buy and eat to discuss i'm joined now by alexis baden meyer political director of the organic consumers association alexis is also part of the california right to know campaign that is fighting to label g.m.o. foods alexis welcome thank you so we see what's happening to rats being fed g m o's is this what can happen to humans absolutely we're seeing a huge uptick in cancer among our population diet related diseases gastrointestinal disorders allergies among kids autism all of these things could be related to genetically modified foods the studies need to be done but is there any study connecting the ailments that you just listed specifically to g m o's well the study that came out yesterday is a very important one this is the first study that's looking at the effects on rats of eating to that if we modified foods over their lifetimes human beings in the united states are also part of the study the way the study was connected conducted they gave the rats the genetically modified corn they gave them the genetically modified corn with the herbicide that the corn is used with and they also gave the rat

midwest to talk more about this i'm joined by alexis baden mayer political director for organic consumers association hi there alexis let's start off by talking about these super worms what are they how are they different than regular worms and how do they affect our health. well my dad who invented is genetically engineered crops that had b.p. in it into mirrored bruson of a natural insecticide the idea is that the insecticide would be part of the crop so when the root or attacks the crop they would die because the pesticide would be inside the crop but we knew that this would happen and finally the root worms have developed a resistance to this in ethically engineered crops and it was bound to happen months and so we knew it would happen and now they'll have to come up with a new product to sell to farmers and alexis we saw all these super weaves that monsanto had created and the special fees that they have that came from the special see that were supposed to be resistant to disease now an even more often if disease came along and they had to create a talkfest a toxic herbicide to battle it in turn

a top adviser to the organic consumer's association kricriti findings because the author's "very qualifiedions do not match the data." organic food does lower exposure to pesticides and resistance to antibiotics. >> when it comes to organic, when it comes to food in general, we're making an investment in our body. every bite we take is either an investment or a debt we're taking on that we're going to have to repay some day. i believe organic is an excellent investment in our health. >> reporter: many consumers say the extra cost is worth it. for reasons that go beyond health. >> they last longer in your fridge, they just taste differently. >> you know, it may not give the added health benefits, but you're helping the smaller markets. >> reporter: researchers acknowledge that no study looking at the health benefits of organic food has exceeded two years. too short a period to engage the impact they could make over a lifetime. >> that was diana alviar reporting. the same study found organic milk and chicken have higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids which promote better health. >>> kids who