"JR" wrote in message ...
Tim Lysyk wrote:

That is an interesting link. I am surprised there are no regulations
governing sale and distribution of genetically modified animals. I
believe there are in other countries. In Canada, use of transgenic
animals in research is tightly regulated, with containment (not allowing
them to escape into the environment) one of the critical issues.

It surprises me that transgenic animals such as this are being sold
comercially.

You want a surprise? Try to find the agency responsible for testing and
certifying the safety to human health of *any* GMO before it is sold for
food in the U.S.

Concerns about the safety of genetically modified foods are legitimate, of
course, but should probably be tempered by the knowledge that any of the
items on the following extremely abbreviated list would probably fail to
meet the safety requirements of the FDA or various other regulatory
agencies, advisory panels, etc., if they were newly discovered or introduced
foods today:

alfalfa sprouts - canavanine (arginine mimic; highly toxic to growing
mammals
barley-mycotoxins
broccoli - benzpyrene (carcinogen), goitrin (shuts down thyroid)
cabbage - thiocyanates (shuts down thyroid)
carrots - carotatoxin (neurotoxin)
cassava (manioc) - hydrocyanic acid
celery - psoralins (light-stimulated carcinogens)
chard-oxalic acid
chocolate-caffeine
cocoanut oil-mycotoxins
coffee-caffeine
collards - oxalic acid
corn-mycotoxins
eggplant - nicotine
honey - grayanotoxins
lima beans - cyanogenic glycosides
mushrooms - hydrazines
mustard - allyl isothiocyanate
mustard greens
nutmeg - myristicin (hallucinogen, spasmodic)
okra - sterculic acid (anti-metabolite)
peanuts - aflatoxin (hepatic carcinogen), mycotoxins
peppers - nicotine
potatoes - solanine (toxin; causes spina bifida), chaconine
(neurotoxin)
isoflavones (estrogens), arsenic
radishes - goitrogens
rapeseed - goitrogens
rice-mycotoxins
rye-mycotoxins
soy - genistin, daidzin, coumesterol (estrogens)
soybeans - goitrogens
spinach - phytanic acid (chelates iron - no absorption), oxalic acid
tomatoes - tomatine (neurotoxin), quercetin glycosides (carcinogens)
turnips - goitrogens
wheat germ - phytoestrogens
wheat-mycotoxins

It has been noted, somewhat wryly, that iceberg lettuce is about the
only safe food in the world......and it is virtually devoid of nutrients.


Wolfgang