Gm toxins. Medical search. Frequent questions

The Bt crops produce toxin all the time. (newscientist.com)
The biotech industry is fond of saying that they offer genetically modified (GM) crops that resist pests. (responsibletechnology.org)
The Bt-toxin produced in GM crops is "vastly different from the bacterial [Bt-toxins] used in organic and traditional farming and forestry. (responsibletechnology.org)
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) offer criteria designed to reduce the likelihood that allergenic GM crops are approved. (responsibletechnology.org)
Bigger corn refuges are needed to slow resistance of western rootworm beetles to GM corn.Just as insects become resistant to conventional insecticides, they also can evolve resistance to the Bt proteins in transgenic crops. (farmprogress.com)
Refuges are planted with standard, non-Bt crops that pests can eat without ingesting Bt toxins. (farmprogress.com)
A study out of Iowa State University, published this year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has documented the continued development of resistant pests in response to genetically modified (GM) crops. (organic-center.org)
To account for pest resistance, many GM crop producers are now pyramiding multiple toxins into their crops. (organic-center.org)
This study adds to the growing body of literature showing that the use of GM crops and their associated pesticides can lead to the rapid development of resistant pests. (organic-center.org)
Your article correctly shows the rapid rise to dominance that GM crops have enjoyed. (anh-usa.org)
Contrary to industry claims trumpeted as fact in this article, GM crops have led to an increase in the use of herbicides, not a decrease. (anh-usa.org)
This, coupled with impending climate change that also puts crops at risk, has put GM foods at the centre of the conversation. (gmo-safety.eu)
In most EU member states, GM crops are banned, but pro-biotech voices claim that these bans are made for non-scientific reasons or under dubious research. (gmo-safety.eu)
Even so, the EU's stance on GM crops is taking a turn. (gmo-safety.eu)
In March, the EU approved the use of GM soy, rapeseed and cotton crops for the food and feed sectors, prompted by uncertainty over the invasion of Ukraine. (gmo-safety.eu)
The first China Golden Rice Tasting Event was held at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, Hubei province, sparking another round in the nationwide debate about the safety of GM crops, often called "Frankenfood" by opponents. (chinadaily.com.cn)
Earlier this month, Max Holtzman, senior advisor to the United States Secretary of Agriculture, told China National Radio that more than 90 percent of US-produced corn and soybeans are GM crops. (chinadaily.com.cn)
Growing GM herbicide-tolerant crops has led to an increases in herbicide use. (ethicalconsumer.org)
Around 98% of commercialised GM crops are engineered to tolerate herbicides. (ethicalconsumer.org)
This is about 7% more compared with the amount that would have been used if the same acres had been planted with non-GM crops. (ethicalconsumer.org)
Cheerleaders for GM say that the toxin engineered into GM crops is harmless to those insects and animals that are not a threat to crops and it cuts down the amount of GM used. (ethicalconsumer.org)
These crops with added pesticide are called GM Bt. (ethicalconsumer.org)
However GM Bt crops have been found to harm butterflies and beneficial insects that are helpful to farmers, such as ladybirds and lacewings. (ethicalconsumer.org)
Plus GM Bt crops have been found to be toxic to mammals in laboratory and farm animal feeding experiments. (ethicalconsumer.org)
But the Bt toxin in GM Bt crops is chemically different and does not degrade or work in the same way. (ethicalconsumer.org)
Also GM Bt crops do not reduce or eliminate pesticide use when it is considered that the plant itself becomes a pesticide. (ethicalconsumer.org)
GM Bt crops generally produce more pesticide than the amount of chemical pesticide that they replace - up to 19 times the amount in the case of GM Bt maize. (ethicalconsumer.org)
They have found that some GM crops, including those already on sale, have toxic or allergenic effects. (ethicalconsumer.org)
In India, GM crops arrived through the backdoor. (ritimo.org)
This article takes a look at the context of GM crops in India, to then examine more closely an agrarian crisis that was caused by the widespread adoption of Bt Cotton in the northern fertile agrarian state of Punjab. (ritimo.org)
GM crops are regulated under the Indian Environment Protection Act, 1986. (ritimo.org)
From time to time, farmers' leaders and activists have challenged the government for introduction of GM crops asserting invoking right to protect indigenous varieties of seeds and crop losses experienced by farmers. (ritimo.org)
Despite these efforts, GM trials were extended to major crops like corn, soyabean, brinjal and mustard. (ritimo.org)
The federal government has recklessly approved a GM food crop that is tolerant to yet another toxic pesticide, even though earlier GM glyphosate-tolerant crops already created superweeds and increased pesticide use. (cban.ca)
Existing GM herbicide tolerant crops are failing because weeds are becoming resistant," said Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. (cban.ca)
GM crops are trapping both farmers and consumers on an escalating chemical treadmill. (cban.ca)
GM 2,4-D-tolerant crops have been developed to replace GM glyphosate-tolerant crops because many weed species have become resistant to glyphosate, rendering the herbicide useless for weed management. (cban.ca)
The new 2,4-D soybean is stacked with a second GM trait for resistance to the herbicide glufosinate, and biotech companies Monsanto and BASF are developing dicamba-tolerant crops. (cban.ca)
We can only assume the same will happen again with the widespread use of 2,4-D-tolerant GM corn," said Christine Gingras of Nature Québec and president of Vigilance OGM, "The introduction of 2,4-D-tolerant crops will increase the cocktail of chemical toxins in our waterways but we have little knowledge of potential aggregate and synergistic effects. (cban.ca)
As though the havoc created by GM crops was not adequate, several experimental efforts relating to genetically modified or engineered animals are bringing a wide range of new risks and uncertainties. (countercurrents.org)
These and related concerns should be raised more and more to prevent the genetic modification of animals from becoming as big an environmental and health risk as the technology of GM crops has become. (countercurrents.org)
His books include India's Quest for Sustainable Farming and Healthy Food, 14 Questions About GM Crops and A Day in 2071. (countercurrents.org)
Dr Engelhard noted the very broad spectrum of crops that are being targeted with new GM techniques and that would be deregulated under the Commission's proposal. (gmwatch.org)
GM crops and the technologies used to make them are patented, raising questions of patent owners (the big agribusiness companies) controlling access to seeds and germplasm for planting and breeding. (gmwatch.org)

