Transgenic Foods (GMO)

An animationfilm to illustrate the set of problems with genetically manipulated foods. Created by Simon Jochum.

Many people are having the opinion that they do not have any contact to genetically modified food. But nearly everybody has contact to those goods without knowing. The animation "Transgenic Foods" is focussed on that point. The consumers awareness should be raised by that spot. It highlights the current situation in Europe and potential future problems. The consumer is asked to obtain information, to form his own opinion and to act accordingly.

For more information about GMO visit e.g.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/genetic-engineering
* GREENPEACE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SPOT *

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Credits:

Concept, Design, Animation:
Simon Jochum http://simonjochum.de

Voiceover:
Daniel Geal http://www.dglingua.com

Sounddesign:
Christoph Német http://casino.vcstylez.de/cms/a333df352a504220ee52534bfa309b1d/de/start/index...

Casting & Voicerecording:
rain productions http://www.rain-productions.de

Category:

Education

Tags:

• transgenic
• foods
• genetically
• modified
• manipulation
• genetic
• modification
• engineering
• gmo
• biotech
• organism
• monsanto
• genetik
• gentechnik
• gvo
• gentechnisch
• verändert
• animation
• motion
• graphics
• design
• animation art
• soy
• food

[myndy86]

@MomoTheBellyDancer "Animal toxicity studies with certain GM foods have shown that they may toxically affect several organs and systems.""The results of most studies with GM foods indicate that they may cause some common toxic effects such as hepatic, pancreatic, renal, or reproductive effects and may alter the hematological, biochemical, and immunologic parameters."ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p­ubmed/189898­35

[myndy86]

@MomoTheBellyDancer "mice were fed a diet containing MON810 or its parental control maize or a pellet diet containing a GM-free maize""MON810 maize induced alterations in the percentage of T and B cells and of CD4(+), CD8(+), gammadeltaT, and alphabetaT subpopulations of weaning and old mice fed for 30 or 90 days, respectively, at the gut and peripheral sites. An increase of serum IL-6, IL-13, IL-12p70, and MIP-1beta after MON810 feeding was also found." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/190072­­33

[myndy86]

@MomoTheBellyDancer "Atlantic salmon fed GM maize showed some small changes in stress protein levels and activities, but none of these changes were comparable to the normalized gene expression levels analysed for these stress proteins. GM maize seemed to induce significant changes in white blood cell populations which are associated with an immune response."onlinelibrary.wiley.­­com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2­0­07.00808.x/abstract

[myndy86]

@MomoTheBellyDancer "This indicates that GM soy protein intake affected pancreas function, evidenced by the early acute PAP mRNA increased levels and pancreas cellular changes followed by recuperation of acinar cells after 30 days." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10­­.1002/jat.1319/abstract

"The RACB trial showed time related negative reproductive effects of the GM maize under the given experimental conditions." biosicherheit.de/pdf/aktuell/z­­entek_studie_2008.pdf

[myndy86]

@MomoTheBellyDancer "this study was designed to evaluate the effects of transgenic corn on the rats that were fed through three generations with either GM corn or its conventional counterpart.""there were some minimal histopathological changes in liver and kidney. Changes in creatinine, total protein and globulin levels were also determined in biochemical analysis." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/181913­­19

[myndy86]

@MomoTheBellyDancer Demographic responses of Daphnia magna fed transgenic Bt-maize, "The GM-fed D. magna had lower survival (lx) than the UM-fed D. magna throughout the experiment" ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/­­PMC2811247/

"our data suggest that GM soybean intake can influence hepatocyte nuclear features in young and adult mice" ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/­12441­­651

[myndy86]

@MomoTheBellyDancer "D. magna fed GM-maize showed a significantly reduced fitness performance: The mortality was higher, a lower proportion of females reached sexual maturation, and the overall egg production was lower compared to D. magna fed UM isogenic maize.""The combination of a reduced fitness performance combined with earlier onset of reproduction of D. magna fed Bt-maize indicates a toxic effect rather than a lower nutritional value of the GM-maize." ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/183478­­40