If you care about the health of your family, you should absolutely look into this group:  Moms Across America March July 4th for labeling GMOs and the right to know what’s in our food.  There are events and marches planned in many states, including Alaska and Hawaii.  Here’s the statement of founder Zen Honeycutt: “I am marching for the future of food, the health of our children and national right to know what is in our food.”  We ALL need to be concerned about these things.  I’ve posted before about the dangers of genetically engineered crops (GMOs) and the pesticides used on GMOs (list below).  These crops have NOT been proven safe in long-term studies, and independent testing is strongly discouraged (or prevented) by Monsanto and other biotech companies.  These Moms are not silent and “do nothing.”  They are organizing a protest about the secrecy surrounding GMOs, the absolute refusal of companies to allow labeling of foods that contain them.  You can sign up for one of the events or you can organize an event in your home town.

This group is doing far more than just organizing a march.  They are also publishing information that reveals the harm caused by GMOs and their accompanying pesticides.  The latest article, What is Roundup ( Glyphosate) Doing to Our Families? : New Study, gives a devastating picture of the harm done to the family of a farmer who used glyphosate (the herbicide in Roundup which is heavily applied to many GMO crops).  Here’s some of what the study found:

The family in the study lived 1.5 miles away from their fields that were sprayed with Roundup. The father would spray the fields, come home and wash his hands thoroughly, but not take a shower. Apparently he hugged his children, because the levels of glyphosate found in their urine were far above what has shown to be toxic in animals. The glyphosate level in the  father’s urine was 9.5 ppm and the children’s was 2 ppm. It is scientifically documented that infertility is caused by glyphosate at .5 ppm and endocrine disruption (which causes birth defects) is caused by glyphosate at .2 ppm.

 The farmer and his wife had two children with birth defects including imperforated anus, growth hormone deficiency, hypospadias (which is when the urethra of the male penis’s opening is not at the end but under, and along the side instead), heart defect and micro penis.

How tragic! This is just one example of what is being covered up. This is the type of damage that the biotech companies DON’T want you to know about.

There is another new study, “Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases,” that says “glyphosate residues have been found primarily in corn, sugar, soy and wheat.”  These are the main GMO crops and are in foods many people eat every day?  This study connects the use of glyphosate to many diseases which are increasing exponentially in Western cultures.  There are links to all of these studies here.

The Moms published an amazing comparison of GMO corn versus non-GMO corn, Stunning Corn Comparison: GMO versus NON GMO and an update with more information.  Non-GMO corn was found to be 20 times more nutritious than GMO corn!  Twenty times! The biotech companies (and the FDA) say we don’t need to label GMO foods because there is no substantial difference between GMOs and non-GMOs!  Twenty times more nutritious is not a substantial difference?  Which one do you want to eat?  Although Monsanto will deny this, their actions indicate that they already know about the differences.  Here’s what Zen Honneycutt says: “We suspect they have this data already, as they pressured the EPA to raise the EPA standard of Glyphosate from 6.2 to 13 ppm the year before this report came out. They also had the Monsanto Protection Act rider passed in the nick of time from when this information was posted. We believe they knew harm could come from their GMO corn and had the ” Monsanto protection act” passed to pre-empt lawsuits.”  Would a company ignorant of these harms take so many steps to ensure that it would not be held liable for damage?

Hear from the Moms about why they are putting so much effort into exposing GMOs:

Founder, Zen Honeycutt:

Co-founder, Kathleen Hallal:

I first heard about this effort from Howard Vlieger of Verity Farms, who is an expert on the dangers of GMO foods and a tireless campaigner to educate people about them.

Please support the Moms and other groups that are trying to help us know what’s in our food!

Join them at Moms Across America March July 4th.

Follow Moms Across America on Facebook.

More about GMOs on Real Food Houston:

It’s Not Pretty Behind the Biotech Veil, an Interview with Howard Vlieger
What Does Genetically Engineered (or GMO) Mean?
Glyphosate is already in our food, air, and water: What is it and why should we care?
Monsanto wants glyphosate limit in food to be raised up to 150 times
Eating genetically engineered corn causes obesity
Double GM Whammy for the Monarch Butterfly
Why Was an Antibiotic-Resistant GE Potato Approved?

More about GMOs on other sites:

Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
Institute for Responsible Technology
The Weston A. Price Foundation on GMOs