New GE crops using an emerging technology called RNA interference (RNAi) are set to enter the food and feed supply chain. Scientists are questioning the serious lack of safety testing for this technology. […]
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A peer-reviewed paper draws attention to potential hazards on nontarget species of pesticides and GMOs made with RNAi gene-silencing techniques and suggests that current toxicity testing is inadequate to assess the safety of these new technologies. […] A first meta-analysis of some of the data on GE maize 1507 submitted by industry to regulatory authorities reveals huge variations in the amounts of Bt toxin in the plants, making a reliable environmental risk assessment difficult, if not impossible. […] This TWN Biosafety Briefing discusses how changing the nature, kind and quantity of particular regulatory-RNA molecules through genetic engineering can create unique risks. […] Scientific research indicates that aquatic invertebrate ecology can be adversely affected by relevant ambient concentrations of glyphosate. […] The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) states that due to insufficient data they are not able to reach a conclusion on the safety of genetically modified (GM) maize 3272. […] Serious risk assessment challenges are posed by the current move to stacked GE crop varieties expressing multiple traits, coupled with the increased chemical use required by GE crops. […] A new report on GM salmon scrutinises the US FDA’s problematic assessment process and also finds that the GM salmon poses serious risks to consumer health, animal welfare, fishing economies and the environment. […] An independent assessment of data presented to the Indian authorities, for biosafety tests prior to commercial approval of Monsanto’s GM maize MON89034 x NK 603, finds the data severely lacking. […] A paper highlighting how regulators have not assessed the safety of GM plants that may produce new double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules, as well as for products where the active ingredient is dsRNA. […] |
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