Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food
Rats fed GM corn due for sale in Britain developed abnormalities in
blood and kidneys
By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor
22 May 2005
Rats fed on a diet rich in genetically modified corn developed
abnormalities to internal organs and changes to their blood, raising
fears that human health could be affected by eating GM food.
The Independent on Sunday can today reveal details of secret research
carried out by Monsanto, the GM food giant, which shows that rats fed
the modified corn had smaller kidneys and variations in the
composition of their blood.
According to the confidential 1,139-page report, these health problems
were absent from another batch of rodents fed non-GM food as part of
the research project.
The disclosures come as European countries, including Britain, prepare
to vote on whether the GM-modified corn should go on sale to the
public. A vote last week by the European Union failed to secure
agreement over whether the product should be sold here, after Britain
and nine other countries voted in favour.
However, the disclosure of the health effects on the Monsanto rats has
intensified the row over whether the corn is safe to eat without
further research. Doctors said the changes in the blood of the rodents
could indicate that the rat's immune system had been damaged or that a
disorder such as a tumour had grown and the system was mobilising to
fight it.
Dr Vyvyan Howard, a senior lecturer on human anatomy and cell biology
at Liverpool University, called for the publication of the full study,
saying the summary gave "prima facie cause for concern".
Dr Michael Antoniu, an expert in molecular genetics at Guy's Hospital
Medical School, described the findings as "very worrying from a
medical point of view", adding: "I have been amazed at the number of
significant differences they found [in the rat experiment]."
Although Monsanto last night dismissed the abnormalities in rats as
meaningless and due to chance, reflecting normal variations between
rats, a senior British government source said ministers were so
worried by the findings that they had called for further information.
Environmentalists will see the findings as vindication of British
research seven years ago, which suggested that rats that ate GM
potatoes suffered damage to their health. That research, which was
roundly denounced by ministers and the British scientific
establishment, was halted and Dr Arpad Pusztai, the scientist behind
the controversial findings, was forced into retirement amid a huge row
over the claim.
Dr Pusztai reported a "huge list of significant differences" between
rats fed GM and conventional corn, saying the results strongly
indicate that eating significant amounts of it can damage health. The
new study is into a corn, codenamed MON 863, which has been modified
by Monsanto to protect itself against corn rootworm, which the company
describes as "one of the most pernicious pests affecting maize crops
around the world".
Now, however, any decision to allow the corn to be marketed in the UK
will cause widespread alarm. The full details of the rat research are
included in the main report, which Monsanto refuses to release on the
grounds that "it contains confidential business information which
could be of commercial use to our competitors".
A Monsanto spokesman said yesterday: "If any such well-known
anti-biotech critics had doubts about the credibility of these studies
they should have raised them with the regulators. After all, MON 863
isn't new, having been approved to be as safe as conventional maize by
nine other global authorities since 2003."
22 May 2005 08:24
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23 May 2005 12:23:50 AM |
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<itwill@happen.com> wrote in message
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Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food
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So Tony, if you're worried about his kind of thing, maybe you should do
something about it, like oh I don't know:
- Speak out against the Bush administration for pushing GMO's down the
throat of the world under the auspices of the WTO?
- How about calling him an ***** for not passing legislation requiring
GMO's be labelled as such, resulting in conventional and GMO products being
indistinguishable to the consumer?
- Partition the American corporations who are hurridly patenting the genetic
material of plants (genetic materials that rest upon millenia of selective
breeding, might I add), and forcing farmers (even in the 3rd world) to
license their Intellectual Property (*choke*) when their crops are cross
pollinated, to stop this nefarious practice... and while you're at it,
denounce GWB for allowing this to happen.
....and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American
wayT'
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| User: "dreamwalker" |
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24 May 2005 12:07:19 AM |
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...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you fucking get it? Moron.
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| User: "Aidan" |
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24 May 2005 12:51:06 AM |
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dreamwalker wrote:
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you fucking get it? Moron.
We? Now I'm confused... I always assumed there was only one of you...
Am I talking to the dreamwalker who lives in Beaver Damn, or the one
performing his military duty in Iraq?
Do all neo-cons suffer from split-personality disorders?
Enjoy your GMO foods... I'll be watching you, guinea pig boy, and basing
my decision on whether they are suitable for human consumption on your
outcome. Here's hoping you grow gnat wings.
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24 May 2005 05:38:59 AM |
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dreamwalker wrote:
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you fucking get it? Moron.
If you personally don't care, then what exactly were *you* doing in Iraq
for the past several months? The picture you posted, with the eyes
blacked over to protect the embarassed, certainly made it clear you were
trying to get along with the local Iraqi's, or Kuwaiti's or whatever
Arab group that was .... it was very touching.
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24 May 2005 04:38:53 PM |
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dreamwalker wrote:
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you fucking get it? Moron.
The first step in becoming an Evil Empire: spend no time considering
the opinions, rights or laws of other countries - assume they are
beneath you.
Woods
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24 May 2005 08:58:38 PM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:N9Nke.19005$i42.5833@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
dreamwalker wrote:
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you fucking get it? Moron.
The first step in becoming an Evil Empire: spend no time considering the opinions, rights or laws
of other countries - assume they are beneath you.
Woods
I'm perfectly ok being part of the evil empire.............as you define it. And so are you.
