Barbara H. Peterson on July 14th, 2015

The U.S. government’s gold standard for safety assessment of GMOs is based on the principle of “substantial equivalence,” which deems a GMO safe for human consumption and allows it to be fast-tracked to market, without any real testing, if the GMO, based on certain criteria, is “substantially equivalent” to its non-GMO counterpart. The study suggests that if formaldehyde and glutathione were used as criteria for assessment, then the GMO would not be “equivalent” to its non-GMO counterpart, and would not have been allowed.

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Barbara H. Peterson on January 24th, 2014

If gene expression is not a consideration, then there is nothing to separate man from ape, and the CEO of Monsanto is substantially equivalent to our furry friend, the bonobo chimp.

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