Republished study: GMO Corn Can Cause Damage to Liver and Kidneys, and Severe Hormonal Disruption

[Faryn Balyncd]

14. Do critics of this publication have evidence that current testing standards are optimal?

According to Patrick Holden, Chief Executive of the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT) the study highlights the inadequacy of current safety testing:

"The most obvious deficiency relates to the fact that the current approval process is based on animal feeding trials of only 90 days, a totally inadequate duration when one considers that chronic diseases in animals and humans do not usually manifest until mid-life."

A second deficiency, he added, relates to the newly emerging science of epigenetics - which demonstrates that endocrine systems can be seriously disrupted by the presence of chemical residues at concentrations as low as a few parts per billion.

"This turns on its head the logic of an approval process based on MRL (maximum residue levels), since it is becoming increasingly apparent that these chemicals have patterns of non-linear response."

It would seem that these are significant issues.

And it would seem that condescending attacks on this publication divert attention from these issues.



Could it be true that the current approval process is based on 90 days feeding trials?

If this is, in fact, the case, do those criticizing this publication have reason to believe that this is adequate to determine long term renal, hepatic, and endocrine effects?