[escepticos] **consulta, maíz trangénico

[Sucedaneo]

() He leído en otra lista que un artículo publicado en una revista 
científica (*) dice haber encontrado evidencia de que habría, por 
llamarla de alguna manera, toxicidad asociada a 3 tipos de maíz 
transgénico [también es curioso que los datos originales sean de 
Monsanto y hayan sido procesados después de un proceso judicial]

Una gugleada rápida muestra que el artículo de marras es reproducido y 
glosado en casi todas las páginas que "ya estaban contra" los OGM 
alimentarios lo que no es raro y por supuesto no es prueba de su 
falsedad ;-); sabiendo que por aquí hay quien puede dar una opinión 
fundada o en su caso orientar dónde conseguirla pues va la consulta, 
¿qué hay de cierto?

Saludos y desde ya gracias
()


(*) http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0706.htm

"Abstract:
We present for the first time a comparative analysis of blood and 
organ system data from trials with rats fed three main commercialized 
genetically modified (GM) maize (NK 603, MON 810, MON 863), which are 
present in food and feed in the world. NK 603 has been modified to be 
tolerant to the broad spectrum herbicide Roundup and thus contains 
residues of this formulation. MON 810 and MON 863 are engineered to 
synthesize two different Bt toxins used as insecticides. Approximately 
60 different biochemical parameters were classified per organ and 
measured in serum and urine after 5 and 14 weeks of feeding. GM 
maize-fed rats were compared first to their respective isogenic or 
parental non-GM equivalent control groups. This was followed by 
comparison to six reference groups, which had consumed various other 
non-GM maize varieties. We applied nonparametric methods, including 
multiple pairwise comparisons with a False Discovery Rate approach. 
Principal Component Analysis allowed the investigation of scattering 
of different factors (sex, weeks of feeding, diet, dose and group). 
Our analysis clearly reveals for the 3 GMOs new side effects linked 
with GM maize consumption, which were sex- and often dose-dependent. 
Effects were mostly associated with the kidney and liver, the dietary 
detoxifying organs, although different between the 3 GMOs. Other 
effects were also noticed in the heart, adrenal glands, spleen and 
haematopoietic system. We conclude that these data highlight signs of 
hepatorenal toxicity, possibly due to the new pesticides specific to 
each GM corn. In addition, unintended direct or indirect metabolic 
consequences of the genetic modification cannot be excluded.

Keywords: GMO, toxicity, GM corn, rat, NK 603, MON 810, MON 863 "