ISBN : 9782296049031
GM FOOD NIGHTMARE UNFOLDING AND THE REGULATORY SHAM
Mae-Wan Ho
Female rats whose diets were supplemented with genetically modified Roundup Ready soybeans gave birth to many severely stunted pups, with over half of the litter dead by three weeks, and the surviving pups were sterile. This is the first time that anyone has investigated the effects of OM feed on reproductive function, foetal and neonatal development, in an experiment lasting more than 90 days, a period set by the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA), and the OM soya has been commercialised worldwide for food and feed since 1996. Like a long string of scientists who have tried to tell the public what they have found, Dr. Irina Ermakova, senior scientist of the Russian Academy of Sciences who heads the investigation, has had her funding cut, and is now strongly discouraged from continuing with the research. She is pleading for other scientists to repeat her experiment to see if they can replicate her results. Ermakova's findings are not an isolated case. They top a growing stack of evidence accumulated from allover the world, indicating that OM food and feed may be inherently hazardous to health. GM crops are also proving disastrous for agriculture, which is all the more reason they should be banned.