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Headlines : CorporationsMonsanto Lying About Safety of GM-Crop
Published details of a Monsanto report are at the center of a new storm over whether genetically modified (GM) food could be harmful to human health
Details of the report are alleged to show that rats fed the genetically modified (GM) corn MON 863 developed internal abnormalities, while these health problems were absent from another batch of rodents fed non-GM food as part of the research project.
The controversy comes as the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol summit meets in Montreal this week to discuss issues such as bulk labeling of GM crops and state liability in cases of contamination.
Environmentalists will see the findings as vindication of British research seven years ago, which suggested that rats that ate GM potatoes suffered damage to their health.
Monsanto has dismissed the abnormalities in rats as meaningless…...well they would, wouldn’t they??
[Posted By Butt]Republished from Capetimes (South Africa)
Rats fed on a diet rich in genetically modified corn developed abnormalities to internal organs and changes to their blood, raising fears that human health could be affected by eating GM food.
Secret research carried out by Monsanto, the GM food giant, shows rats fed the modified corn had smaller kidneys and variations in the composition of their blood.
According to the confidential report, these health problems were absent from another batch of rodents fed non-GM food as part of the research project.
Amid calls for the results to be made public, the disclosures come as European countries prepare to vote on whether the GM-modified corn should go on sale to the public.
A vote last week by the European Union failed to secure agreement over whether the product should be sold here, after Britain and nine other countries voted in favour.
However, the disclosure of the health effects on the Monsanto rats intensified the row over whether the corn is safe to eat without further research.
Doctors said the changes in the blood of the rodents could indicate that the rat’s immune system had been damaged or that a disorder such as a tumour had grown.
Vyvyan Howard, a lecturer on anatomy and cell biology at…
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Conspiring to take over the world with L. Ron Hubbard, and impregnating Katie Holmes in secret
US-Latin Accord on GM crops a timely warning for Australia
http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.html
Farmers Sue Monsanto, Aventis
Ireland intercepts shipment of illegal US corn
There is strong public opposition against genetically modified (GM) food products, in the European Union.
The European Commission said today that Irish port authorities intercepted a shipment from the United States of animal feed that contained genetically modified (GM) corn, which is banned in the European Union.
US officials tested the shipment for Bt10 corn before it left, “and notified to Irish authorities before the ship arrived” in Ireland, an EU Commission spokesman said.
About 290 tests for Bt10 have been conducted on EU-bound shipments, but this was the first time a test turned up positive.
The EU’s six-year ban on biotech foods in general ended in May 2004 when the European Commission approved a new corn