A recent study took data from ‘independent research’ conducted on behalf of Monsanto, and came to quite different conclusions than those of the Agri-giant.
French and European health authorities read Monsanto’s conclusions and gave the green light for the commercialisation of three new GMO strains. But, after some legal wrangling, French scientists secured the data from the aforementioned research and did their own statistical analysis – coming to quite different conclusions to Monsanto.
A study published in the International Journal of Biological Sciences demonstrates the toxicity of three genetically modified corn varieties from the American seed company Monsanto, the Committee for Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering (Criigen, based in Caen), which participated in that study, announced Friday, December 11.
"For the first time in the world, we’ve proven that GMO are neither sufficiently healthy nor proper to be commercialized. […] Each time, for all three GMOs, the kidneys and liver, which are the main organs that react to a chemical food poisoning, had problems," indicated Gilles-Eric Séralini, an expert member of the Commission for Biotechnology Reevaluation, created by the EU in 2008.
Caen and Rouen University researchers, as well as Criigen researchers, based their analyses on the data supplied by Monsanto to health authorities to obtain the green light for commercialization, but they draw different conclusions after new statistical calculations. According to Professor Séralini, the health authorities based themselves on a reading of the conclusions Monsanto has presented and not on conclusions drawn from the totality of the data. The researchers were able to obtain complete documentation following a legal decision.
"Monsanto’s tests, effected over 90 days, are obviously not of sufficient duration to be able to say whether chronic illnesses are caused. That’s why we ask for tests over a period of at least two years," explained one researcher. Consequently, the scientists demand a "firm prohibition" on the importation and cultivation of these GMOs.
These three GMOs (MON810, MON863 and NK603) "are approved for human and animal consumption in the EU and especially the United States," notes Professor Séralini. "MON810 is the only one of the three grown in certain EU countries (especially Spain); the others are imported," he adds…. – Sott.net
For more narration on this tale, see this HuffPost article.
Moral of the story: Don’t trust corporations to work in your interests when it’s clear that to do so would compromise their ability to make money. Instead, consider what you can do to dismantle them so they can no longer gamble with our lives. See video below as well, and join The Campaign for Healthier Eating in America:
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Further Reading:
- Everything You HAVE TO KNOW about Dangerous Genetically Modified Foods
- Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food
- The World According to Monsanto
- Bayer Admits it is Unable to Control Spread of GMOs
- The Global Spread of GMO Crops
- GM Crops – Failure to Yield Report
- Monsanto Runs Into Wall. Yes!!
- The Food Crisis Spurs Gene Patenting Race
- Pay Monsanto, or Starve
- The Failures of Genetically Modified Crops Continue
- Calling Five Percent of US Residents to Action on GMOs
