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Originally Posted by samcol
I'll look for a source, but to say modifiying soy crops so they can handle 2-3 times more herbicides and pesticides could have an increase in allergies isn't too far off base imo. You have that plus the modified gene effect which creates proteins that have never been seen before that our bodies aren't capable of processing. I think both of those issues defineintly could lead to an increase in allergies.
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First, the goals of most of the GM crops I've heard about are to *reduce* the amount of herbicides and pesticides you need, by including targeted resistance to food crops. That way, you can use *less* herbicide and pesticide, which have their own environmental cost. GM foods have their own risks, but most of the plausible ones involve cross-species contamination - ie, your super corn swaps genes with kudzu, and now you have super-resistant kudzu. Or your GM corn swaps genes with the corn of the organic farmer next door, who doesn't want the GM genes, and gets sued by monsanto for violating it's patents.
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Originally Posted by samcol
Soybeans contain phytoestrogens, so that may be a concern for you if you have hormone problems or don't like having higher estrogen levels. Try almond milk instead of soy milk if you are lactose intolerant.
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The only references I can find wrt phytoestrogens are a possible benefits in cancer prevention, and possible risks with soy infant formulas, but nothing specific. Why worry, or change your habits, in advance of actual scientific evidence?
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Originally Posted by samcol
Also the bottled water is the same as tap water myth. True some of the garbage like dasani and aquafina is pretty bad. You have to read the lables usually reverse osmosis is the best or the water that truly comes from great natural sources like evian.
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Often bottled water *is* the same as tap water, because it's tap water that's been bottled. Tap water in this country is generally very, very safe. Some areas probably do have problems. But maybe it would be a good idea to compare the costs of installing a sink water filter (we have one, mostly for the taste benefits), versus bottling, shipping, and either disposing of or recycling the bottles.
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Originally Posted by samcol
Mircowaving or freezing plastics causes cancer when you consume the food or water in them. Plus plastics have phytoestrogen effect as well.
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[citation needed], to quote MSD. I *have* heard of some studies of chemical breakdowns in plastic containers, but again, I'm not going to toss out all of my tupperware in advance of actual *data*.
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Vaccines contain mercury which have a cumulative effect that may cause autism or other neurological problems.
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We've already
dealt with this one.
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Aspartame is a horrible artificial sweetner which breaks down into methanol that can cause neurological problems in large doses.
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Again, the actual scientific evidence doesn't show a problem.