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Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - Onamuji - 01-19-2016
http://www.nature.com/news/italian-papers-on-genetically-modified-crops-under-investigation-1.19183
Papers that describe harmful effects to animals fed genetically modified (GM) crops are under scrutiny for alleged data manipulation. The leaked findings of an ongoing investigation at the University of Naples in Italy suggest that images in the papers may have been intentionally altered. The leader of the lab that carried out the work there says that there is no substance to this claim.
The papers’ findings run counter to those of numerous safety tests carried out by food and drug agencies around the world, which indicate that there are no dangers associated with eating GM food. But the work has been widely cited on anti-GM websites — and results of the experiments that the papers describe were referenced in an Italian Senate hearing last July on whether the country should allow cultivation of safety-approved GM crops.
“The case is very important also because these papers have been used politically in the debate on GM crops,” says Italian senator Elena Cattaneo, a neuroscientist at the University of Milan whose concerns about the work triggered the investigation.
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Following the Senate hearing, Cattaneo took a closer look at three papers1–3, which all emerged from a research lab at the University of Naples, headed by veterinary scientist Federico Infascelli. They describe experiments on goat kids born to mothers fed on GM soya-bean meal and conclude that fragments of the foreign gene in the soya bean can be transported across the gut and secreted in the milk, influencing the biology of the suckling kids.
Cattaneo noted what looked like problems in all three papers: sections of images of electrophoresis gels appeared to have been obliterated, and some of the images in different papers appeared to be identical but with captions describing different experiments...
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Very interested to see the results of the investigation. Between this and the debunking of the GM corn scare a few years ago (manufactured to sell magazines, health food and snake oil medicines), there's very little left to impugn the nutritional qualities of GM foods.
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - cbelt3 - 01-19-2016
" but if it's safe , why not label it "
" why is it labeled if it's safe ?"
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - Onamuji - 01-19-2016
cbelt3 wrote:
" but if it's safe , why not label it "
" why is it labeled if it's safe ?"
I'd like GM foods labeled so that I know which foods to seek out for greater benefit.
Golden rice. Yummy!
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - Grateful11 - 01-19-2016
Just saw this on CBS:
Digging for seeds of truth in GMO debate
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/digging-for-seeds-of-truth-in-gmo-debate/
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - sekker - 01-19-2016
Thanks for posting.
There are at least three MAJOR anti-GMO studies that appear to have been totally faked.
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - sekker - 01-19-2016
PS I honestly believe there will come a time where 'GMO' will be a positive label, as it will mean 1) reduced impact on the global environment and 2) healthier.
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - C(-)ris - 01-19-2016
Is this the Vaccines cause Autism thing all over again, except for food...
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - wave rider - 01-19-2016
sekker wrote:
PS I honestly believe there will come a time where 'GMO' will be a positive label, as it will mean 1) reduced impact on the global environment and 2) healthier.
I think GMO means more profits for Monsanto...
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - Onamuji - 01-19-2016
C(-)ris wrote:
Is this the Vaccines cause Autism thing all over again, except for food...
Yes and no. There are two parts to the anti-GMO movement.
The one where people allege that GMO foods are inherently dangerous solely because of the genetic-manipulation has no credibility. (And the logic defies nearly the entire history of agriculture.)
The one where people allege that Monsanto manipulates laws and abuses their patents to disrupt traditional farming practices in a manner that enhances their monopolies and destroys livelihoods while introducing potentially dangerous pesticides into our diets is probably still valid.
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - Pam - 01-19-2016
Onamuji wrote:
[quote=C(-)ris]
Is this the Vaccines cause Autism thing all over again, except for food...
Yes and no. There are two parts to the anti-GMO movement.
The one where people allege that GMO foods are inherently dangerous solely because of the genetic-manipulation has no credibility. (And the logic defies nearly the entire history of agriculture.)
The one where people allege that Monsanto manipulates laws and abuses their patents to disrupt traditional farming practices in a manner that enhances their monopolies and destroys livelihoods while introducing potentially dangerous pesticides into our diets is probably still valid.
I'm in the second part camp. Genetic manipulation isn't the issue.