Genetic Engineering Dangers
GENETIC TAMPERING
In a landmark lawsuit filed against the US Food and Drug
Administration,
nine eminent scientists, including some of the FDA's own, are
taking the
agency to court to obtain mandatory safety testing and labeling
of genetically engineered foods.
They have been joined by a host of consumer groups, religious organizations and concerned scientists. The suit claims that every genetically engineered food in the US is on the market illegally and should be recalled for rigorous safety testing. The plaintiffs claim FDA's own records reveal that it declared genetically engineered foods to be safe in the face of broad disagreement from its own experts.
Agency
scientists repeatedly cautioned that GE products entail
different risks than
do their conventionally produced counterparts. The advice was
consistently
disregarded by the bureaucrats who crafted the agency's current
policy. The
suit says the agency violated the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Safety
Act, allowing genetically engineered foods to be marketed without
testing on the
premise that they are generally recognized as safe by qualified
FDA scientists. http://www.biointegrity.org/index.html
A Brazil federal court has ruled in favor of maintaining a ban
on the
growing and importing of genetically engineered crops into the
country. The
court agreed with environmental and consumer rights groups who
say not
enough is known about genetically engineered crops to assure
safety.
A coalition of activist groups has launched a new campaign to
pressure major
food companies to stop using genetically engineered ingredients
in their
products. Campbell Soup is the first major company targeted.
However, since
Greenpeace has already had an action going against Kellogg's,
they are also
included in this initial effort. See also
Genetic
Engineering - Evolution or Mutation
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