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GM potatoes damaged rats (UK)

In 1996, the UK government embarked on a plan to require long-term safety tests for all GM foods. A £1.6 million grant was awarded to a team of researchers to develop the testing protocol. Led by Arpad Pusztai of the prestigious Rowett Institute, the team developed a GM potato to use as the first "subject" for their studies. The potatoes were engineered with a gene from the snowdrop plant, which produces an insecticide called the GNA lectin.
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Most offspring of rats fed GM soy died

A leading scientist at the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) conducted research in 2005 which, if confirmed, suggests that GM soy fed to mothers may sigificantly harm the health and viability of offspring.
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