That could actually end up being a good thing for people with intestinal parasites.
Imagine - if eating Monsanto corn killed ascaris or some other parasite, then all a person would need to do is eat GM corn.
Wait, lots of folk are eating GM corn with Bt. If 100 million people are eating it, then among them we might expect to see some drop in incidences of some medical issues. But wait, the presence of intestinal bugs and worms is mostly disputed by MD's, partly because the drug kits they've been conditioned to promote have no anti-worm / anti-parasite medicament & they generally know very little about intestinal pests, and sometimes label clients making such claims as "delusional", or so I've read.
So there's likely not very much existing data on current instances, so a comparison might be difficult.
If eating GM corn cures intestinal pests conditions, it might be wise to take a hiatus from eating it, as with administration of any other unapproved drug substance (Bt in corn meets the FDA definition of "new drug", or does it not because no claims are made on the label ?).
See, under the current set of regulations, then entire population can be administered what would otherwise be considered as a "drug" (fluoridated water, Bt corn etc.), provided that no claims are made on the label. With water and corn, no label is necessary, so people ingest whatever is in it.
Yet, if you try to put prune juice on the market and label it as "cures constipation", the act of writing the claim makes the material a "new drug" and subject to FDA regulation / approval. If you don't have $15 million to blow then you're not going to pursue claims on prune juice, since its not patentable. Competitors would be free to benefit from your expenditure by selling a carbon-copy product, while being able to make the same previously illegal product statements without paying you for your expenditures. Statements that are never "proven", about prune juice and constipation will never become "legal" since no single entity wants to spend money that equally benefits his competitor, without some guaranteed compensation.
If I had worms, etc. I'd eat Bt corn for a month, then quit a month. Then go back on it for one more month and then stop and ask myself if it had any benefit. If not, I'd avoid it indefinitely. If so, I'd use it only as-needed, like any other remedy, or avoid what gave me worms, etc. in the first place.
>>>if eating Monsanto corn killed ascaris or some other parasite, then all a person would need to do is eat GM corn.
no doubt Bt corn was bioengineered not to harm intestinal critters, besides, scientific studies have proven conclusively that no such critters (edit- do not) exist inside the U.S., only in the third world. And finally, even if wrong about the first assumption, the bugs in the dirt are already immune to the toxins... so why would the ones in our gut be any different...
lets face it. Monsanto and big pharma are perfectly happy to humans crawling with parasites... they just need a good excuse to cover the earth with Roundup (TM)... good for all the kiddies.
disageree. Bt is Bt and last time I hit the cancer worms that hang from my trees with it, it was effective. that's a larva of a moth that looks a lot like a friggin worm, that grubby green thing.
If it ain't Bt, then there's no issue but I think there's Bt in it - in fact no evidence exists showing it doesn't and it prima facie does.
I don't buy in to "lets face it..." kind of defeatist stuff, only expressed a unique and creative opinion. I could care less who eats what, or what's in it - everybody has to choose for themselves.
"The scientists who called for caution now are saying 'I told you so,' because there are signs that a new strain of resistant rootworms is emerging...[A] committee of experts at the EPA is now recommending that biotech companies put into action, for the first time, a 'remedial action plan' aimed at stopping the spread of such resistant insects ...
"Hidden in the soil of Illinois and Iowa, a new generation of insect larvae appears to be munching happily on the roots of genetically engineered corn, according to scientists."
I would guess that they have access to non gmo fare and probably never dare to touch something without assurance. A few privilesges are given of course that go beyond courtesy.
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