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  • From: "Brigette Leach" <afhg AT ctsmail.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] GMO's
  • Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:16:50 -0400

Who makes up the "American Academy of Environmental Medicine" and what do you know about them?

Brigette

----- Original Message ----- From: "Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland" <rootsfarm AT cwdom.dm>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] GMO's


Press release: The American Academy Of Environmental Medicine Calls
For Immediate Moratorium On Genetically Modified Foods. Full text
follows.


Press Advisory May 19,
2009

Contact
Information

Dr. Amy L. Dean, D.O. Public Relations Chair Member, Board of
Directors American Academy of Environmental Medicine 734-213-4901 environmentalmed AT yahoo.com
The American Academy Of Environmental Medicine Calls For Immediate
Moratorium On Genetically Modified Foods

Wichita, KS - The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM)
today released its position paper on Genetically Modified foods
stating that "GM foods pose a serious health risk" and calling for a
moratorium on GM foods. Citing several animal studies, the AAEM
concludes "there is more than a casual association between GM foods
and adverse health effects" and that "GM foods pose a serious health
risk in the areas of toxicology, allergy and immune function,
reproductive health, and metabolic, physiologic and genetic health."
The AAEM calls for:

* A moratorium on GM food, implementation of immediate long term
safety testing and labeling of GM food.
* Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community and
the public to avoid GM foods.
* Physicians to consider the role of GM foods in their patients'
disease processes.
* More independent long term scientific studies to begin
gathering data to investigate the role of GM foods on human health.

"Multiple animal studies have shown that GM foods cause damage to
various organ systems in the body. With this mounting evidence, it is
imperative to have a moratorium on GM foods for the safety of our
patients' and the public's health," said Dr. Amy Dean, PR chair and
Board Member of AAEM. "Physicians are probably seeing the effects in
their patients, but need to know how to ask the right questions," said
Dr. Jennifer Armstrong, President of AAEM. "The most common foods in
North America which are consumed that are GMO are corn, soy, canola,
and cottonseed oil." The AAEM's position paper on Genetically Modified
foods can be found at http:aaemonline.org/gmopost.html. AAEM is an
international association of physicians and other professionals
dedicated to addressing the clinical aspects of environmental health.
More information is available at www.aaemonline.org.

-more- About AAEM The American Academy of Environmental Medicine was
founded in 1965, and is an international association of physicians and
other professionals interested in the clinical aspects of humans and
their environment. The Academy is interested in expanding the
knowledge of interactions between human individuals and their
environment, as these may be demonstrated to be reflected in their
total health. The AAEM provides research and education in the
recognition, treatment and prevention of illnesses induced by
exposures to biological and chemical agents encountered in air, food
and water. ###

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767-449-3038
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