Michelle Perro, MD - GMOScience

Is Baby Food Good for Babies?

Article, Childhood Illness, Environmental Toxins, GMO, Gut Health, Nutrition, Organic, Parent Advice, Video

At-a-glance Initially uncovered by Consumer Reports, a national survey revealed many baby foods were contaminated with arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury. Children eat 3X more food per pound than adults. Arsenic accumulates in the brain, in particular the...

Glyphosate and Roundup Disrupt the Gut Microbiome by Inhibiting the Shikimate Pathway

Article, Childhood Illness, Environmental Toxins, Glyphosate, GMO, Gut Health, Parent Advice, Pesticides, Regenerative Farming, Regenerative Health

Doses of glyphosate and Roundup that regulators have assumed to be safe also cause fatty liver disease and death of liver tissue. Report by Claire Robinson and Michelle Perro, MD At-a-glance Nearly all genetically modified (GM) crops worldwide are engineered to be...

Early Exposure to Pesticides Linked to Increased Risk of Autism

Childhood Illness, Environmental Toxins, GMO, Parent Advice, Pesticides

Researchers say pregnant women and babies must be protected against exposures to pesticides, including glyphosate herbicides At-a-glance Exposure to common agricultural pesticides before birth and in the first year of life is associated with an increased risk of...

Rat Feeding Study Suggests the Impossible Burger May Not Be Safe to Eat

Article, Childhood Illness, GMO, Gut Health, Nutrition, Parent Advice, Regulations, Reproductive Health

Rats fed the genetically modified yeast-derived protein soy leghemoglobin – the burger’s key ingredient – developed unexplained changes in weight gain and signs of toxicity. Report by Claire Robinson and Michael Antoniou, PhD At-a-glance The Impossible Burger is a...

GM Bt Corn Caused Organ Damage and Altered Blood Biochemistry, and Threatened Male Fertility

Article, Glyphosate, GMO, Gut Health

Quick peek In a rat feeding study,1,2 genetically modified (GM) Bt insecticidal corn caused altered blood biochemistry, organ damage (including damage to liver and kidney), and potential impacts on male fertility. The only difference in the GM corn versus the non-GM...