>MONSANTO, the giant of genetically modified crops, has for the first time
been forced to release raw data from toxicology studies it carried out on
three strains of its modified maize. An external analysis of the data claims
it shows that eating the maize could result in damage to the liver and
kidneys, but this has been dismissed as unsupportable by a government agency
and independent toxicologists.

 

 

>With each of the three strains of maize, researchers say they found unusual
concentrations of hormones and other compounds in the blood and urine of the
tested rats, suggesting each strain impaired kidney and liver function. By
the end of the trials, the female rats that were fed MON 863 had elevated
blood-sugar levels and raised concentrations of fatty substances called
triglycerides. Both are potential precursors of diabetes, according to
Séralini. And there were further signs that the kidneys of rats fed NK 603
were impaired, he says.

 

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527444.000-engineered-maize-toxicity
-claims-roundly-rebuffed.html

 

Dick


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