Xinhuanet Paris, July 8, according to French media reported on the 8th, 8 researchers of different nationalities have passed a study recently that the European Food Safety Authority and the US Food and Drug Administration on the health hazards of genetically modified foods and pesticides There is a problem with the assessment criteria.
These researchers came from France, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their research report was published in the online edition of the International Journal of Biological Sciences. The report said that companies that produce genetically modified foods and the committees that evaluate them have long ignored the side effects of genetically modified products and pesticides. This is the case with the European Food Safety Authority and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on genetically modified corn MON863 and MON810. The safety was revealed when it was evaluated. The researchers believe that there is a serious underestimation of the initial signs of cancer and hormonal, neurological, reproductive, and immune system diseases in both institutions.
Gillessellalini, a faculty member of the University of Caen in France who participated in the study, expressed the hope that these institutions will regularly publish the results of the assessment. “If management is not sufficiently transparent in this area, the crisis caused by public health will be more serious than the international financial crisis. ".
The European Food Safety Agency said on June 30 that the Agency’s research believes that the GM corn varieties of the US Monsanto Company are safe and will not cause harm to health and the environment. However, in Europe, there are still six countries in France, Austria, Hungary, Luxembourg, Germany and Greece that prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified corn. The governments and people of these countries do not want to introduce genetically modified crops because of health and environmental considerations. (Reporter Li Xuemei)