Mice fed Bt-toxin showed significant immune responses-as potent as cholera toxin. (responsibletechnology.org)
We increase our understanding of augmenting a cellular immune response, by using an HIV-1 protease-derived epitope (PR75 − 84), and variants thereof, coupled to the C-terminal, of the B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB). (diva-portal.org)
Some cells of this type belong to the spinothalamic tract, and we therefore examined neurons with cell bodies in laminae III or IV that possessed the neurokinin 1 receptor and were labeled retrogradely after thalamic injection of cholera toxin B subunit. (jneurosci.org)

We report a fatal case of hemolytic uremic syndrome with LEE-negative STEC serotypes, including O104:H4 urinary tract infection in Japan caused by Shiga toxin- and O113:H21, can also cause outbreaks or severe producing Escherichia coli . (cdc.gov)
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a negative strain identifi ed as OX18:H2. (cdc.gov)
As a primary source of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection, cattle are often targeted to develop strategies for reducing STEC contamination. (biomedcentral.com)
Interlaboratory Evaluation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Escherichia coli Identification Microarray for Profiling Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli. (cdc.gov)

Shiga toxin 2 gene ( stx2 ). (cdc.gov)
Although the pathogenicity of STEC is not fully understood, several virulence factors have been identified [ 10 ], including Shiga toxins, intimin, and the 60-MDa plasmids (enterohemolysin or serine protease) [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Shiga toxins are the principal virulence factors of STEC, and two major types of Shiga toxins are known, Stx1 and 2 [ 14 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Because the variants are related to the properties of Shiga toxin, subtyping of the stx variants is important for predicting the virulence potential of STEC in human infection [ 16 ]. (biomedcentral.com)

