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Spilling the Beans, March 2007

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Composite Book Review
Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically
Engineered Foods

Author: Jeffrey M. Smith

Publisher: Yes! Books, www.GeneticRoulette.com; hardcover; 336 pages;

$27.95

In his foreword to Genetic Roulette, former UK government environment

minister Michael Meacher says, "This is the authentic book on genetic

modification that the world has been waiting for. . . . The case
presented is absolutely a smoking shotgun that should stop in its
tracks any dabbling with GM foods, whether by individual families,
food companies, or indeed nations." Bestselling author John Robbins
says, "Genetic Roulette is dynamite. It totally explodes the
complacency and apathy that has been allowing genetically engineered
foods to creep into our food supply." And GMO experts Arpad Pusztai
and Susan Bardocz write, "Jeffrey Smith's Genetic Roulette destroys
the myth that genetically modified organisms are safe and will give
sleepless nights to uncritical supporters of GMOs. . . . It is a real

treasure and the most important GMO source book for policy makers,
scientists, and the public."

According to Molecules of Emotion author Candace Pert, PhD, Genetic
Roulette's author "Jeffrey Smith is the leading world expert in the
understanding and communication of the health issues surrounding
genetically modified foods." Indeed, his first book Seeds of
Deception
became the #1 rated and bestselling book on GMOs. Seeds made a huge
impact and is credited with influencing legislation and changing the
global debate on the subject. Now, in Genetic Roulette, Smith has
answered the human health risk question as he calls for an immediate
ban on GM product by consumers and governments.


65 dangers at a glance read easily across two-page spreads

Joan Dye Gussow, author of This Organic Life and professor emeritus
of Nutrition and Education at Columbia University, says Genetic
Roulette is "remarkably thorough, well-written, brilliantly designed,

and deeply disturbing." She urges people to, "Read this book, or skim

it?a feat the author has enabled with a format that allows for
scanning or thorough reading." The format Gussow describes consists
of
65 two-page spreads, each dedicated to a different adverse finding or

theoretical risk of GM foods. The left side's executive summary
offers
knowledge at a glance. Flip through the pages in a few minutes and
you
will be struck by reports of hundreds of people with toxic or
allergic
reactions, thousands of sick, sterile or dead animals, and countless
ways in which GM foods are inherently dangerous and virtually
untested.


Read the detailed explanations on the right side, to learn that lab
animals fed GM soy had altered sperm cells and embryos, and a five-
fold increase in infant mortality, or that genes might transfer from
GM corn to turn your intestinal bacteria into living pesticide
factories?for the long-term. These and other meticulously documented
revelations shred the baseless arguments used by the biotech industry

to defend their products.

Masterful recipe for decision-making

Cancer Prevention Coalition chairman Samuel Epstein, MD, describes
the book as "The most comprehensive, well-documented and highly
readable exposé on the serious health dangers of GM foods." Meacher
says, "What has long been needed is not more polemic, but the facts,
the unvarnished detail that provides the evidence on which people can

make up their own minds. This book is it." In fact, it presents a
masterful recipe for decision-making; the 65 two-page spreads offer a

kind of safety checklist?risks and findings that must be responded
to.
Pediatrician and author Alan Greene of DrGreene.com says, "We ought
either to satisfy ourselves with solid scientific answers to the
concerns clearly laid out in Genetic Roulette?or we should change the

way we eat."

The book sounds the alarm with parents and schools

The book explains why children and newborns are most at risk from
potential allergens, toxins, and nutritional problems associated with

GM foods. Jordan Rubin, bestselling author of The Maker's Diet, says,

"As a health educator and parent of a young child, I will do
everything within my power to keep these dangerous genetically
modified foods out of the cupboards and refrigerators and off of the
kitchen tables of those I care about. The best way I can do that is
to
strongly recommend the book." Robyn O'Brien, founder of AllergyKids
and mother of four, says "The health risks associated with these new
foods have the potential to impact every child in America?not just
those with food allergies." She says the book is a "must read" for
parents. And Dr. Richard Beall, director of the Carolina
International
School, says, "I urge school administrators to read Genetic Roulette
and take preventive action to protect the long-term health of your
students."

Genetic Roulette hits mainstream influence and may force GM food bans

Beginning in April 2007, organizations around the world will present
Genetic Roulette to government officials as evidence that GM foods
are
unsafe and need to be banned immediately. The prominence of U.S.
Senator Jon Tester's supporting quote on the back cover indicates
that
Smith is aiming for decision makers at the highest level. Meacher
says, "I believe it will inspire leaders in many different arenas to
take action."

Officials can't simply use the excuse that their national regulatory
agencies ensure GM food safety, because part two of Genetic Roulette
shows just the opposite. Government assessments are not competent to
even identify most of the potential health problems. Furthermore,
part
3 exposes in great detail how GM food producers rig their studies in
order to avoid showing problems. And part four dismantles the "feed
the world' argument as baseless PR hype.

Frances Moore Lappé, author of Democracy's Edge and Diet for a Small
Planet, says thanks to Smith's "tireless investigations, we need
wonder no longer why corporations spreading GMOs are so secretive,
why
they've spent hundreds of millions to keep us from even knowing which

foods contain GMOs. They don't want us to examine the shoddy science,

the suppressed evidence, and, most of all, the real health risks that

GMOs present."

Meacher writes, "Jeffrey Smith is one of the great campaigners of our

age, a relentless pursuer of the truth, a fearless advocate in the
corporate world of secret influence, and a ceaseless promoter of the
public interest across the world. He is the modern David against the
GM Goliath. This book may well provide the slingshot to change the
global course of events this century."

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"I used to test for soy allergies all the time, but now that soy is
genetically engineered, it is so dangerous that I tell people never
to
eat it?unless it says organic. Genetic Roulette tells you why you
must
avoid genetically engineered foods to stay healthy."

?John H. Boyles, MD, ear, nose, and throat, and allergy specialist

"When I worked at Monsanto, I warned both scientists and executives
that our GM foods may cause disease, but no one was even willing to
listen, let alone investigate the unpredicted side effects. For them,

it was all about profit. Now our whole population is threatened by
the
serious dangers described in Genetic Roulette."

?Kirk J. Azevedo, DC

Genetic Roulette will be available starting in April 2007. Pre-orders

placed in March at www.GeneticRoulette.com will have free shipping.
The official publication of the book will take place in June, in
conjunction with a major consumer education campaign to be announced
shortly.


Jeffrey Smith is the author of Seeds of Deception, the world's
bestselling book on GMOs. He is the founder and executive director of

The Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) and a leading
spokesperson on the risks of GM foods. Go to
www.responsibletechnology.org for eater-friendly tips for avoiding
GMOs at home and in restaurants. Jeffrey M. Smith is the author of
Seeds of Deception, the world's bestselling book on GM foods. His
forthcoming book, Genetic Roulette, documents more than 60 health
risks of GM foods in easy-to-read two-page spreads, and demonstrates
how current safety assessments are not competent to protect consumers

from the dangers. He is available for media at
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