Studie "The GMO-emperor has no clothes" (engl.) - Nabu

V. Voices from Science
A. WARNINGS FROM SCIENTISTS
Miguel Altieri: “Biotechnology will exacerbate
marginalization of small and resource-poor
farmers even more as such technologies are
under corporate control and protected by
patents”. President, Sociedad Cientifica Latino
Americana de Agroecologia (SOCLA), Professor of
Agroecology at UC Berkeley.
Irina Ermakova: ‘(the experiment) revealed
the high mortality (~ 55,6%) of rat pups in first
generation after addition of GM-soy (Roundup
Ready, RR) into the diet of rat females (before
pregnancy, during pregnancy and during
lactation). Leading scientist at the Institute of Higher
Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of Russian
Academy of Sciences.
Bill Freese: “Epidemiological studies of farmers
have shown an association between contact with
glyphosate herbicides and higher rates of certain
cancers – non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, hairy cell
leukemiai and multiple myeloma” Science Policy
Analyst, Center for Food Safety, Washington D.C.
Hans Herren: “Wherever GMOs are being
deployed, the varieties offered to the farmers
have been reduced, in some places to the level
of only GMOs being available”. President of the
Millennium Institute; Founder and president of the Bio
Vision foundation, internationally recognized scientist
and development expert. www.millennium.institute.org
Mae Wan Ho: “scientists… announced the
discovery of ‘a previously unknown route’
whereby ‘GM genes may escape into the natural
environment’… The “escape” referred to is
horizontal gene transfer – the spread of GM
genes by infection and multiplication.” Geneticist,
Biophysicist and Director of Institute of Science in
Society http://www.i-sis.org.uk/.
Tiruvadi Jagadisan: “Let us not murder Indian
agriculture by fostering genetically modified
seeds without fully being aware of what it could
lead us into both in terms of human and animal
health and our natural biodiversity.”
T.V. Jagadisan, scientsts, former Managing Director,
Monsanto India.
David Suzuki: “Nowhere is (the Precautionary
Principle) more important than in
biotechnology because it enables us to tamper
with the very blueprint of life.” Award-winning
geneticist and broadcaster, Co-Founder of the David
Suzuki Foundation, Professor Emeritus, University of
British Columbia.
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