The insect poison Bt-Toxin from genetically changed corn arrived after the harvest through corn-strew in brooks, rivers and lakes. Which effect has it there, little is investigated. A conference of the nature protection federation Germany was concerned with this topic.
French scientists evaluated feeding studies to the gene corn places MON863, MON 810 and NK603 von Monsanto. Above all the blood values for liver and kidneys of the rats fed with corn exhibited significant changes. The studies had been given by Monsanto in order and kept secret. In opinion of the scientists health damage could not be already excluded by the three as fodder and food in the European Union certified sorts.
The genetic engineering company Monsanto lent at the edge of the UN-climate conference for its aggressive company Lobbying in things climate protection received the price the furious sea virgin. Organized the honor Attac Denmark, Friends OF the Earth international and other environment organizations. At the ONLINE co-ordination over the eight nominated companies took part 10,000 humans.
The district court of pc. Louis awarded to two farmers, whose rice harvest had been polluted by genetically altered sorts the Bavarian CropScience AG, a compensation of scarcely two million dollar. The procedure is considered as test run for up to 3000 complaints of damaged rice farmers. The Coordination against Bavarian dangers welcomed the judgement and requested the company to compensate all damaged farmers immediately.
Canadian scientists proved the fact that the genetic make-up of a genetically altered corn sort in the ground remains longer stable than so far assumes and enriches themselves within the food chain. In their study they could prove the transgene DNA in the intestines of earthworms. It remained unclear whether Bodenbaklterien had already built the manipulated genetic make-up into own cells or whether it was still freely in the ground present.
The prices for the seeds from genetically altered corn and soy rose in the USA in the last years drastically. The new RoundupReady2-Bohne von Monsanto will cost twice as much to 2010 like genetic engineering-free Sojasaatgut. The agrarian scientist Charles Benbrook arranged and points the price history of the last years in a study the consequences out for the farmers.
From 1975 to 2000 according to Benbrook the prices for Soja seeds rose only by 63 per cent. Price-limiting the possibility of the farmers worked, instead of sowing certified seeds beans from the last harvest. More than the double soy bean price did not have to be obtained for the seeds. That changed, when Gentech soy won relevant market shares. From 2000 to 2009 the price for Sojasaatgut rose around further 230 per cent, related to 1975. For a Bushel (27.2 kilograms) genetic engineering-free seeds the farmers paid in this year 33.7 dollar, Gentech soy cost 49.6 dollar. The differences are similarly clear with corn. In both cases Öko seeds are likewise cheaper than the Gentech variant.
The drastic price rise leads to the fact that the farmers pay a ever larger part of their proceeds for seeds. In former times four to eight per cent would have been, write Benbrook. 2009 would have had to invest a farmer 16.4 per cent of its that he had released with its Sojaernte, again into new seeds. With farmers, who use 2010 the new RR2-Bohnen, rise the portion to 22,5 per cent. With Maisanbauern the costs of the Gentech seeds constituted in the meantime 19 to 34 per cent of proceeds. This development leads to the fact that less and less money can be invested into the farms and ever more funds into the cashes of the seeds industry flows off
The company Renessen – a joint venture of the US groups Monsanto and Cargill – withdrew a request for European Union permission of genetically changed corn LY038. The reason security doubts of the European Union food authority EFSA were, communicated the organization Testbiotech registered association. Renessen against it justified the retreat of the request with economic reasons. Corn was already in other countries as the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand certified, however yet was not cultivated.
LY038 is in such a way manipulated that he produces high concentrations of the amino acid Lysin, which is to make its utilization particularly economical as animal feeds. Thus LY038 is one of the few genetically changed plants of the so-called second generation, which are to offer further advantages apart from a certain resistance. But while the authorities in the USA and corn through-signed elsewhere, the not straight genetic engineering-critical EFSA announced doubts and demanded additionally documents, because corn showed different unintentional changes in its material composition. In a letter the EFSA required, writes even the repetition of a feeding study at rats Textbiotech: So far, the EFSA admits this so far in no other case for necessary ruled. A 90-Tage-Fütterungstudie at rats, already accomplished, had shown, exhibited significant changes in the blood cell count and urine however substantial methodical lack. Also different European Union member countries had made attentive in their statements on health risks. Thus 2005 already expressed an expert commission in New Zealand doubt if genetically changed corn also in food be processed should. Involved the EFSA was made by the retreat of the companies impossible to examine corn LY038 more near for kritiiserte Testbiotech. All documents were recalled. Possibly so further debates about the security of the product are to be prevented.
Renessen had announced the cancelling of the request just as little as the European Commission. When the procedure admits at the beginning of November first in New Zealand became, Renessen gave to only discuss economic reasons on without these more near. The walisische organization GM Free Cymru demanded clearing-up in an open letter of the EFSA and the European Commission over it, why they had concealed the procedure.
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