Penn and Teller BS: Organic Food Myths Debunked (Excerpt)

An excerpt from P&T's episode on Organic Food.

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Education

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• Penn and Teller
• BS
• P&T
• Organic Food
• Natural Food
• Farming
• Pesticides

[GalaxyPedlar]

The Hudson Institute is a political wing think tank with an emphasis on military and defense. Says so right on their website. Way to pick an unbiased champion, Penn and Teller.

Then again, after seeing their Carl Junior's ad - I mean "fast food is good for you" episode - you realize just how well this show is named.

[myndy86]

@rjsinca “Results showed a 50%, mortality rate for dams treated with 1000 mg/kg glyphosate. Skeletal alterations were observed in 15.4, 33.1, 42.0 and 57.3% of fetuses from the control, 500, 750 and 1000 mg/kg glyphosate groups, respectively. We may conclude that glyphosate-Roundup is toxic to the dams and induces developmental retardation of the fetal skeleton.” ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/127652­38

[SH1THEAD4000]

Buy from your fucking local farming who cares if it is labeled "organic". Ever hear of a CSA? Fuck these guys even though they have a point about some buyers the people that care about the environment want to know exactly where their food comes from and the effect on the environment.

[SH1THEAD4000]

They have ignored other benefits like increased biodiversity in and above ground (if it's not monocultured) and the amount of toxins in our body which may not cause cancer but have been shown to have effects on infants and children's brain function (GMOs + glyphosphate). They really fucked this one up bad. Just gives people more misinformation thank you Penn and Teller.

[MrCromstantinople]

Watch this, it shows how P&T are flat out wrong on this subject:

wimp.com/realfood/

[MrCromstantinople]

What they don't tell us is that big agriculture is subsidized by US taxpayers to the tune of billions of dollars. So to say that organic food is expensive is to deny just how much we all spend GMO corn and soy and everything else. On top of that, GMO food have synthetic proteins that have been shown to increase food allergies across the board. Sorry Penn and Teller, I call bullshit on your bullshit.

[myndy86]

@rjsinca “we have studied the effects of the herbicide glyphosate on several enzymes of pregnant rats.”“The results suggest that maternal exposure to agrochemicals during pregnancy induces a variety of functional abnormalities in the specific activity of the enzymes in the studied organs of the pregnant rats and their fetuses.”  ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/112375­11

[myndy86]

@rjsinca “These findings suggest that in utero and lactational exposure to glyphosate-Roundup may induce significant adverse effects on the reproductive system of male Wistar rats at puberty and during adulthood.” ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/176349­26

“maternal exposure to glyphosate disturbed the masculinization process and promoted behavioral changes and histological and endocrine problems in reproductive parameters.” ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/221209­50

[myndy86]

@rjsinca “we tested glyphosate and its formulation on mature rat fresh testicular cells from 1 to 10000ppm, thus from the range in some human urine and in environment to agricultural levels. We show that from 1 to 48h of Roundup exposure Leydig cells are damaged. Within 24-48h this formulation is also toxic on the other cells""lower non toxic concentrations of Roundup and glyphosate (1ppm), the main endocrine disruption is a testosterone decrease by 35%.”ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2­2200534

[myndy86]

@rjsinca “AMPA is the major environmental breakdown product of glyphosate.””the level of DNA damage in exposed cells at 2.5-7.5mM showed a significant increase compared with the control group. In human lymphocytes we found statistically significant clastogenic effect AMPA at 1.8mM compared with the control group. In vivo, the micronucleus test rendered significant statistical increases at 200-400mg/kg. AMPA was genotoxic in the three performed tests.” ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/190136­44

[myndy86]

@rjsinca “These results suggest that commercial formulation of glyphosate is a potent endocrine disruptor in vivo, causing disturbances in the reproductive development of rats when the exposure was performed during the puberty period.” ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/200125­98

“The levels of cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of glyphosate occurring in mammalian cells suggested that its mechanism of action is not limited to plant cells.” ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/162766­81