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[SANET-MG] kernel of truth
Toby Sawday
Wednesday June 15, 2005
The Guardian
Kernel of truth
The trapdoor into the dark interior of genetic research was prised open
by German courts last week as Greenpeace won access to Monsanto's
controversial study into the effects of one of its maize strains. The
study found "statistically significant" effects in rats fed on MON863,
though the company will appeal in the courts against the ruling, saying
that the study contains commercially sensitive information. Dr Arpad
Pusztai, who conducted an independent review of the 1,000-page study for
the German authorities, questioned both commercial sensitivity and the
scientific value of the report, but nevertheless found evidence that
feeding rats on large doses of the MON863 can be "potentially
detrimental to the health of these animals". Still, the European Court
will decide later this month whether to authorise imports of the maize.
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