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Children at Higher Risk for GMO Reactions. Non GMO Exposure Critical During Pregnancy to Protect From Allergies - Autism - Loss in IQ
Why children are more vulnerable than adults to genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
Children are growing Their bodies are in a state of fast growth and cell development so more things can go wrong. Their immune system are not fully developed, and if the mother was already eating GMOs during pregnancy, the child will be in an even more vulnerable state, than if no GMOs have been eaten. GMOs and pesticides go hand and hand. It is during pregnancy the pesticides do the most damage that can lead to birth defects, lower IQ, allergies, asthma, and auto immune disease early in life. Further exposure after the child is born from breast milk contaminated from GMO foods, formula containing GMO soy, corn, or milk from cows raised on GMO feed. The risk during early growth stages are exactly why the choose to study young rats. According to the Institute for Responsible Medicine, "Independent scientists choose young adolescent rats in their GM feeding studies. The rats will exhibit significant health damage after only 10 days, including damaged immune systems and digestive function, smaller brains, livers, and testicles, partial atrophy of the liver, and potentially pre-cancerous cell growth in the intestines. A study published July 11, 2012 in Norway by Forskning.no, an online news source devoted to Norwegian and international research, showed that animals fed genetically engineered Bt corn ate more, got fatter, and were less able to digest proteins due to alterations in the micro-structure of their intestines. In 2011, researchers at Sherbrooke University Hospital in Quebec found Bt-toxin in the blood of:
A pattern of illnesses has been rising with the use of GMOs. Allergies rose 265 percent between 1997 and 2002, an done out of 17 children have a food allergy. One exposure can send a child to the hospital There is a rise in autism, asthma, and All children are at greater risk for allergies as their immune systems have not had a chance to build resistance. One parent in the movie "Genetic Roulette" had to rush their child to the hospital after eating a couple of bites of a GMO corn flake cereal, and was upset later when she learned GMOs where in the food she was feeding her child and not marked on the label. She thought it was only simple ingredients, and felt the GMOs were hidden and the information they were in the food kept from her, and yet the reaction was severe and potentially fatal. Children are more susceptible According to the Institute for Responsible Medicine, "Children are actually three to four times more susceptible to allergies than adults. Infants below two years old are at greatest risk-they have the highest incidence of reactions, especially to new allergens encountered in the diet. Even tiny amounts of allergens can sometimes cause reactions in children." Breastfeeding does not offer protection Breast fed infants can be exposed via the mother's diet, and fetuses may possibly be exposed in the womb. Michael Meacher, the former minister of the environment for the UK, said, "Any baby food containing GM products could lead to a dramatic rise in allergies." GM corn is particularly problematic for children, as they generally eat a higher percentage of corn in their diet. Further, allergic children often rely on corn protein. Mothers using cornstarch as a talc substitute on their children's skin might also inadvertently expose them via inhalation." Pasteurized milk is allergenic Children are at greater risk to have an allergic reaction to milk because #1 milk has changed in alarming ways. Most is produced as conventional pasteurized. This heat process denatures the protein molecule, flattening and changing the molecular structure. When this "changed protein molecule" is ingested into the body, the reaction that is trigged by the now foreign protein is the same as that for an invader. The immune system launches an attack. Fat molecules explode when forced through a screen to homogenize. Milk trucks are filled by multiple dairy farms. Each may use different farming and sanitation practices. According to Mark McAfee from Organic Pastures Raw Milk Dairy, "Because conventional dairies know the milk will be heated during pasteurization, milk collection methods are not anywhere near how clean they could be if they did not have to be more accountable for pathogen levels present at the time the milk is loaded in the truck to be mixed with other farm milk. The mass production methods require the adulteration of milk so they can continue to use unaccountable practices that may add pathogens. Raw milk as they are forced high allergic reaction potential with GMO (rBGH) bovine growth hormone used to increase milk production, and cattle fed GMO feed, and GMO containing expired bakery products.
Children are more susceptible to allergies Children are three to four times more prone to allergies than adults. Infants below two years old are at greatest risk-they have the highest incidence of reactions, especially to new allergens encountered in the diet. Even tiny amounts of allergens can sometimes cause reactions in children. Breast fed infants can be exposed via the mother's diet, and fetuses may possibly be exposed in the womb. Michael Meacher, the former minister of the environment for the UK, said, "Any baby food containing GM products could lead to a dramatic rise in allergies." GM corn is particularly problematic for children, as they generally eat a higher percentage of corn in their diet. Further, allergic children often rely on corn protein. Mothers using cornstarch as a talc substitute on their children's skin might also inadvertently expose them via inhalation. Children are more susceptible to problems with milk Milk and dairy products from cows treated with the genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH) contain an increased amount of the hormone IGF-1, which is one of the highest risk factors associated with breast and prostate cancer. The Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Medical Association called for more studies to determine if ingesting "higher than normal concentrations of [IGF-1] is safe for children, adolescents, and adults." Sam Epstein, M.D., Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and author of eight books, wrote, "rbGH and its digested products could be absorbed from milk into blood, particularly in infants, and produce hormonal and allergic effects." He described how "cell-stimulating growth factors . . . could induce premature growth and breast stimulation in infants, and possibly promote breast cancer in adults." Dr. Epstein pointed out that the hormones in cows could promote the production of "steroids and adrenaline-type stressor chemicals . . . likely to contaminate milk and may be harmful, particularly to infants and young children." Children are more susceptible to nutritional problems A 2002 report by the UK's Royal Society, said that genetic modification "could lead to unpredicted harmful changes in the nutritional state of foods." They therefore recommended that potential health effects of GM foods be rigorously researched before being fed to pregnant or breast-feeding women, elderly people, those suffering from chronic disease, and babies. Likewise, according to former minister Meacher, unexpected changes in estrogen levels in GM soy used in infant formula "might affect sexual development in children," and that "even small nutritional changes could cause bowel obstruction." Children are in danger from antibiotic resistant diseases Children prone to ear and other infections are at risk of facing antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, due to the use of antibiotic resistant genes in GM food. The British Medical Association cited this as one reason why they called for a moratorium of GM foods. |
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