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 Filipino islanders blame GM crop for mystery sickness
 Filipino islanders
blame GM crop for mystery sickness
Terje Traavik, the
scientific
director of the Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology, who was asked last
October to analyse blood samples from 39 of the 100 people who fell
ill, has said that a link might exist between GM crops and human
health.
"My interpretation is there
is a
coincidence in time between two different phenomena," he
said. However,
he stressed that more tests were needed before a definite conclusion
could be drawn.
Monsanto denies scientist's claim that maize may have caused 100 villagers to fall ill
The landowners, government officials, and Monsanto, the multinational company that provided the seeds planted on the plot, insist the corn is not the cause. They claim the villagers are being manipulated by anti-GM campaigners.
BT toxin is not toxic to humans?
Nina Barzaga, from the University of the Philippines, added: "We have to see the results . . . but I think they're trying to create some panic
. . . the Bt toxin has never been associated with any sickness anywhere
in the world."
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More! (Guardian 3rd March, 2004)
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