Impossible Burger: Commitment to consumers and our planet led us to use GM soy
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#3Good. Anti-GM crusades are a load of anti-science nonsense, and if you're serious about replacing a percentage of America's meat intake (as Impossible seems to be) then it only makes sense to make the most of GM crops to get you there.
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#4Related story: https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_posi...
> The levels of glyphosate detected in the Impossible burger by Health Research Institute Laboratories were 11 X higher than the Beyond Meat Burger. The total result (glyphosate and it’s break down AMPA) was 11.3 ppb. Moms Across America also tested the Beyond Meat Burger and the results were 1 ppb.
> “We are shocked to find that the Impossible Burger can have up to 11X higher levels of glyphosate residues than the Beyond Meat Burger according to these samples tested. This new product is being marketed as a solution for “healthy” eating, when in fact 11 ppb of glyphosate herbicide consumption can be highly dangerous. Only 0.1 ppb of glyphosate has been shown to alter the gene function of over 4000 genes in the livers, kidneys and cause severe organ damage in rats
Question(s): Is the lab result significant or not? Is it fairly common for other veggie products in the US to show similar levels? What is the safe level according to the FDA?
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#5The potential downside of GM food is human extinction.
In the 80s and 90s the beef industry meddled with nature and started feeding animal meat to cows. The result was a disease that could have killed us all if we had eaten contaminated beef in the previous 10 years. If the genetic conditions that make people susceptible to vCJD were more common or universal, we might not be here today [1].
Grass-fed beef can be assumed safe because it has been eaten by humans for 200,000 years. Animal-fed beef turned out to be very dangerous very quickly. People who think GM food is as safe as food we’ve been eating for hundreds of thousands of years are highly delusional.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant_Creutzfeldt–Jakob_dise...
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#6The potential downside of GM food is human extinction. In the 80s and 90s the beef industry meddled with nature and started feeding animal meat to cows. The result was a disease that could have killed us all if we had eaten contaminated beef in the previous 10 years. If the genetic conditions that make people susceptible to vCJD were more common or universal, we might not be here today [1]. Grass-fed beef can be assu…
How this relates to GM?
Re: Impossible Burger: Commitment to consumers and our planet led us to use GM soy
#7The potential downside of GM food is human extinction. In the 80s and 90s the beef industry meddled with nature and started feeding animal meat to cows. The result was a disease that could have killed us all if we had eaten contaminated beef in the previous 10 years. If the genetic conditions that make people susceptible to vCJD were more common or universal, we might not be here today [1]. Grass-fed beef can be assu…
How this relates to GM?
You really don’t see the relationship?
The potential consequence of eating unnatural food that did not pass the test of time is catastrophic. Do this on a global scale, and the consequences could be global.
Trans fats are another example.
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#8Related story: https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_posi... > The levels of glyphosate detected in the Impossible burger by Health Research Institute Laboratories were 11 X higher than the Beyond Meat Burger. The total result (glyphosate and it’s break down AMPA) was 11.3 ppb. Moms Across America also tested the Beyond Meat Burger and the results were 1 ppb. > “We are shocked to find that the Impos…
The EPA safe level is about 140 mg/day for an average adult. There are proposals in progress to lower that.
https://www.ewg.org/research/california-proposes-safe-level-...
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
How this relates to GM?
You really don’t see the relationship? The potential consequence of eating unnatural food that did not pass the test of time is catastrophic. Do this on a global scale, and the consequences could be global. Trans fats are another example.
Why do you think natural things are prima facie good ?
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#10Related story: https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_posi... > The levels of glyphosate detected in the Impossible burger by Health Research Institute Laboratories were 11 X higher than the Beyond Meat Burger. The total result (glyphosate and it’s break down AMPA) was 11.3 ppb. Moms Across America also tested the Beyond Meat Burger and the results were 1 ppb. > “We are shocked to find that the Impos…
I can't really image 11 ppb is significant for glyphosate. That's below the historic 20 ppb threshold for lead.
I'm not sure where the .1 ppb study comes from, it'd be interesting.
Edit: The .1 ppb comes from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ralini_affair