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On 8/7/2003 at 9:59 AM GlobalCirclenet wrote:

>Flaws in Monsanto's Safety Assessment of Roundup Ready Soybeans
>THIRD WORLD NETWORK BIOSAFETY INFORMATION SERVICE
>28 July 2003 
>
>Dear Friends and colleagues,
>
>RE: Flaws in RR soybean safety assessment
>
>We wish to bring to you an important document which found that the safety
>assessment application made by Monsanto to the Japanese Health Ministry
for
>approval of Roundup Ready soybeans were "inadequate and incomplete".  
>
>Monsanto has maintained that there is no difference between GM soybeans
and
>its conventional strains. But according to a Japanese scientist, whose
>report is attached below, safety tests conducted by Monsanto are riddled
>with flaws that include: testing of proteins not derived from the GM
plant;
>soybeans used for tests were not produced with Roundup, therefore the data
>obtained with such samples may not be valid to guarantee the safety of
>soybean that human and animals consume in real life; insufficient feeding
>experiments; and intentional neglect of "inappropriate" data which have a
>bearing on the final conclusions.
>
>We hope special attention will be given to the report as it is important
to
>be aware that the safety of RR soybean is in question and governments in
>the process of approving RR soybeans should take heed of this important
>information. We also urge governments that have approved the RR soybean to
>review their decision.
>
>With best wishes,
>
>Lim Li Lin and Chee Yoke Heong
>Third World Network
>121-S Jalan Utama
>10450 Penang
>Malaysia
>Email: twnet@po.jaring.my
>Website: www.twnside.org.sg
>---
>REF: Doc.TWN/Biosafety/2002/C
>
>Fraudulent Conclusion Facts Found by Inspection of the Safety Assessment
of
>GM Roundup Tolerant Soybean Monsanto's Dangerous Logic as seen in the
>Application Documents submitted to Health Ministry of Japan
>
>Masaharu Kawata
>Assistant Professor
>School of Science
>Nagoya University, Japan
>   

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