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2009-02-18 | permalink
British scientists condemn using children in Golden Rice food trials as unacceptable
Children have been used as ’lab rats’ in GM rice trials that were carried out in breach of ethics rules drawn up in response to the medical crimes of Nazi Germany, it is claimed. [...] The decision to use the children has been condemned as ’completely unacceptable’ by a group of 22 scientists - all GM critics - from Britain and around the world. They claim it is indicative of moves by the biotech lobby, led by the USA and biotech firms, to force GM food into the mouths of the world without proper assessment.
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2009-02-18 | permalink
British scientists condemn using children in Golden Rice food trials as unacceptable
Children have been used as ’lab rats’ in GM rice trials that were carried out in breach of ethics rules drawn up in response to the medical crimes of Nazi Germany, it is claimed. [...] The decision to use the children has been condemned as ’completely unacceptable’ by a group of 22 scientists - all GM critics - from Britain and around the world. They claim it is indicative of moves by the biotech lobby, led by the USA and biotech firms, to force GM food into the mouths of the world without proper assessment.
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