Comments on: Study Links Genetically Engineered Corn to Infertility http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=981 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Melodie http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=981#comment-83669 Melodie Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:06:07 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=981#comment-83669 I think there are negative affects to many things in our surroundings, that usually are not even thought about. Look at children in middle school and high school. Twenty years ago, children still looked like children. Children look like adults at the age of 12. It is the steroids and the chemicals in all that we feed our kids. Just stop and take a look around!

]]> By: mark http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=981#comment-83486 mark Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:55:29 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=981#comment-83486 Once again the Promoters of GMO ,claims GMO’s are safe ,safe for who? The patent holder ,safe for the transportation and application of round up ,safe to manipulate?It’s safe ,it won’t hurt you ,eat it ,I don’t believe you and your corporate funded studies. I don’t want to eat it!

]]> By: Bob Harrison http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=981#comment-77690 Bob Harrison Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:49:12 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=981#comment-77690 No Evidence of Risk of GM Crops
SAINT LOUIS (November 20, 2008) – On November 11, 2008, the Austrian Ministry of Health, Family and Youth released a report on three studies designed to assess the impact of GM corn on reproduction. One finding in one of the studies was interpreted as a possible impact on reproduction in the test mice. These unpublished studies had not been subjected to peer-review or analysis by independent scientists. At the time the report was released to the press, the author of the study, Dr. Jurgen Zentek, remarked that his team’s three studies showed inconsistent results and should be considered preliminary.

Since then, the unpublished study has been reviewed by several scientists, including two internationally recognized experts in reproductive toxicology; Dr. John DeSesso, Senior Fellow at the non-profit group Noblis and Dr. James Lamb, currently of The Weinberg Group. Dr. Lamb developed one type of study used by the Austrian researchers while at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Toxicology Program. Doctors Lamb and DeSesso have both concluded that there are significant flaws in the study reporting and analysis which bring serious question to the validity of the findings. They agreed with Dr. Zentek that the results were inconsistent but concluded that there was no evidence of any adverse effects of the GM crop.

Within 24 hours of the preliminary findings being released, Greenpeace and the Center for Food Safety (CFS) had issued statements calling for a recall and moratorium on GM crops and foods. “Once again, these organizations have demonstrated that their primary interest is sensational headlines and not scientific substance,” said Jerry Hjelle, Ph.D., Vice President of Monsanto’s Regulatory group. “Every time a preliminary study like this comes out, Greenpeace and the Center for Food Safety cry ‘wolf’. And time and time again, scientific scrutiny finds that GM crops and food are safe.”

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