The liver processes toxins; its state can reveal toxins in the diet. Liver cells of mice fed GM “Roundup Ready” soybeans had structural changes, which, according to molecular geneticist Michael Antoniou, PhD, “must reflect some ‘insult’ on the liver by the GM soy.” Antoniou, who does human gene therapy research, said that although the long-term consequences of the GM soy diet are not known, it “could lead to liver damage and consequently general toxemia.” In addition, rats fed GM corn had liver lesions and indications of toxicity; rabbits fed GM Roundup Ready soy showed altered production of liver enzymes; and the livers of rats fed Roundup Ready canola were 12%–16% heavier, possibly due to liver disease or inflammation. 

Other organs, such as the stomach below, showed dramatic changes with GM diets. 

The stomach lining of rats fed GM potatoes showed excessive cell growth, a condition that may be a precursor to cancer. Rats also had damaged organs and immune systems.

GM soy, reproductive problems, and infant mortality

A preliminary study by a senior researcher at the Russian National Academy of Sciences had devastating results. More than half the offspring (51.6%) from female rats fed GM soy died within three weeks, compared to 10% from the non-GM soy group. The average size and weight of the GM group was smaller (see photo), and they were unable to conceive. Just after this study was completed, the Russian laboratory coincidentally began feeding GM soy-based feed to all their rats. After two months on the GM soy diet, the infant mortality of rats throughout the facility reached 55.3%.

Many offspring of female rats fed GM soy were considerably smaller, and more than half died within three weeks (compared to 10% of the non-GM soy controls).

When male rats were fed Roundup Ready soy, their testicles became dark blue instead of pink. GM soy diets also altered young sperm cells in mice; and when parent mice ate GM soy, it changed the functioning of DNA in their offspring’s embryos.

Bt crops linked to sterility, disease, and death

About two dozen farmers report that pigs had reproductive problems when fed varieties of Bt corn. Pigs were sterile, had false pregnancies, or gave birth to bags of water. Some cows and bulls also became sterile. Other farmers blamed Bt corn for the deaths of cows, horses, water buffaloes, and chickens.

When Indian shepherds let their sheep graze continuously on Bt cotton plants after harvest, within 5-7 days 1 out of 4 sheep died. An estimated 10,000 sheep died in one region alone. Investigators said preliminary evidence “strongly suggests that the sheep mortality was due to a toxin. . . . most probably Bt-toxin.” The majority of corn grown in the US produces Bt-toxin.

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