Political Quotes

“Food allergies are a serious health concern, 2.5 to 5 million Americans have food allergies. Common food allergies include milk, eggs, fish, seafood, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans. The health impacts of a food allergy range from itching to potentially fatal anaphylactic shock. We all know people who have food allergies. People learn about their food allergies by way of the trial and error method. If they eat a food a few times and react to it, each time they know they are allergic to it. Now, with respect to genetically-engineered foods and known allergens, things get much trickier with foods that have been genetically engineered. Scientists at the University of Nebraska inserted a Brazilian nut gene into a soybean. The study showed that people allergic to Brazil nuts, which is a common allergy, are also allergic to soybeans that have been modified by the Brazilian nut gene. The scientists concluded that allergens from one food can pass to another and harm anyone with that allergy who unsuspectingly eats genetically-engineered foods.”