The main cause of high CRP Canola oil Dangers Olive oil comes from olives, peanut oil from peanuts, sunflower oil from sunflowers; but what is a canola?  Canola is not the name of a natural plant but a made-up word, from the words "Canada" and "oil". Canola is a genetically engineered plant developed in Canada from the Rapeseed Plant, which is part of the mustard family of plants. According to AgriAlternatives, The Online Innovation, and Technology Magazine for Farmers, "By nature, these rapeseed oils, which have long been used to produce oils for industrial purposes, are... toxic to humans and other animals".  Rapeseed oil is poisonous to living things and is an excellent insect repellent. I have been using it (in very diluted form, as per instructions) to kill the aphids on my roses for the last two years. It works very well; it suffocates them. Ask for it at your nursery. Rape is an oil that is used as a lubricant, fuel, soap and synthetic rubber base and as a illuminate for color pages in magazines. It is an industrial oil. It is not a food. Rape oil is strongly related to symptoms of emphysema, respiratory distress, anemia, constipation, irritability, and blindness in animals and humans. Rape oil was widely used in animal feeds in England and Europe between 1986 and 1991, when it was discontinued.  A few relevant facts It is genetically engineered rapeseed. Canada paid the FDA the sum of $50 million to have rape registered and recognized as "safe". (Source: Young Again and others) Rapeseed is a lubricating oil used by small industry. It has never been meant for human consumption. It is derived from the mustard family and is considered a toxic and poisonous weed, which when processed, becomes rancid very quickly. It has been shown to cause lung cancer (Wall Street Journal: 6/7/95) It is very inexpensive to grow and harvest. Insects won't eat it. Some typical and possible side effects include loss of vision, disruption of the central nervous system, respiratory illness, anemia, constipation, increased incidence of heart disease and cancer, low birth weights in infants and irritability. Generally rapeseed has a cumulative effect, taking almost 10 years before symptoms begin to manifest. It has a tendency to inhibit proper metabolism of foods and prohibits normal enzyme function. Canola is a Trans Fatty Acid, which has shown to have a direct link to cancer. These Trans Fatty acids are labeled as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Avoid all of them! According to John Thomas' book, Young Again, 12 years ago in England and Europe, rape seed was fed to cows, pigs and sheep who later went blind and began attacking people. There were no further attacks after the rape seed was eliminated from their diet. Source: David Dancu, N.D. Court to hear GE canola class action suit arguments Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, October 28, 2004 Vol. 6, No. 209 An attempt by organic farmers in Saskatchewan, Canada, to file a class action suit against developers of genetically engineered canola moves into a courtroom in early November. Justice Gene-Ann Smith of the Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatoon will hear lawyers representing Monsanto Canada, Bayer Crop Science and two organic growers argue the merits of the suit. Class actions are relatively new in Canada, and the plaintiff has to convince the court the action should be allowed to go forward. If the judge agrees to certify the suit, then a trial would be held later. Farmers Larry Hoffman and Dale Beaudoin, on behalf of a group called the Saskatchewan Organic Directorate, wants to be able to sue Monsanto and Bayer for an as-yet-undetermined amount in compensation for being unable to grow organic canola. They say the companies' GE varieties spread into fields of conventional canola, making it almost impossible to grow and sell organic canola that must be free of GE seeds. Monsanto spokeswoman Trish Jordan said her company will argue that the suit should be dismissed. She said the farmers are being put forward by the Directorate, Greenpeace, and the British Soils Association "as a platform to advance their anti-GE position in the public arena and this is not an appropriate use of the court's time and resources. These groups are engaging in a scientific, social and political debate concerning GE foods rather than having a legitimate legal dispute." Recent june 08 email. "Thank you for your web article on rapeseed oil.    I want to tell you about one of my experiences concerning cottonseed oil. I am terribly allergic to cottonseed oil (have had the checkerboard tests on my back and back of arms twice in my life to confirm this), and my allergist told me that one in five people are allergic to cottonseed oil yet no companies place any warnings on their product to indicate that cottonseed is in the product.  I could die if I got a dose of cottonseed oil!    Neosporin has put cottonseed oil in their regular antibacterial ointment.  I learned this the hard way back in November 2004.  My skin turned crimson red and began to itch terrible when I applied Neosporin ointment to a minor burn.  I washed the Neosporin off but the skin continued to itch and remained very red.  It finally calmed down, the burn healed completely in a couple of weeks, but for a full year after the burn was completely healed I still had that same patch of skin flare up on me from time to time, and go crimson red and itch.  It was a reaction to the Neosporin that I applied way back in November 2004 yet I was still having a reaction in November 2005.   Reading about Canola, rapeseed oil, and how animals get angry after being fed this oil makes me wonder if it has the same psychological effect on humans?  Has anyone done any research on canola, rapeseed oil in the diet and the reactions humans have after digesting it?  Thank you, Carol D    National Library of Medicine