Greenpeace says corn hurts fertility ... in mice
The Austrian government recently released a report claiming that genetically engineered (GE) corn crops affected the fertility of mice. This has prompted Greenpeace to insist in a worldwide recall of genetically engineered crops due to the possible impact on humans.In the study sponsored by the Austrian Ministries for Agriculture and Health, one set of mice was fed natural corn while another group was fed genetically modified maize. The latter group had a marked decrease in offspring amongst the third and fourth generations of study "participants."
Greenpeace expert, Dr. Jan van Aken, issued the ominous warning that the GE corn was acting as a "birth control agent" and that "if this is not reason enough to close down the whole biotech industry once and for all, I am not sure what kind of disaster we are waiting for."
The corn used in the trial was owned by Monsanto who responds to the allegations on their website. This particular corn corn was engineered to be disease and pest resistant and is approved for human consumption worldwide. Monsanto is quick to point out that the report has not been peer reviewed. To view the findings for yourself, you can find a copy of the report here.
[via: Hit & Run]
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11-13-2008 @ 5:04PM
Kelly said...
if it's not peer-reviewed don't even bother to read it, because it is legal to print just about anything. we don't know who funded the work, how the experiments were conducted, or how the conclusions were drawn. and beware scientists who settle to publish their work without the scrutiny of expert peers. and wonder why anti-GE crop scientists haven't even reviewed it. eventually, experts might scrutinize and accept it. WAIT 'til then.
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11-13-2008 @ 7:15PM
kelly.leahy said...
I agree completely. I thought it was interesting though that the Austrian government released it.