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Wed, 9 Jun 2004 14:08:24 +0100

 

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Russian babies fall victims to bio experiments

Baby food manufacturers conduct cynical experiments on Russian newborns.

Pravda (Russia), 6 June 2004

http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=13027

 

Scientists tested samples of the most popular brands of baby foods sold in

Russian supermarkets. Results turned out to be absolutely shocking: 70% of

samples contained genetically modified organisms (GMO). Some of the dairy and

vegetable mixes were fully made of GMO!

 

Almost every package contains the phrase 'Contains no artificial preservatives.'

Ecologists however decided to test several most popular baby foods of Russian

and foreign manufacturers in order to see whether they contained any percentage

of genetically modified organisms. It turned out they all did.

 

'According to the new resolution of the head sanitary inspector, any product

containing more than 0,9% of GMO has to be labeled accordingly,' says geneticist

Alexander Baranov. 'Some mixes were 100% genetically modified. We can simply

cripple our kids.' Generally, GM-components were found in foreign products

manufactured by Nestle, Semper, Valio and others.

 

Scientists decided to address the President, the State Duma and the Federation

Council with a request to introduce moratorium on the use of GMO in baby foods

and in other products alike as well as impose fines on those companies for not

labeling their products.

 

Several companies once even earned a title of 'The most brazen baby food

manufacturer', which was awarded by the International baby food association,'

says secretary of the CIS alliance 'Pro BioSafety' Victoria Kolexnikova. ìSome

of these brands are used to feed newborns in our maternity homes.

 

After a scandal of 1997 in Europe between consumers and major manufacturers,

many companies proclaimed themselves to be 'GMO Free'. However, these particular

companies today appear on the list of the manufacturers that use GMO in baby

foods. It is also noteworthy to mention that some of them follow a

double-standard system. This basically means that they export products of

certain quality to some countries and other products of significantly lower

quality-to other countries.

 

It isn't hard to guess that Russia is one of the 'other' countries.

 

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