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25 May 2005 04:15:57 PM |
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dreamwalker wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:N9Nke.19005$i42.5833@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
dreamwalker wrote:
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you fucking get it? Moron.
The first step in becoming an Evil Empire: spend no time considering the opinions, rights or laws
of other countries - assume they are beneath you.
Woods
I'm perfectly ok being part of the evil empire.............as you define it. And so are you.
I didn't define an evil empire, just the first couple of steps.
Woods
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24 May 2005 10:52:43 PM |
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dreamwalker wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:N9Nke.19005$i42.5833@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
dreamwalker wrote:
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you fucking get it? Moron.
The first step in becoming an Evil Empire: spend no time considering the opinions, rights or laws
of other countries - assume they are beneath you.
Woods
I'm perfectly ok being part of the evil empire.............as you define it. And so are you.
<grin>
Yes ... you're a regular Storm Trooper ( Star Wars ref. ) aren't you? Or
a Jedi Master ... the pictures you posted were unclear ... the natives
looked to be Latin/Native American instead of Arab so it was difficult
to place your moral position.
But we're all happy you've staked your moral high ground. Gives us all
something to ***** down on.
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| User: "dreamwalker" |
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25 May 2005 12:14:49 AM |
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"Marvin The Paranoid Android" <MarvinParanoidAndroid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d70sv5$ub$1@domitilla.aioe.org...
dreamwalker wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:N9Nke.19005$i42.5833@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
dreamwalker wrote:
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you fucking get it? Moron.
The first step in becoming an Evil Empire: spend no time considering the opinions, rights or
laws of other countries - assume they are beneath you.
Woods
I'm perfectly ok being part of the evil empire.............as you define it. And so are you.
<grin>
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But we're all happy you've staked your moral high ground. Gives us all something to ***** down on.
Your hypocrisy is as thick as rhino *****. Stinks as bad too.
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| User: "Aidan" |
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25 May 2005 12:59:59 AM |
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"dreamwalker" <backfromthe@dead.com> wrote in message
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"Marvin The Paranoid Android" <MarvinParanoidAndroid@hotmail.com> wrote in
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dreamwalker wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:N9Nke.19005$i42.5833@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
dreamwalker wrote:
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the
American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you
fucking get it? Moron.
The first step in becoming an Evil Empire: spend no time considering
the opinions, rights or laws of other countries - assume they are
beneath you.
Woods
I'm perfectly ok being part of the evil empire.............as you define
it. And so are you.
<grin>
.
But we're all happy you've staked your moral high ground. Gives us all
something to ***** down on.
Your hypocrisy is as thick as rhino *****. Stinks as bad too.
Marv's hypocracy? How about your own, Mr Military Strong ManT
Your brain must be starting to bake under the helmet, out there in the
desert....
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| User: "" |
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30 May 2005 05:58:00 AM |
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dreamwalker wrote:
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American wayT'
We don't care what they think.......or for that matter feel. Don't you fucking get it? Moron.
The first step in becoming an Evil Empire:
Woods
Says the Self Loathing American.
Tony
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24 May 2005 04:56:16 PM |
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Woodswun wrote:
The first step in becoming an Evil [...]- assume they are
beneath you.
Ahh.. I see what you are getting at... Since ya called me a troll of
recent, and have not posted what is really on topic via the official
moniker to this newsgroup, you consider your self 'above me' as a
legitimate poster. Nice of you to clear that up. Your, well on your
way, on the road to becoming EVIL according to your own words ;8)
Whom else in this group do you feel is beneath ya? ;)
Woods
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30 May 2005 05:56:22 AM |
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Aiden wrote:
<itwill@happen.com> wrote in message
news:1116766361.b993e80b076cf7d30f616c845514a172@teranews...
Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food
So Tony, if you're worried about his kind of thing,
Who said I was worried? I merely posted an article.
Tony
maybe you should do
something about it, like oh I don't know:
- Speak out against the Bush administration for pushing GMO's down the
throat of the world under the auspices of the WTO?
- How about calling him an ***** for not passing legislation requiring
GMO's be labelled as such, resulting in conventional and GMO products being
indistinguishable to the consumer?
- Partition the American corporations who are hurridly patenting the genetic
material of plants (genetic materials that rest upon millenia of selective
breeding, might I add), and forcing farmers (even in the 3rd world) to
license their Intellectual Property (*choke*) when their crops are cross
pollinated, to stop this nefarious practice... and while you're at it,
denounce GWB for allowing this to happen.
...and you neo-cons wonder why the rest of tyhe world hates 'the American
wayT'
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| User: "Aidan" |
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| Title: Re: Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food |
30 May 2005 06:40:03 PM |
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<itwill@happen.com> wrote in message
news:1117450597.ab662cc36201f0e63bb408b17a7a6c8f@teranews...
Aiden wrote:
<itwill@happen.com> wrote in message
news:1116766361.b993e80b076cf7d30f616c845514a172@teranews...
Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food
So Tony, if you're worried about his kind of thing,
Who said I was worried? I merely posted an article.
So why would you post it, if you felt it was not important? To anyone who
views the articles you post everyday, there's a clear pattern of stories
that you obviously feel are important issues. Why else would you waste so
much time doing it?
Take a stand you *****
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