GMW: Abnormally high death rate in rats fed GM soy, says Russian study

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GMW: Abnormally high death rate in rats fed GM soy, says

Russian study

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" The morphology and biochemical structures of rats are very similar to

those of humans, and this makes the results we obtained very

disturbing " - Doctor Irina Ermakova of the Institute of Higher Nervous

Activity

and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

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http://www.regnum.ru/english/526651.html

Genetically modified soy affects posterity: Results of Russian

scientists' studies

 

On October 10, during the symposium over genetic modification,

organized by the National Association for Genetic Security (NAGS),

Doctor of

Biology Irina Ermakova made public the results of the research led by her

at the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). This is the first research that

determined clear dependence between eating genetically modified soy

and the

posterity of living creatures.

 

During the experiment, doctor Ermakova added GM soy flour to the food

of female rats two weeks before conception, during conception and

nursing. In the control group were the rat females that were not added

anything to their food. The experiment was formed by 3 groups of 3 female

rats in each: the first one was control group, the second one was the

group with GM-soy addition, and the third one with traditional soy

addition. The scientists counted the number of female species to give

birth and

the number of born and died rats.

 

After the result of the first stage, the second part took place. Now

the rats were divided into two groups - one with GM-soy addition in their

food, and other without the GM- soy. In three weeks the scientists

received following results:

 

[Table best seen at: http://www.regnum.ru/english/526651.html ]

 

Female that gave birth

 

Born rats

 

Dead rats (in three weeks)

 

Percent of dead rats

 

Rats still alive

 

Control group

 

4 (of 6)

 

44

 

3

 

6,8%

 

41

 

With GM-soy

 

4 (of 6)

 

45

 

25

 

55,6%

 

20

 

With normal soy

 

3 (of 3)

 

33

 

3

 

9%

 

30

 

Thus, according to these results, the abnormally high level of

posterity death has been detected at the posterity of the female

species with

GM-soy added to their food. And 36% percent of born rats weighed less

than 20 grams that is an evidence of their extremely weak condition.

 

" The morphology and biochemical structures of rats are very similar to

those of humans, and this makes the results we obtained very

disturbing, " said Irina Ermakova to NAGS press office. According to NAGS

Vice-president Aleksey Kulikov, the data received by Dr.Ermakova

confirm the

necessity of full scale tests of GM-products influence over living

creatures.

 

 

 

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