"France rejects the findings of a study involving tests conducted by Brussels on GMOs
A study conducted by eight international researchers calls into question the reliability of tests the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and its equivalent U.S. FDA to assess the health risks of GMOs and pesticides, said on Wednesday.
The article by expert French, Italian, New Zealand, UK and U.S. are published by the site Internet journal "International Journal of Biological Science officials said via a press release from the Research Committee of Independent Information on Genetic Engineering (Crii Gen) chaired by former environment minister Corinne Lepage (Modem ) and based at Caen.
firms of agricultural GMOs and evaluation committees systematically overlook the side effects of GMOs and pesticides. This is clearly illustrated by EFSA and the U.S. FDA have evaluated both controversial GMO maize MON 863 and MON 810 ", summarizes the Crii-Gen.
It follows" a significant underestimation of the initial signs of diseases like cancer, hormonal disorders, immune, nervous and reproduction, among others, "the Committee.
" We call for the systematic publication of results of these tests we could not be obtained only in individual cases by entering the justice, "he told AFP Seralini Gilles-Eric, one of eight authors of the article who teaches at the University of Caen and chairs the Scientific Board Crii-Gen.
"health crises may be more important than international financial crises due to lack of transparency supervisory authorities, "concludes Crii-Gen.
Friday, France rejected the conclusions of EFSA judging MON810 safe."
Source: http:// www.romandie.com
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