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| − | ANBio is the National Biosafety Association of Brazil. It is funded by the big genetically modified crop companies, though it does not declare that on its website as of 2012. | + | ANBio is the National Biosafety Association of Brazil. It is funded by the big genetically modified (GM) crop companies, though it does not declare that on its website as of 2012. |
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| + | In November 2012 Lucia de Souza and Leila Macedo Oda, who were listed in 2001 as directors of AnBio,<ref>[http://www.powerbase.info/images/4/4a/Book_anbio1.pdf AnBio website], downloaded 2001</ref> had a letter published in the scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, in which they expressed their "serious concerns" about the journal's earlier publication of a paper by G.E. Seralini and colleagues.<ref>de Souza, L. and L. M. Oda (2012). Letter to the editor. Food and Chemical Toxicology.</ref> Seralini's study had found that rats fed on Monsanto's GM maize NK603 and tiny amounts of the crop's associated herbicide Roundup had increased tumour incidence, mortality, and serious liver and kidney damage.<ref>Séralini, G. E., E. Clair, et al. (2012). "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." Food and Chemical Toxicology 50(11): 4221-4231.</ref> | ||
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| + | De Souza and Oda listed their affiliation as AnBio, though no mention was made in their published letter of AnBio's funders, which include GM seed developer and trading companies Monsanto, Bayer, Cargill, DuPont, and Pioneer.<ref>de Souza, L. and L. M. Oda (2012). Letter to the editor. Food and Chemical Toxicology.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:03, 23 November 2012
ANBio is the National Biosafety Association of Brazil. It is funded by the big genetically modified (GM) crop companies, though it does not declare that on its website as of 2012.
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Activities
In November 2012 Lucia de Souza and Leila Macedo Oda, who were listed in 2001 as directors of AnBio,[1] had a letter published in the scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, in which they expressed their "serious concerns" about the journal's earlier publication of a paper by G.E. Seralini and colleagues.[2] Seralini's study had found that rats fed on Monsanto's GM maize NK603 and tiny amounts of the crop's associated herbicide Roundup had increased tumour incidence, mortality, and serious liver and kidney damage.[3]
De Souza and Oda listed their affiliation as AnBio, though no mention was made in their published letter of AnBio's funders, which include GM seed developer and trading companies Monsanto, Bayer, Cargill, DuPont, and Pioneer.[4]
Funding
2001: According to AnBio web pages downloaded in 2001,[5] the organisation's corporate partners (funders) include the following genetically modified crop companies:
As at November 2012, this information is no longer to be found on the AnBio website.
Contact
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- Website: http://www.anbio.org.br/site/
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Resources
Notes
- ↑ AnBio website, downloaded 2001
- ↑ de Souza, L. and L. M. Oda (2012). Letter to the editor. Food and Chemical Toxicology.
- ↑ Séralini, G. E., E. Clair, et al. (2012). "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." Food and Chemical Toxicology 50(11): 4221-4231.
- ↑ de Souza, L. and L. M. Oda (2012). Letter to the editor. Food and Chemical Toxicology.
- ↑ AnBio website, downloaded 2001
