http://www.laleva.org/eng/2007/03/monsanto_genetically_modified_corn_shows_liver_kidney_toxicity.html Monsanto Genetically Modified Corn Shows Liver, Kidney Toxicity
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Monsanto’s genetically modified maize MON863, which has been authorized for planting and sale in Europe, was shown by a scientific study to cause liver and kidney toxicity in rats during feeding trials. The study had initially been suppressed by Monsanto but became available to researchers in 2005 after a Court action in Germany.
GM Free Ireland says the results of examination of the study were revealed at a Paris Press Conference and that this is the first time that a study on the health risks of a GM maize authorized for consumption shows signs of hepatorenal toxicity. The “New analysis of a rat feeding study with a genetically modified corn reveals signs of hepatorenal toxicity” is authored by Gilles-Eric Seralini, Dominique Cellier and Joel Spiroux de Vendomois and will be published in the peer-reviewed journal “Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology”, which is due to be printed in April.
The study, completed at CRIIGEN (Caen, France), contains an examination of the raw data on MON863 feeding experiments initially suppressed by Monsanto but later obtained in 2005 after a Court action in Germany. Prior to that court action, Monsanto had refused public access to the data on the spurious grounds of “commercial confidentiality”, although it had been widely leaked that the feeding studies showed statistically significant negative health effects on animals fed with the GM maize.
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