This study suggests that while pyramiding toxins can delay the development of resistance, once resistance arises to one of the toxins pests, it can rapidly develop cross resistance to both toxins. (organic-center.org)
Created by using a bacterium that releases toxins against different kinds of pests, especially the American bollworm, Bt Cotton's arrival in India has remained controversial from the very beginning. (ritimo.org)
Dr Engelhard pointed out that new GM plants developed using RNAi gene silencing technology - for example, to kill insect pests - could also silence the genes of non-target organisms that eat them, with lethal consequences (see image of slide below). (gmwatch.org)

This toxin acts as a pesticide repelling insects that normally attack the plant. (organicfooddirectory.com.au)
3) Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, the biggest selling pesticide in the world, and is twinned with Monsanto's GM "Roundup Ready" herbicide-tolerant soy, canola and corn widely grown in Canada and the U.S. (cban.ca)
So-called "Bt corn" is equipped with a gene from the soil bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which produces Bt-toxin-a pesticide that breaks open the stomach of certain insects and kills them. (truthseekerforum.com)

A genetic cassette containing genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringenesis has been inserted into the DNA of the eggplant so that it produces a protein called Cry1Ac, which is a toxin. (biosafety-info.net)
These GMOs have an integrated gene that enables the modified plants to continuously produce a toxin from a bacterium, the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). (organicfooddirectory.com.au)

This might conjure up the image of insects staying away from GM crop fields. (responsibletechnology.org)
One of the 61 petitioners, Zhang Qifa, director of the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement at Huazhong Agriculture University, said delaying the commercial cultivation of GM rice would cause great harm to China and science. (chinadaily.com.cn)
These effects, may arise from the GM crop itself or from residues of the pesticides used on them. (ethicalconsumer.org)
The first GM crop to be introduced in India was Bacillus thuringiensis Cotton also known as Bt Cotton. (ritimo.org)
Monsanto tied up with a hybrid seed manufacturer from Western India called Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (MAHYCO), with Department of Biotechnology accepting the licence for commercialization of GM crop in 1996. (ritimo.org)
Monsanto and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) swore that the toxin would only affect insects munching on the crop. (truthseekerforum.com)

HNTX-III and HNTX-IV have an antagonistic effect on the toxin BMK-I, a toxic protein in the venom of the scorpion Buthus martensii. (wikipedia.org)
Tests cannot verify that a GM protein introduced into the food supply for the first time will not cause allergies in some people. (responsibletechnology.org)
In terms of health impacts, of particular concern is the fact that the Bt eggplant uses a gene that produces the Cry1Ac protein as a toxin. (biosafety-info.net)
The Bt eggplant uses a gene that produces the Cry1Ac protein as a toxin. (biosafety-info.net)
There was a positive correlation between the magnitude of the elicited cellular immune response and the capacity of the fusion protein to bind GM-1. (diva-portal.org)
We previously reported that As induces GM-CSF and TGFa mRNA and protein production in human keratinocyte culture. (cdc.gov)

Bt-toxin breaks open the stomach of insects. (truthseekerforum.com)

Exposure to the neurotoxin occurs through ingestion of toxin (foodborne botulism), bacterial colonization of a wound (wound botulism) or the intestines (infant botulism and adult intestinal colonization botulism), and high-concentration cosmetic or therapeutic injections of toxin (iatrogenic botulism). (cdc.gov)
In addition, concerns have been raised about the possibility of a bioterrorism event involving toxin exposure through intentional contamination of food or drink or through aerosolization. (cdc.gov)
The following syndromes are described: foodborne botulism (exposure to botulinum neurotoxin in food), wound botulism (exposure to botulinum neurotoxin from a wound colonized with the bacteria), inhalational botulism (exposure to aerosolized botulinum neurotoxin, which could be caused intentionally), and iatrogenic botulism (exposure to botulinum neurotoxin by injection of high-concentration botulinum toxin for cosmetic or therapeutic purposes). (cdc.gov)
Early identification of a possible plant-based toxin or exposure can greatly assist in the management and stabilization of an affected individual. (emra.org)
In general, eliminating potential additional exposure and commencing supportive care are the first-line treatment of many environmental toxins. (emra.org)

