Journal or Publishing Institution: Science
Study: https://web.archive.org/save/http://science.sciencemag.org/content/288/5472/1748
Author(s): Domingo, J.L.
Article Type: Journal Publication
Record ID: 526
Text: In the mass media in recent months the debate about genetically modified (GM) foods has increased, and scientific journals have not been an exception. Science and other prestigious journals such as British Medical Journal, Lancet, and Nature have contributed to this broad debate, which was vigorous in 1999, particularly as a result of the stir caused by Arpad Pusztai’s premature release of information to the popular media (before publication in the scientific press) about adverse effects in rats that ate GM potatoes [see, for example, Science, 21 Aug. 1998, p. 1124; 19 Feb. 1999, p. 1094; and 22 Oct. 1999, p. 656]. In the early months of 2000, however, the concern about the health risks of the transgenic foods seems relatively latent…
Keywords: genetically modified (GM) foods, transgenic foods, health risks, toxicity
Citation: Domingo, J.L., 2000. Health risks of GM foods: many opinions but few data. Science, 288(5472), pp.1748-1749.
