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Report: GM Food Causes ‘Profound Damage’ To Health

A new peer reviewed study looking at the effects on GMOs has concluded that GM food causes “profound damage” to the body.  The study, published in the journal Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology and entitled, “Effect of genetically modified corn on the jejunal mucosa of adult male albino rat.,” shows serious damage in the intestines of rats after they were fed GM corn for 90 days. Naturalblaze.com reports: The specific type of corn fed to the rats was MON810: Ajeeb YG. This is a GM version of Ajeeb, which is a local species of corn grown in Egypt. The GM version was created by Monsanto for the Egyptian market. The rats who were fed the GM corn were given the MON810 corn as 30% of their diet. The control group was given the same amount of non-GMO corn. In the group fed GM corn, the finger-like structures in the intestine known as villi that absorbs nutrients from food were clearly damaged. They were both distorted and flattened and some cells were even joined together. The study includes images and shows photographs of the damage. There were also signs of inflammation around the areas of damage in the form of white blood cell infiltration. [...]

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