To delay pest resistance and sustain the benefits of Bt corn, we recommend planting more corn that does not produce Bt toxins active against rootworms. (farmprogress.com)
They show that western corn rootworms have developed cross-resistance to two different types of GM corn (Cry3Bb1 maize and mCry3A maize). (organic-center.org)
This analysis also predicts that new 2,4-D-tolerant GM corn will increase the use of 2,4-D on corn in the U.S. by more than 30-fold over 2010 levels. (cban.ca)
The Quebec Ministry of Environment has confirmed that use of glyphosate-tolerant GM corn has increased the amount of glyphosate in our surface water. (cban.ca)
When a German court ordered Monsanto to make public a controversial 90-day rat study on June 20, 2005, the data upheld claims by prominent scientists who said that animals fed the genetically modified (GM) corn developed extensive health effects in the blood, kidneys and liver and that humans eating the corn might be at risk. (cropchoice.com)
Seralini is a member of two French government commissions that evaluate GM food, one of which originally rejected a request for approval of the corn variety in October, 2003 due to the adverse findings of the study. (cropchoice.com)
Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has granted licenses to four genetically modified (GM) corn varieties to be used for both human consumption and animal feed. (isaaa.org)

In fact, destroying them might do more harm than good by releasing entrapped bacteria and other toxins into the bloodstream. (nih.gov)

Important for the electrostatic interaction is the presence of a positively charged region in the toxin, because the receptor site of the sodium channel contains a lot of negatively charged residues. (wikipedia.org)

These guidelines do not address syndromes of botulism caused by intestinal colonization by botulinum-toxin-producing Clostridia species (i.e., infant botulism and adult colonization botulism), which are inherently sporadic and have not occurred in outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
The biotech companies have doggedly insisted that Bt-toxin doesn't bind or interact with the intestinal walls of mammals, and therefore humans. (truthseekerforum.com)
If Bt-toxins can damage the intestinal walls of newborns and young children, the passage of undigested foods and toxins into the blood from the digestive tract could be devastating to their future health. (truthseekerforum.com)

Contamination of foods with botulinum neurotoxin can occur unintentionally when botulinum spores germinate under appropriate conditions and produce toxin, or intentionally, when toxin is added directly to foods. (cdc.gov)
[14] First of all, GM plants produce about 3,000-5,000 times the amount of toxin as the sprays. (responsibletechnology.org)
By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News A fungus - genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin - can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests. (lankaweb.com)
Dr Steinbrecher pointed out that a change made to a single base pair in a gene-edited plant could make it produce a toxin. (gmwatch.org)
Spiders produce peptide ω-Hexatoxin-Hv1a (Hvt), a venom toxin with proven insecticidal properties against arthropods belonging to orders Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Orthroptera. (isaaa.org)

Cylindrospermopsin (CYN) is a toxin associated with numerous species of freshwater cyanobacteria throughout the world. (nih.gov)

Toughness of skin in arsenic exposed mice: role of GM-CSF and TGFa. (cdc.gov)
They injected a toxin into the shoulders of one group of mice, which temporarily paralyzed the affected area, and compared these injected mice with normal mice over time to determine how tendon growth and interface development were affected by muscle unloading. (nih.gov)
However, after four weeks of paralysis, the shoulders of the mice injected with the toxin showed diminished range of motion compared to normal mice. (nih.gov)

A Bt producing GM plant, on the other hand, continuously produces the toxin in every cell where it does not dissipate by weather and cannot be washed off. (responsibletechnology.org)
The Bt toxin it produces usually comes without the safety catch. (responsibletechnology.org)

