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GMW: The trapdoor into the dark interior of genetic research

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Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:21:00 +0100

 

 

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Toby Sawday

The Guardian, June 15, 2005

http://society.guardian.co.uk/societyguardian/story/0,7843,1506160,00.html

 

Kernel of truth

 

The trapdoor into the dark interior of genetic research was prised open

by German courts last week as Greenpeace won access to Monsanto's

controversial study into the effects of one of its maize strains. The

study

found " statistically significant " effects in rats fed on MON863, though

the company will appeal in the courts against the ruling, saying that

the study contains commercially sensitive information.

 

Dr Arpad Pusztai, who conducted an independent review of the 1,000-page

study for the German authorities, questioned both commercial

sensitivity and the scientific value of the report, but nevertheless

found

evidence that feeding rats on large doses of the MON863 can be

" potentially

detrimental to the health of these animals " . Still, the European Court

[Commission?] will decide later this month whether to authorise imports

of the maize.

 

Cream crackers

 

And the WI [Women's Institute] doesn't just stop at recycling.

Alongside GM Freeze and Friends of the Earth, it is staging a week-long

demonstration outside the Sainsbury's headquarters in High Holborn,

London, to

highlight the failure of British supermarkets to phase out milk from

cows fed on GM crops. Knitted banners, Brazilian dancers and pantomime

cows will take to the pavement each day, between 8am and 9am, outside the

HQ. Milk Monitor, the event's organiser, wants people to don pantomime

cow costumes and join the demonstration.

 

 

 

 

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