| Soybean Oil and Canola (rapeseed) Oil are found in | | | | variety of soybeans and rapeseeds are hotly debated, |
| almost every US household and their presence is | | | | even more disturbing "collateral fallout" has recently |
| evident in almost all prepared foods in supermarkets, | | | | surfaced. Monsanto has been aggressively peddling |
| fastfood and restaurant meals. One or the other, and | | | | RR GM-seeds not just to dominate the global soy and |
| often both of these oils are ubiquitous in almost all | | | | rapeseed growths, but to sell Roundup weed killer and |
| bakery goods, candies, chocolate, cookies, snacks, | | | | fertilizer - the two are sold as a package and RR is - |
| chips, salads, condiments, cereals and a myriad of | | | | where GM-crops are. |
| other foods. These oils are so common because they | | | | A recent publication of a scientific study unveils |
| are cheap, easy to use and basically healthy, if they | | | | shocking news: the Roundup residues end up in the |
| are natural and minimally processed. | | | | harvested crop and these toxins cause cell damage in |
| But the demand for these oils at lowest cost has | | | | humans' even at very low levels. The study found that |
| grown so dramatically, that natural and minimally | | | | some of these formulations lead to DNA damage and |
| processed are terms of the distant past. Today, | | | | cell death within 24 hours. |
| almost all commercial Soybean and Canola oil in | | | | Now let's consider that GM-soy is staple food and |
| America is made from genetically modified, Monsanto | | | | feed, thus these toxins residues will appear not only in |
| "Roundup Ready" (RR) crops. In 1997 more than 90 | | | | oils, but also in meat, eggs, milk, soy milk, tofu, etc. |
| percent of soybeans in the US were grown | | | | Already it is difficult to avoid products with Canola or |
| conventionally, but in as little as ten years, the | | | | Soybean oil, but these findings lead to the conclusion |
| Monsanto Biotech crops reached a whopping 90 | | | | that even "certified Organic" labeled foods and pricey |
| percent. The numbers for genetically modified RR | | | | Olive oil may check out positive for RR residues. |
| rapeseed are almost identical. | | | | It follows that the safest food is the home grown |
| The cheap price of these GM oils has spawned | | | | produce and where that is not an option, we should at |
| aggressive development of Biotech versions of other | | | | least check out our food sources more diligently than |
| oil plants, including safflower, sunflower and palm oil. | | | | ever before. |
| Moreover, the cheap price of GM-crops leads to | | | | References: |
| gigantic fraud schemes, where more expensive oils, | | | | Wikipedia, search terms Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, |
| typically Olive oil is being diluted. | | | | Roundup. |
| While the health safety effects of genetically modified | | | | |