Geneticaly modified corn

• The corn MON863, is made by the Monsanto Company and is approved for use in Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, and the United States. It has had a gene inserted from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which causes the plant’s cells to produce a pesticide.

• Researchers fed rats either unmodified corn or diets containing 11 or 30 percent MON863 for 90 days. The rats who ate modified corn were found to exhibit signs of liver and kidney toxicity, as well as signs of hormonal changes.

The scary thing about genetically modified plants is that they spread their altered DNA into other plants being grown for food and also into the wild.

If you eat processed food from the grocery store like, say breakfast cereal or soft drinks, you are eating GM corn.

• Greenpeace responded to the study by calling for an immediate recall of all MON863 corn and the reassessment of all genetically modified foods currently approved for the market.

• Quote: “Our counter-evaluation shows that there are signs of toxicity, and nobody can say scientifically and seriously the consumption of the transgenic maize MON863 is safe and good for health.” - Lead Author Gilles Eric Seralini

Sources Groovygreen and Newstarget

Add comment May 2nd, 2007