Domingo José L
Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Rovira I Virgili University, San Lorenzo, Reus, Spain.
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2007;47(8):721-33. doi: 10.1080/10408390601177670.
According to the information reported by the WHO, the genetically modified (GM) products that are currently on the international market have all passed risk assessments conducted by national authorities. These assessments have not indicated any risk to human health. In spite of this clear statement, it is quite amazing to note that the review articles published in international scientific journals during the current decade did not find, or the number was particularly small, references concerning human and animal toxicological/health risks studies on GM foods. In this paper, the scientific information concerning the potential toxicity of GM/transgenic plants using the Medline database is reviewed. Studies about the safety of the potential use of potatoes, corn, soybeans, rice, cucumber, tomatoes, sweet pepper, peas, and canola plants for food and feed were included. The number of references was surprisingly limited. Moreover, most published studies were not performed by the biotechnology companies that produce these products. This review can be concluded raising the following question: where is the scientific evidence showing that GM plants/food are toxicologically safe?
根据世界卫生组织报告的信息，目前国际市场上的转基因产品均已通过国家当局进行的风险评估。这些评估并未表明对人类健康有任何风险。尽管有这一明确声明，但值得注意的是，在当前十年间国际科学期刊上发表的综述文章中，关于转基因食品对人类和动物毒理学/健康风险研究的参考文献要么未被找到，要么数量特别少，这相当令人惊讶。在本文中，我们利用医学在线数据库（Medline）对有关转基因/转基因植物潜在毒性的科学信息进行了综述。其中包括了关于将土豆、玉米、大豆、水稻、黄瓜、西红柿、甜椒、豌豆和油菜植物用于食品和饲料的潜在安全性研究。参考文献的数量惊人地有限。此外，大多数已发表的研究并非由生产这些产品的生物技术公司进行。本综述可以通过提出以下问题来结束：表明转基因植物/食品在毒理学上安全的科学证据在哪里？
