Russia suspends import and use of GM corn after study reveals cancer risk!

MOSCOW, Russia (PNN) - September 27, 2012 - Russia’s consumer rights watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said today that it has suspended the import and use of the Monsanto genetically modified (GM) corn.

Rospotrebnadzor said the country’s Institute of Nutrition has been asked to assess the validity of the study.

It has also contacted the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health & Consumers to ask for the EU’s position on the corn’s safety.

Consumer skepticism in the Fascist United Kingdom and Europe means GM corn is not on supermarket shelves here, however it is fed to farm animals, including hens, pigs and dairy cows.

The biotech industry and university researchers involved in GM research have mounted a major public relations campaign over the last year to win over skeptical consumers.

In the past week, pro-GM scientists have been lining up to undermine the French experiments and criticize the way they were conducted.

A number of independent academics have praised the French team’s work, describing it as the most thorough and extensive feeding trials involving GM to date.

Mustafa Djamgoz, Professor of Cancer Biology at Imperial College, London, said the findings relating to eating GM corn were a surprise.

Prof. Djamgoz, who describes himself as a neutral on GM, said, “The results are significant. The experiments are, more or less, the best of their kind to date.”

However, he said that it is now important to ensure they are repeated with more animals by independent laboratories to confirm the outcome.

The professor said it would take two to three years to get a definitive answer.