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| DATE | 2005-05-26 |
| FROM | From: "Michael L. Richardson"
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Fw: [Politics] Monsanto's confidential research finds that GM foods mess up rats
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-----Original Message-----
From: Matt S.
To: talk-at-politicslists.com
Subject: [Politics] Monsanto's confidential research finds that GM
foods mess up rats
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 09:13:14 -0400
Hey, but dont worry, we dont know for SURE, and you can never really
be sure, so let's do this American-style, and just keep eating the
stuff with gusto and hope for the best...
.m
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Monsanto's confidential research finds that GM foods mess up rats
Rats fed with genetically modified (GM) corn exhibited health problems
including shrunken kidneys and blood changes that could indicate
immune-system
damage or tumors. However, no one knows all the details, since the folks
who
did the research are the same folks selling the corn -- GM behemoth
Monsanto --
and they won't release their 1,139-page study. Monsanto claims it
"contains
confidential business information which could be of commercial use to
our
competitors," but the brief research summary was alarming enough that
U.K.
government ministers and scientists are pressing for more information.
The
study is likely to make the ongoing debate over GM foods in the European
Union
even more rancorous. It's also likely to be seen by some as vindication
of the
research done by Arpad Pusztai, who seven years ago found similar
results in
rats eating GM potatoes, and was subsequently vilified and driven out of
the
scientific world.
straight to the source: The Independent, Geoffrey Lean, 22 May 2005
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