Tuesday, May 23, 2006

GMO : Independent Scientists Demand A Ban on GM Food & Feed while All GM Crops Are Tested

Immune Reactions to Transgenic Protein Serious: Independent Scientists Demand A Ban on GM Food & Feed while All GM Crops Are Tested

Summary of the report

1. GM crops failed to deliver promised benefits
2. GM crops posing escalating problems on the farm
3. Extensive transgenic contamination unavoidable
4. GM crops not safe
5. GM food raises serious safety concerns
6. Dangerous gene products are incorporated into crops
7. Terminator crops spread male sterility
8. Broad-spectrum herbicides highly toxic to humans and other species
9. Genetic engineering creates super-viruses
10. Transgenic DNA in food taken up by bacteria in human gut
11. Transgenic DNA and cancer
12. CaMV 35S promoter increases horizontal gene transfer
13. A history of misrepresentation and suppression of scientific evidence

Link to the full report A GM-Free Sustainable World

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