HAVING TROUBLE WITH DISEASES IN YOUR PIGS?
June 6, 2013 By Joseph
P. Farrel
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If you’re having all
sorts of trouble with diseases showing up in your farm animals, pigs for
example, you might want to consult with a farmer in Denmark who has a novel
solution: quit feeding them GMO crops and foods:
Let’s read that list of
problems being caused by the “extensively tested and entirely safe” GMOs once
more time:
“Published in the
farming magazine Effektivt
Landbrug on 13 April 2012 [1], the farmer Ib Borup Perderson
describes how his pigs suffered from symptoms including chronic diarrhoea,
birth defects, reproductive problems, reduced appetite, bloating, stomach
ulcers, weaker and smaller piglets, and reduced litter sizes. This was not just
a problem for the animals themselves but also the profitability of the farm,
with fewer healthy animals, mounting costs of medicines and added labour costs.
“After researching the
health hazards of GM foods and associated herbicides, Pederson decided to stop
feeding his 450 sows with GM soybean, replacing them with fishmeal and non-GM
soybean instead. He began to notice health benefits after two days of a GM-free
diet. The farmer’s account has since been published in an English dossier compiled
by scientist Brian John of GM-free Cymru (Wales), with collaboration from
Pederson, published online by GM Watch [2].”
It gets worse:
”Residents of
heavy agrochemical-use zones in Argentina have seen startling increases in
birth defects, adult and human cancer rates as well as other illnesses (see [6]
Argentina’s
Roundup Human Tragedy, SiS
48, [7] Pesticide
Illnesses and GM Soybeans, SiS
53). Argentinian tobacco farmers have recently filed a lawsuit against Monsanto
for birth defects suffered by their children following claims by the
corporation that the chemical was safe to use [8]“
There’s an interesting
linkage in this article, for it appears the glyphosphates cause decline in
mineral absoprtion in animals consuming GMOs with them, leading to subsequent
birth defects:
“Professor Emeritus Don
Huber of Perdue (sic) University, a senior scientist of USDA (US Department of
Agriculture) has been studying crop health for over 20 years, and warned how
reduced mineral content of glyphosate-tolerant crops lead to nutritional
deficiencies in livestock that in turn cause reproductive problems (see [10] USDA Scientist
Reveals All, SiS
53). Reduced mineral content in crops results from glyphosate’s metal chelating
properties, rendering essential minerals unavailable. Nutrient deficiency
effects are independent of direct glyphosate toxicity that causes endocrine
disruption, birth defects and cancers among other illnesses. The
identification of a novel pathogen in glyphosate-treated crops, reproductive
organs of livestock as well as aborted foetal tissue may also be a contributing
factor (see [11]Emergency!
Pathogen New to Science Found in Roundup Ready GM Crops?,SiS50).”
The real news however,
is that at least in Denmark the government is still responsive to such stories,
for as the article indicates, new studies are going forward to test the effects
of GMOs on farm livestock. One can imagine the response, had Mr. Pederson lived
in America: he would have been lampooned, harassed, and excoriated, if he was
paid attention to at all. More likely, with bought and paid for “science” and
“government agencies” staffed by a revolving door between “agribusiness” and
government, he simply would have been ignored.
See you on the flip
side.
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