Environmental Defense Calls Study of Starlink Corn Unscientific
“The CDC/FDA results are far from definitive,” said Rebecca Goldburg, a senior scientist at Environmental Defense. “CDC and FDA only examined reactions of a small number of people who asked to be assessed, rather than examining people most likely to suffer allergic reactions to StarLink. Those most likely to suffer such reactions include young children, who are especially vulnerable to developing food allergies, and food industry workers, who are heavily exposed to corn.”
Aventis has incurred considerable expense since the discovery of StarLink contamination in human food. Among other expenses, the company has paid a price premium to farmers to buy back StarLink-contaminated corn supplies. In April 2001 the company for the second time petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow StarLink corn in human food.
“Today’s results are a small bit of evidence about the health impacts of StarLink corn,” said Goldburg. “The results are entirely insufficient to support an EPA decision to allow StarLink corn in human food. Consumers should not be asked to bear health risks as a result of Aventis’ failure to prevent food contamination by StarLink corn.”
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