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Diet - Most offspring died when mother rats ate GM soy diet
Friday, November 4 2005 at 17:24
The Russian scientist planned a simple experiment to see if eating genetically modified (GM) soy might influence offspring. What she got, however, was an astounding result that may threaten a multi-billion dollar industry.
Irina Ermakova, a leading scientist at the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), added GM soy flour (5-7 grams) to the diet of female rats. Other females were fed non-GM soy or no soy at all. The experimental diet began two weeks before the rats conceived and continued through pregnancy and nursing.
Find more information about side effects of genetically modified (GM) soy diet at http://www.foodconsumer.org/777/8/Most_Offspring_Died_When_Mother_Rats_Ate.shtml.