Resisting Frankenfood

The health risks of genetically-modified (GM) foods have been well-documented for anyone willing to learn the ugly truth but now, we have the "first ever and most comprehensive study of the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health" and things are uglier than we imagined. 

 

Researchers from the Committee of Research and Information on Genetic Engineering (CRIIGEN) and Universities of Caen and Rouen have linked organ damage with consumption of three varieties of Monsanto's GM corn, Mon 810, Mon 863 and NK 603.

Gilles-Eric Séralini, a molecular biologist at the University of Caen, explains that the data "clearly underlines adverse impacts on kidneys and liver, the dietary detoxifying organs, as well as different levels of damages to heart, adrenal glands, spleen and haematopoietic system."

 

Not surprisingly, Monsanto disputes the findings but in an e-mail to journalist Rady Ananda, Séralini explains:

 

"Our study contradicts Monsanto conclusions because Monsanto systematically neglects significant health effects in mammals that are different in males and females eating GMOs, or not proportional to the dose. This is a very serious mistake, dramatic for public health. This is the major conclusion revealed by our work, the only careful reanalysis of Monsanto crude statistical data."


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