It was expected that the pest would have evolved resistance to a toxin produced by the GM cotton in as little as three years. (newscientist.com)
Despite efforts to stop the sale of such 'illegal' seeds, the farmers were already growing GM cotton in India. (ritimo.org)

This is because the natural Bt toxin only works in the insect pest's gut and degrades rapidly in daylight. (ethicalconsumer.org)

It is different to Cry1Ab (as used in GM maize) in terms of its food safety. (biosafety-info.net)
that occurred in GM maize-fed rats, is incidental and due to simple biological variability. (cropchoice.com)

They have a high nutritional value and are rich in antioxidants which cleanse the body of toxins thus improving immunity. (thehindu.com)

An increasing number of spider toxins have been shown to interfere with the voltage-driven activation process of mammalian Nav channels, possibly by interacting with one or more of their voltage sensors. (nih.gov)
This review focuses on our existing knowledge of the mechanism by which spider toxins affect Nav channel gating and the possible applications of these toxins in the drug discovery process. (nih.gov)

Wilderness Toxins: Can You Identify the Poison? (emra.org)

Rats fed Mon 863 developed several reactions, including those typically found with allergies (increased basophils), in response to infections, toxins and various diseases including cancer (increased lymphocytes and white blood cells), and in the presence of anemia (decreased reticulocyte count) and blood pressure problems (decreased kidney weights). (cropchoice.com)

Toxins from the Huwentoxin-I family are thought to bind to site 1 on the sodium channels. (wikipedia.org)

Voltage-activated sodium (Nav) channels are essential in generating and propagating nerve impulses, placing them amongst the most widely targeted ion channels by toxins from venomous organisms. (nih.gov)
GMWatch notes that as Prof Jack Heinemann has explained in a peer-reviewed paper , these non-target organisms potentially include human and animal consumers of these GM plants. (gmwatch.org)

As most GM foods are intended to withstand heavy herbicide use, their use can have undesirable effects. (gmo-safety.eu)
A recent analysis of U.S. government data shows that herbicide tolerant weeds have incrementally increased the use of herbicides on GM hectares/acres every year since 2002. (cban.ca)

Parasites and toxins are often the root cause of many diseases, according to the Medical Rebel Dr. Lee Merritt. (naturalnews.com)
According to secret documents later made public from a lawsuit, the scientific consensus at the agency was that GM foods were inherently dangerous and might create hard-to-detect allergies, toxins, new diseases and nutritional problems. (westonaprice.org)
Regular consumption of edamame in moderate quantities (30-40 gm per day) helps control high cholesterol and high blood pressure, besides preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels. (thehindu.com)

But four years later, the ministry still hasn't rolled out any specific protocols for the commercialization of GM rice," said Zhang. (chinadaily.com.cn)
Currently, the safety certificates issued to Zhang's research team are the only ones to have been awarded in China, and he fears that the commercialization of GM rice in China is unlikely to make much headway once they expire in May next year. (chinadaily.com.cn)
Zhang said the urgent need for the commercialization of GM foods corresponds to calls from academics keen to correct the imbalance between China's grain output and demand. (chinadaily.com.cn)

When bugs take a bite of the GM plant, the toxin splits open their stomach and kills them. (responsibletechnology.org)

Given this, Merritt warned that people consuming GM food will shorten their lifespan and suffer other health issues just like the lab rats. (naturalnews.com)
And it is possible that, if these areas are not controlled, the planting of GM food will cause soil disturbance. (gmo-safety.eu)
Why might the EU change its position on GM food? (gmo-safety.eu)
In the early 1990s, scientists at the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) repeatedly warned their superiors that GM foods could create serious health problems. (westonaprice.org)

