[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] Revealed: GM corn causing abnormality in blood, kidneys of rats

Tue May 24 00:04:09 PDT 2005

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>Hi:  This is very worrisome.  Please spread widely.  Thanks.  Peace.
>Richard Walton, RI.
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>>Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food
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>>Rats fed GM corn due for sale in Britain developed abnormalities in blood
>>and kidneys
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>>By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor, 22 May 2005
>>http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=640430
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>>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.
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>>The Independent on Sunday can today reveal details of secret research
>>carried out by Monsanto, the GM food giant, which shows that rats fed the
>>modified corn had smaller kidneys and variations in the composition of
>>their blood.
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>>According to the confidential 1,139-page report, these health problems
>>were absent from another batch of rodents fed non-GM food as part of the
>>research project.
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>>The disclosures come as European countries, including Britain, 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.
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>>However, the disclosure of the health effects on the Monsanto rats has
>>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 and the system was mobilising to fight it.
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>>Dr Vyvyan Howard, a senior lecturer on human anatomy and cell biology at
>>Liverpool University, called for the publication of the full study,
>>saying the summary gave "prima facie cause for concern".
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>>Dr Michael Antoniu, an expert in molecular genetics at Guy's Hospital
>>Medical School, described the findings as "very worrying from a medical
>>point of view", adding: "I have been amazed at the number of significant
>>differences they found [in the rat experiment]."
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>>Although Monsanto last night dismissed the abnormalities in rats as
>>meaningless and due to chance, reflecting normal variations between rats,
>>a senior British government source said ministers were so worried by the
>>findings that they had called for further information.
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>>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. That research, which was roundly
>>denounced by ministers and the British scientific establishment, was
>>halted and Dr Arpad Pusztai, the scientist behind the controversial
>>findings, was forced into retirement amid a huge row over the claim.
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>>Dr Pusztai reported a "huge list of significant differences" between rats
>>fed GM and conventional corn, saying the results strongly indicate that
>>eating significant amounts of it can damage health. The new study is into
>>a corn, codenamed MON 863, which has been modified by Monsanto to protect
>>itself against corn rootworm, which the company describes as "one of the
>>most pernicious pests affecting maize crops around the world".
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>>Now, however, any decision to allow the corn to be marketed in the UK
>>will cause widespread alarm. The full details of the rat research are
>>included in the main report, which Monsanto refuses to release on the
>>grounds that "it contains confidential business information which could
>>be of commercial use to our competitors".
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>>A Monsanto spokesman said yesterday: "If any such well-known anti-biotech
>>critics had doubts about the credibility of these studies they should
>>have raised them with the regulators. After all, MON 863 isn't new,
>>having been approved to be as safe as conventional maize by nine other
>  >global authorities since 2003."
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