Some Basic Points Regarding the Health Risks of GE Foods

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Some Basic Points on the Health Risks of GE Food

 

 

 

 

 

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Some Basic Points on the Health Risks of GE Food

HUNDREDS OF SCIENTISTS, INCLUDING THE FDA'S OWN EXPERTS, HAVE WARNED

THAT GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS POSE HIGHER RISKS TO HUMAN HEALTH

THAN DO OTHER FOODS.

 

 

 

Professors of molecular biology at leading universities such as

Harvard, M.I.T., and the University of California, Berkeley have

issued cautions about the abnormal risks of GE foods.

 

 

Professor Philip Regal, a renowned expert at the University of

Minnesota, has written: " …there are scientifically justified

concerns about the safety of genetically engineered foods, and some

of them could be quite dangerous. " Declaration, 5/28/9

www.biointegrity.org/regaldeclaration.html

 

 

The Royal Society of Canada states it is " scientifically

unjustifiable " to presume that GE foods are safe. Expert Panel

Report, January, 2001

 

 

The scientists at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also

recognized the unique hazards of GE foods and repeatedly warned

about them. This was exposed when a lawsuit by public interest

groups forced the FDA to divulge its files.

 

 

The FDA's scientists concluded that genetic engineering is

inherently hazardous and can produce unintended new toxins that are

unpredictable and difficult to detect. They cautioned that no GE

food can be considered safe unless it has passed rigorous

toxicological tests.

 

 

An FDA official summarized the experts' opinions by stating: " The

processes of genetic engineering and traditional breeding are

different, and according to the technical experts in the agency,

they lead to different risks. " (Dr. Linda Kahl memo, 1/8/92.

Document #1 in the set of photocopies of FDA memos at

www.biointegrity.org/list.html

 

 

Nevertheless, FDA bureaucrats, who admit they are following a

directive to foster the biotechnology industry, disregarded their

experts' input and claimed there's an overwhelming consensus among

experts that GE foods are so safe they don't need to be tested.

Based on this false claim, they allowed GE foods to be marketed

without any testing.

 

 

No GE food has passed all the safety tests the FDA experts said are

necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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