UPDATE: December 16, 2011
This just posted in Applied Mythology – response to the review article:
December 15, 2011
Here is a new and excellent review article by Snell et al (2011) entitled “Assessment of the health impact of GM plant diets in long-term and multigenerational animal feeding trials” recently published in Food and Chemical Toxicology. Contrary to popular beliefs, long term studies HAVE been conducted on GMO consumption and they show NO LONG TERM effects. The Snell et al article reviews outline several studies examining effects GM lines of maize, potato, soybean, rice and triticale. The studies in question are of two types:
– 12 long term toxicological studies, where feeding time exceeds well over (up to 2 years) that of the 90 day studies classically used in toxicological studies applied to GMOs
– 12 studies whose duration extended over several generations of animals.
KEY TAKEAWAY: “These studies by public research laboratories do not reveal any safety problem linked to long term consumption of GMO-derived food.” M. Kuntz (For more interesting insights, I invite you to check out Marcel Kuntz’s website http://www.marcel-kuntz-ogm.fr. Kuntz is a co-author on the Food and Chemical Toxicology article.)
Article reference:
C. Snell, A. Bernheim, J.B. Bergé, M. Kuntz, G. Pascal, A. Paris, & A.E. Ricroch (2011) Assessment of the health impact of GM plant diets in long-term and multigenerational animal feeding trials: A literature review. Food and Chemical Toxicology
Other good sources related to this topic:
Flachowsky, G., Halle, I., & Aulrich, K. (2005)
Long term feeding of Bt-corn – a ten-generation study with quails. Archives of Animal Nutrition, 59, 6, pp 449-451
<Go to ISI>://000233641600008 AND http://www.ask-force.org/web/Feed/Flachowsky-Long-Term-Feedingstudy-2005.pdf
The role of animal feeding trials for the nutritional and safety assessment of feeds from genetically modified plants – Present stage and future challenges. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, 19, 2, pp 149-170
<Go to ISI>://WOS:000278973200001 AND http://www.ask-force.org/web/Feed/Flachovsky-Role-Animal-Feeding-2010.pdf Castaldini, M., Turrini, A., Sbrana, C., Benedetti, A., Marchionni, M., Mocali, S., Fabiani, A., Landi, S., Santomassimo, F., Pietrangeli, B., Nuti, M.P., Miclaus, N., & Giovannetti, M. (2005)
Impact of Bt corn on rhizospheric and on beneficial mycorrhizal symbiosis and soil eubacterial communities iosis in experimental microcosms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71, 11, pp 6719-6729
<Go to ISI>://000233225000033 AND http://www.ask-force.org/web/Longterm/Castaldini-Impact-Bt-Rhizospheric-2005.pdf Crawley, M.J. (1995)
Long term ecological impacts of the release of genetically modified organisms, Strasbourg Council of Europe Press, Pan-European conference on the potential long-term ecological impact of genetically modified organisms, Ed. pp 43-69
http://book.coe.int/EN/ficheouvrage.php?PAGEID=36&=EN&produit_aliasid=1134 Hommel, B. & Pallutt, B. (2002)
Evaluation of herbicide resistance against glufosinate in oilseed rape and maize in view of integrated plant protection – results of a long-term field experiment started in 1996 with a special view on field flora. Zeitschrift Fur Pflanzenkrankheiten Und Pflanzenschutz-Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, pp 985-994
<Go to ISI>://000202836900128 AND http://www.ask-force.org/web/Longterm/Hommel-Bewertung-Herbizidresistenz-2002.pdf Leigh, R.A. & Johnston, A.E. (1994)
Long Term Experiments in Agricultural and Ecological Sciences, Rothamstead, 14-17 July 1993 CAB International, Conference to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Rothamstead Experimental Station, Ed. pp 428
http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/biola/lang/903288 Mattingly, G.E.G. & Johnston, A.E. (1976)
Long-Term Rotation Experiments at Rothamsted and Saxmundham-Experimental-Stations – Effects of Treatments on Crop Yields and Soil Analyses and Recent Modifications in Purpose and Design. Annales Agronomiques, 27, 5-6, pp 743-769
<Go to ISI>://A1976DN70300014 AND NEBIS 20111201 Rothamsted Research (2006)
Guide to the classical and other long term experiments, dataset and sample archive Printed by Premier Printers Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. © Lawes Agricultural Trust Co. Ltd, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, UK, IS: ISBN 0 9514456 9 3, pp 56
http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/resources/LongTermExperiments.pdf Zueghart, W., Benzler, A., Berhorn, F., Sukopp, U., & Graef, F. (2008)
Determining indicators, methods and sites for monitoring potential adverse effects of genetically modified plants to the environment: the legal and conceptional framework for implementation. Euphytica, 164, 3, pp 845-852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10681-007-9475-6 AND http://www.ask-force.org/web/Longterm/Zueghart-Determining-Indicators-Monitoring-2008.pdf
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