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Problems like harmful L-Tryptophan occur. It's a natural amino acid. Many companies produce it. It's used to induce sleep.
Japan's Showa Denko genetically engineered it. It did so in the late 1980s. Many dozens died. Over 1,500 were crippled. Up to 10,000 got Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome (EMS). It's an incurable blood disorder.
It causes permanent nerve and muscle tissue scarring, as well as fibrosis, inflammation, and permanent immune system change.
Agribusiness officials ignore public safety. They want GMO foods and ingredients unlabeled. They want consumers unaware of what they're ingesting.
They oppose laws regulating or banning GMO products. They call doing so "unfair trade practices." They've got governments on their side. They let these products be grown internally or imported.
World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) patent rules back Agribusiness. What food and seed giants want they get.
Profits matter more than human health. It's threatened because federal officials and regulatory agencies do nothing to protect it.
New York Times editors are dismissive. On March 14, they headlined " Why Label Genetically Engineered Food ?"
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