User:Jjjjjjjjjj/genetically modified food controversies epidemiological studies

Mark Tester wrote back and has provided some studies:

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehhe/Cry9Creport/

This is about the Star Link Corn Controversy, and subsequent investigation.

This article from Organic Consumers covered the StarLink situation from the perspective of the farmers fairly well I think:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/starlinkdisrupt.cfm

http://gmopundit.blogspot.com.au/2006/03/do-gmo-crops-promote-food-allergies.html --

This is a link to a blog which discussed GMO technology.

The No on Prop. 37 campaign links to this as well.

And then there are a variety of epidemiological studies that have been done studying GM/non-GM food and allergic reaction:

Evaluation of the sensitization rates and identification of IgE-binding components in wild and genetically modified potatoes in patients with allergic disorders.

Evaluating the allergic risk of genetically modified soybean.

Confirmation of a predicted lack of IgE binding to Cry3Bb1 from genetically modified (GM) crops.

Comparative study of GH-transgenic and non-transgenic amago salmon (Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae) allergenicity and proteomic analysis of amago salmon allergens.

ELISA method for monitoring human serum IgE specific for Cry1Ab introduced into genetically modified corn.

Perhaps in the article this could be compared with the statements found at:

GMO Myths and Truths

Where the statement is made:

GM proponents claim that people have been eating GM foods in the United States for 16 years without ill effects. But this is an anecdotal, scientifically untenable assertion, as no epidemiological studies to look at GM food effects on the general population have ever been conducted.

So -- the supporters of Proposition 37 might say -- that even with epidemiological evidence that they do not cause allergies -- that doesn't prove that they do not exclude long-term health effects (e.g. increase the risk of cancer).

Jjjjjjjjjj (talk) 22:17, 26 October 2012 (UTC)