| GMO-Fed Hamsters Become Infertile, Have Stunted Growth |
| The negative health effects of GMOs. |
| LISA GARBER - Natural Society/Reader Supported News |
| et another study has concluded that feeding animals GMOs results in higher rates of infant mortality and causes fertility problems. Russian biologist Alexey V. Surov and other researchers fed Campbell hamsters (which have fast reproduction rates) Monsanto GM soy for two years. It should be noted that hamsters do not evolutionarily eat soy-just as cows fed Monsanto corn are actually ruminants and would not naturally eat corn. "Originally, everything went smoothly," Surov told broadcasting service The Voice of Russia. Surov and the researchers fed the same diet to three generations of the hamsters, and that's when they noticed things going awry. "We noticed quite a serious effect when we selected new pairs from their cubs and continued to feed them as before. These pairs' growth rate was slower and reached their sexual maturity slowly." By the third generation, the hamsters were infertile. Many animals on the GM ... |
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Taking so long to affect them, it could have been overlooked. Good for them.