Health, Taken Seriously

Monsanto, the creator of genetically modified corn seed, released raw data recently after a legal challenge from Greenpeace, the Swedish Board of Agriculture, and French anti-GM campaigners.  Scientists examining the raw data found that rats which ate the GM corn had “statistically significant signs of liver and kidney damage.”  Each of the three strains tested were linked to unusual concentrations of hormones in the rats fed the GM corn for only 3 months, compared to controls.  Females rats also had higher blood sugar levels and triglycerides.  This leads me to two questions…

1.  Why isn’t the U.S. government forcing more studies to be done regarding GM foods before allowing them to become a regular part of the American diet?

2.  Why are we trusting a corporation that does not release important data such as these to conduct safety testing on its GM foods and to feed us?

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Filed under: Genetic Modification on January 22nd, 2010