor was a FDA Food Safety Czar promoted to Senior Advisor in July, 2009.
http://www.naturalnews.com/034847_Michael_Taylor_Monsanto_FDA.html
Pass this on to all you know who wish to know the truth and value their own health and the lives of their loved ones.
Genetic Roulette Movie http://www.geneticroulettemovie.com
Genetic Roulette Movie, The Institute for Responsible Technology
ALERT Please email or write or call your Representative in Congress: Rep. Waxman out of California (of all places) slipped an anti-vitamin bill into a finance bill that is heading to the Senate for approval unless everyone hollers like mad again. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9120
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9120
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“Now, the FDA is poised to pull another B6 product: P5P. You see, the human body must convert B6 to …use the link to read more…Educate Congress: Stop Attacking Supplements!
Watch this French study of rats fed exclusively GMO corn over 2 years time…the results will shock you.
http://youtu.be/Njd0RugGjAg
Im a new reader/subscribed last wk/ & took time to read archives & old stories & think Rep Gosar ought to get on the right side of farmers over GMO foods. Most of world says no GMOs except US/read this/—–
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2219831/Genetically-modified-foods-capped-10-years-Supreme-Court-panel.html
Watch for free until 11/10/12.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/11/03/david-versus-monsanto.aspx?e_cid=20121103_DNL_art_1
No Frankenfish!! Tell FDA NO !!! Tell Gosar and Kirkpatrick NO !!! Tell everybody NO !!! Read these articles:
Michael McCauley, “Consumers Union Says FDA Assessment of GE Salmon Is Flawed and Inadequate,” Consumers Union, December 21, 12.
“Tell the FDA: No Frankenfish,” Organic Consumers Union.
Any day now, the first genetically modified animal ever to enter our food supply, AquaBounty salmon, could be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
This fish hasn’t been proven safe for humans. But the FDA may approve it based on a limited, flawed, and inadequate study — despite the fact that the same study identified elevated allergy-causing potential,1 and elevated levels of the IGF-1 growth hormone, which is linked to colon, prostate and breast cancers.
That’s why we’re joining Senator Jeff Merkley in a last-ditch effort to demand the FDA reject approval of GMO salmon.
Tell the FDA: Don’t approve GMO salmon. Click here to sign automatically.
AquaBounty’s frankenfish is an Atlantic salmon, spliced with genes from an eel pout and growth hormone from a Chinook salmon. The result is a salmon that produces growth hormone year-round and grows twice as fast.
Were GMO salmon to escape its farms into the wild, the fish would pose a serious risk to wild salmon populations. The GMO salmon consume five times more food than wild salmon, and are more aggressive. Introducing these traits into the wild population would be serious – and irreversible.2
Separate from any risks, the GMO salmon are less healthy to eat – producing less of the beneficial omega-3 fatty acids than non-GMO salmon – and a less efficient food source – requiring 1.5 to 8 kilograms of wild fish to produce one kilogram of farmed salmon.
Worse still, without GMO labeling, these frankenfish would be totally unlabeled in stores, and indistinguishable from other farmed salmon, so consumers will have no way of making an informed choice.
Tell the FDA: Don’t approve GMO salmon. Click the link below to sign automatically:
http://act.credoaction.com/go/2789?t=5&akid=9529.7457768.8Wa5jP
Earlier this year, CREDO members submitted thousands of comments to the FDA during its comment period, which closed in April. And nearly 85,000 CREDO members have urged grocers to refuse to stock the fish.
Once the approval is given, it will be nearly impossible to stop these fish from ending up in grocery stores. That’s why now is the best time for a last-ditch effort to pressure the FDA and demand it not approve GMO salmon.
Thank you for standing up for safe food.
Tell our Representatives and Senators NO GMO APPLES. McDonald’s said no to gmo apples but our government and the FDA are pushing the FDA to approve gmo apples! Tell the White House, the Congress, the lobbyists NO GMO !! Step up Congressional representatives from Arizona, Senators from Arizona!
The USDA is considering approval of genetically modified apples – this unlabeled science experiment will stop apples from turning brown, but we don’t know if it’s safe for us and our food supply. Take action now.
I just submitted a public comment about this, and it only took a moment. Can you join me? Click the link below for more information:
http://act.credoaction.com/letter/doa_gmo_apples/?sp_ref=22083142.4.1591.e.6822.2&referring_akid=9548.7457768.1scyJ4&source=mailto_sp
For those of you who value organic, free range protein sources, non GMO produce, pesticide free products and protection of bees from insecticides/fungicides, etc. you know that huge corporations like Monsanto use their billions to intimidate, control and poison products in our food supply. Below is a classic example of their intimidation and fiscal power to take over crop production so that only their seeds (GMO) can be used year to year. While you may not be able to send the wanted contribution, it’s important that we, our friends and family become increasingly informed about what is happening regarding maintaining a truly healthy life through healthy foods.
http://act.sumofus.org/go/6211?t=8&akid=7666.747188.BFigPQ
What happens when small farmers in Guatemala save seeds from one year to the next, as they have for centuries? They get up to four years in prison.
That’s according to the “Monsanto Law,” which was recently struck down by Guatemala’s highest court.
But now Monsanto is saying the law is required under free trade deals, and it’s likely only a matter of time before it launches a wave of lawsuits to force Guatemala to give in.
Developing nations like Guatemala have no chance against a corporate superpower like Monsanto — that’s why we’re standing with Guatemala and fighting to stop the expansion of trade deals that allow this kind of bullying.
Can you chip in $50 to help stand up to Monsanto?
For centuries, farmers have saved seeds from one year to the next. But Monsanto now claims that seeds are its intellectual property — and it will use trade deals to force countries like Guatemala to give in no matter what their courts say about it.
This is a classic example of how Monsanto and other multinational corporations use trade agreements to bully sovereign governments — and as we speak, it’s pushing for new trade deals like the TTIP and the TPP, which would expand its powers to stampede over the rights of people even more.
That’s where we come in. SumOfUs was created to leverage the global consumer power of our 5 million members to take on multinational corporations that have gotten too big for any of us to take on alone.
Can you chip in $50 to help stand up to Monsanto and its anti-democratic trade deals?
Thanks for all that you do,
Paul, Jon and the rest of the team at SumOfUs
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More information:
Guatemalan court suspends “Monsanto Law, La Voz, August 29, 2014
Guatemala Strikes Down ‘Monsanto Law’, Telesur, September 5, 2014
Should multinationals have say in national affairs? Central Americans say ‘no’, Christian Science Monitor, September 23, 2014