5. New Genes For You!

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These are definitely not the kind of jeans you shop for at the mall! Genetic scientists at companies like Monsanto insisted that there was no way that the foreign genes they inserted into crops like corn could survive a trip through the digestive tracts of humans and animals and get absorbed into the bloodstream. Well, it turns out that the scientists were wrong yet again. A Canadian study discovered that DNA from the BT bacteria that was inserted into corn had made its way into the human bloodstream and even in umbilical cord blood from pregnant women. And don’t think you have to eat generically modified crops in order to have the same thing happen to you (although it most likely already has). The animals that we use for products such as meat and dairy products are fed genetically modified crops which ultimately leads to the genetic material from BT bacteria in the blood of those who eat those products. As you can see, escaping the potential dangers of GMO foods is not easy.