Basta (Glufosinate).docVIP

Basta (Glufosinate) Basta (Glufosinate)Basta (Glufosinate) Thank you to Richard Wolfson, PhD. for helping to compile this information: Here are abstracts of a number of scientific articles, forwarded by Joe Cummins, Professor Emeritus of Genetics at the University of Western Ontario about the toxic effects of glufosinate. Several genetically engineered crops are engineered to be resistant to this herbicide. Dr. Cummins comments: The herbicide glufosinate (Basta) is being used in conjunction with sugar beets or canola which have been genetically engineered. This use may be extensive in Europe. I am enclosing abstracts of articles showing that glufosinate causes birth defects by killing brain cells in the embryo. Glufosinate acts by causing the premature death of brain cells in the embryo by a process called apoptosis (greek for petals falling from a flower). A teratogen is an agent that causes birth defects. Glufosinate tolerant canola has been grown in Canada and sold in the United States since 1995. Currently not only canola but soybeans, corn and other crops are being grown with glufosinate resistance. Approval of the teratogenic herbicide and its genetically engineered crops on a massive scale seems to have relied on the judgement and human experimentation undertaken by the Canadian government. However, the public is not generally aware that the Canadian government agencies are merely the paid public relations voice of the multinational companies that market genetically engineered crops and toxic herbicides. For a number of years the Canadian government bureaucracy has been taking millions from the companies to support their operations through a cooperative research program. The government bureaucrats serve their rich patrons very well. Our worst nightmare, government approved harmful genetic combinations is coming forward. In the articles, the technical term used for birth defects is teratogenicity The first article shows that glufosinate