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Genetic modification “inherently unsafe”: An interview with Jeffrey Smith

January 16, 2009 in Briarpatch Articles, Jan/Feb 2009: The New Food Revolution | 5 comments

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By Michael Smith
Briarpatch Magazine
January/February 2009

Jeffrey M. Smith is the Executive Director of the Institute for Responsible Technology and is an international bestselling author on the health risks of genetically modified foods.

Briarpatch: In both of your books, Seeds of Deception and Genetic Roulette, you make reference to a 1996 study by Dr. Árpá Pusztai from the Rowett Institute in the United Kingdom. Why is this study so important?

Jeffrey Smith: Well, initially Dr. Pusztai was given a grant by the British government to develop the ideal safety testing protocol that would become the assessment process used by the European Union to approve genetically modified products. He found that the inherent process of genetic engineering can cause significant health damage. It was such incriminating evidence that it could have, by itself, ended the genetic engineering of the food supply - instead it ended his career.

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Seeds, crops and GMOs: New variety registration regulations threaten organic farming

July 31, 2008 in the briar-wire | No comments

Listen to this special Making the Links Radio program, “Seed Variety Control by Private Interests” on how the Canadian Food Inspection Agency seed regulations will be changed to accommodate the interests of private concerns and the transnational corporations who are pursuing genetically engineered seed production.

Host Don Kossick talks with organic farmer and National Farmers Union leader, Terry Boehm, about what these changes in seed variety registration will mean for farm communities and the organic farm movement in Canada.

The SOD position paper states, “The availability of high quality seed free from contamination by GMO varieties and seed that is certified organic or eligible for use in certified organic seed propagation is fundamental requirement for organic grain faming in Canada. The proposed Seed Variety regulation threatens quality, access, public accountability, and the buyers right to unbiased information about seed.”

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