Detection of corn intrinsic and recombinant DNA fragments and Cry1Ab protein in the gastrointestinal contents of pigs fed genetically modified corn Bt11
E. H. Chowdhury*, H. Kuribara, A. Hino, P. Sultana*, O. Mikami*, N. Shimada*, K. S. Guruge*, M. Saito and Y. Nakajima*,2
* National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan; and National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan; and and National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0901, Japan
2 Correspondence: Toxicopathology (phone: +81-29-838-7818; fax: +81-29-838-7825, E-mail: yasunk@affrc.go.jp).
This study can be accessed at: http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/abstract/81/10/2546
The results of the study suggest that the genetically inserted Bacillus thuringiensis pesticide
in the GM corn feed is still intact in the gastrointestinal tract. This raises the question: Is it healthy to have a pesticide in your intestines?
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