His critique of the dossier submitted by Monsanto's subsidiary in India for commercial growing of 'Bt Brinjal' (GM egg plant) played an important part in persuading the Indian Environment Minister to impose a moratorium. (i-sis.org.uk)
Genetically engineered (GE, also called genetically modified, GM) Bt eggplant (also called talong, brinjal or aubergine) has been engineered to be resistant to injury caused by the eggplant fruit and shoot borer. (biosafety-info.net)

But scientists change the sequence the Bt gene before inserting it into GM plants. (responsibletechnology.org)
Research finds over 90% of new GM plants would escape safety checks as well as traceability and labelling requirements. (gmwatch.org)
A 2007 review of published scientific literature on the health risks of GM plants, for example, described the number of studies and available data as "very scarce. (westonaprice.org)
Some problems in the development of GM plants are discussed. (isppweb.org)
One revelation that stood out was a scientist's statement that over 90% of new GM plants would, if the Commission's proposal is accepted, escape safety checks as well as traceability and labelling requirements (see below). (gmwatch.org)

Even as India set up a regulatory structure to screen GM products and showed interest in agricultural biotechnology as early as the 1980s, in ten years biotechnology companies saw the large agrarian economy of the country as a huge opportunity for their own growth. (ritimo.org)
With the first field trials of GM tobacco starting in France and USA in 1982, a cabal of Indian scientists advised the Government of India, then led by Rajiv Gandhi of the Congress party, to constitute a body to identify long term plans in biotechnology. (ritimo.org)

It is inevitable that contamination will arise from any field trials of this GM eggplant. (biosafety-info.net)

and even if it survived, since humans and other mammals have no receptors for the toxin, it would not interact with us in any case. (responsibletechnology.org)

Genetically modified (GM) foods are another big problem. (naturalnews.com)
In a context of wars, especially Russia's invasion of Ukraine, coupled with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the expectation of an economic recession, many countries have been forced to review their policies on GM foods. (gmo-safety.eu)
What are GM foods and why are they controversial? (gmo-safety.eu)
GM foods are foods whose genetic material has been deliberately altered, and which are not one that is likely to be produced naturally through breeding or selection. (gmo-safety.eu)
The controversy surrounding GM foods lies in their environmental impact. (gmo-safety.eu)
However, the European Union is very wary of GM foods and their use is regulated by the European Regulation 1829/2003 on genetically modified foods. (gmo-safety.eu)
On that basis, no safety studies on GM foods are required. (westonaprice.org)
They called on the U.S. government to implement an immediate moratorium on all GM foods and urged physicians to prescribe non-GMO diets for all patients. (westonaprice.org)
Jiang Tao, a senior engineer at the Center for Agricultural Resources Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is in favor of GM foods, was scathing about what he called "amateurs" spreading rumors. (chinadaily.com.cn)
Approximately 70 percent of all processed foods in the US market contain genetically modified ingredients and, to date, there has never been a safety incident associated with the consumption of GM foods, he added. (chinadaily.com.cn)

The researcher discovered that lab rats fed with GM potatoes suffered from a leaky gut and damaged immune system, and died prematurely. (naturalnews.com)

Jiang also accused the anti-GM lobby of repeatedly using outdated or inaccurate data to support an "incorrect" stance. (chinadaily.com.cn)

However, the US authorities have actually granted licenses to six varieties of GM rice. (chinadaily.com.cn)
When two of our GM rice varieties were granted safety certificates by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2009, I was quite confident. (chinadaily.com.cn)

Thus alcohol consumption in the GM diet can add calories in the diet and can interfere in weight reduction. (diethealthclub.com)

It is essential for flushing out the toxins that affect your body and enhancing your well being. (diethealthclub.com)
Himalayan Salt Block for Feet helps draw out toxins and impurities from the body. (gmsalt.com)

In a note on 'Risks Associated with GM Farm Animals' the Federation of American Farm Scientists has stated-The genetic engineering of farm animals entails certain risks. (countercurrents.org)

The Bt-toxin, they claimed, would be completely destroyed in the human digestive system and would not have any impact on animals and humans. (truthseekerforum.com)

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