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GM SOY
by Michael Antoniou, Paulo Brack,Andrés Carrasco, John Fagan, MohamedHabib, Paulo Kageyama, Carlo Leifert,Rubens Onofre Nodari, Walter Pengue
GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eGARGE Gentechnik-frei (Arbeitsgemeinschaft fürGentechnik-frei erzeugte Lebensmittel)
September 2010
Sustainable?Responsible?
A summary of scientic evidence showingthat genetically modied (GM) soy and theglyphosate herbicide it is engineered totolerate are unsustainable from the pointof view of farming, the environment, ruralcommunities, animal and human health, andeconomies
 
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Published by:About the authors and publishers of GM Soy: Sustainable? Responsible?
This report was compiled by an internaonal coalion of sciensts who hold the view that the complete body of evidenceon GM soy and glyphosate herbicide should be made accessibleto everyone – government, industry, the media, and the public.The sciensts and their contact details are as follows:
Michael Antonio
is reader in molecular genecs and head,Nuclear Biology Group, King’s College London School of Medicine, London, UK. Mobile +44 7852 979 548.+44 20 7188 3708. Skype: michaelantoniou.Email: michael.antoniou@genecs.kcl.ac.uk
Palo Brack
is professor, Instute of Biosciences, FederalUniversity of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil; and member,CTNBio (Naonal Technical Commission on Biosafety), Brazil.+55 51 9142 3220. Email: paulo.brack@ufrgs.br
André Carraco
is professor and director of the Laboratoryof Molecular Embryology, University of Buenos Aires MedicalSchool, Argenna; and lead researcher of the Naonal Council of Scienc and Technical Research (CONICET), Argenna. Mobile(when call is placed from Europe) +54 9 11 6826 2788. +54 115950 9500 ext 2216. Email: acarrasco@fmed.uba.ar
John Fagan
founded one of the rst GMO tesng andcercaon companies. He co-founded Earth OpenSource, which uses open source collaboraon to advanceenvironmentally sustainable food producon. Earlier, heconducted cancer research at the US Naonal Instutes of Health. He holds a PhD in biochemistry and molecular and cellbiology from Cornell University. Mobile +1 312 351 2001.+44 20 3286 7156. Email: jfagan@earthopensource.org
Mohamed E El-Din Motafa Habib
is professor and formerdirector, Instute of Biology, UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil, andprovost for extension and community aairs, UNICAMP. He isan internaonally recognized expert on ecology, entomology,agricultural pests, environmental educaon, sustainability,biological control, and agroecology. +55 19 3521 4712.Email: habib@unicamp.br
Palo Yohio Kageyama
is director, Naonal Programme forBiodiversity Conservaon, ministry of the environment, Brazil;a Fellow of the Naonal Council of Scienc and TechnologicalDevelopment (CNPq) of the ministry of science and technology,Brazil; and professor, department of forest sciences, Universityof São Paulo, Brazil. +55 19 2105 8642.Email: kageyama@esalq.usp.br
Carlo Leifert
is professor of ecological agriculture at the Schoolof Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AFRD), NewcastleUniversity, UK; and director of the Stockbridge TechnologyCentre Ltd (STC), UK, a non-prot company providing R&Dsupport for the UK horcultural industry. +44 1661 830222.Email: c.leifert@ncl.ac.uk
Rben Onofre Nodari
is professor, Federal University of SantaCatarina, Brazil; former manager of plant genec resources,ministry of environment, Brazil; and a Fellow of the NaonalCouncil of Scienc and Technological Development (CNPq) of the ministry of science and technology, Brazil. +55 48 3721 5332.Skype: rnodari. Email: nodari@cca.ufsc.br
Walter A. Penge
is professor of agriculture and ecology,University of Buenos Aires, Argenna; and sciencmember, IPSRM Internaonal Panel for Sustainable ResourceManagement, UNEP, United Naons. Mobile +54 911 3688 2549.+54 11 4469 7500 ext 7235. Skype: wapengue.Email: walter.pengue@speedy.com.arNote: The views expressed in the report, GM Soy: Sustainable?Responsible? are those of the individuals who co-authoredthe report. There is no implicaon or claim that they reector represent the views of the instuons with which theseindividuals are or have been aliated.The publishers of this report were inspired by the sciensts’work on this issue to support its release to the public. The fullreport and summary of key ndings can be downloaded fromthe publishers’ websites:GLS Gemeinschasbank eG www.gls.deARGE Gentechnik-frei www.gentechnikfrei.atThe copyright owners hereby grant permission to individualsand organizaons to place the full report and summary of keyndings in unchanged form on their websites and to distributeit freely through other channels, conngent on disclosure of authorship and publishers.
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TABLE OF CONTENTs
Table of content ..........................................................................................................................................................3Eece mmary ......................................................................................................................................................4Introdcon .................................................................................................................................................................5
About GM RR soy ........................................................................................................................................................5
Toic eect of glyphoate and Rondp ......................................................................................................................6
The North American experience .................................................................................................................................6Study conrms glyphosate’s link with birth defects ....................................................................................................7Proposed ban on glyphosate and court ruling ............................................................................................................8Chaco government report ...........................................................................................................................................8Community prevented from hearing glyphosate researcher ......................................................................................8Other reports of damage to health from spraying of glyphosate ...............................................................................9Court bans on glyphosate spraying around the world ...........................................................................................9Epidemiological studies on glyphosate .......................................................................................................................9Indirect toxic eects of glyphosate .............................................................................................................................9Residues of glyphosate and adjuvants in soy ............................................................................................................10
Haard of genecally modied crop and food ........................................................................................................10
De-regulaon of GM foods........................................................................................................................................10European safety assessment of GM foods ................................................................................................................10The genec engineering process ...............................................................................................................................11Unintended changes in GM crops and foods ............................................................................................................11GM foods and crops: The research climate ...............................................................................................................11Approval of GM RR soy .............................................................................................................................................11Unintended changes in GM RR soy ...........................................................................................................................12Health hazards and toxic eects of GM RR soy .........................................................................................................12Flawed feeding trial nds no dierence between GM and non-GM soy ..................................................................12Eects of GM animal feed .........................................................................................................................................13Health eects on humans .........................................................................................................................................13Nutrient value and allergenic potenal.....................................................................................................................13
Agronomic and enironmental impact of GM RR oy .................................................................................................13
Yield ...........................................................................................................................................................................13Glyphosate-resistant weeds ......................................................................................................................................14Pescide/herbicide use .............................................................................................................................................15GM RR soy in Argenna: Ecological and agronomic problems ..................................................................................17Impact of broad-spectrum herbicides on biodiversity ..............................................................................................17Soil depleon in South America ................................................................................................................................18Glyphosate’s impacts on soil and crops ....................................................................................................................18Research ndings on glyphosate’s eects on crops not publicized ...........................................................................20No-ll farming with RR soy ........................................................................................................................................20
socioeconomic impact of GM RR oy.........................................................................................................................22
Argenna: The soy economy .....................................................................................................................................22Economic impacts of GM RR soy on US farmers .......................................................................................................22RR seed price rises in the US .....................................................................................................................................23Farmers moving away from GM RR soy ....................................................................................................................23Farmers’ access to non-GM seed restricted ..............................................................................................................23Monsanto’s domination of agriculture in Argentina .............................................................................................24GM contaminaon and market losses ......................................................................................................................24
Hman right iolated ................................................................................................................................................25
Paraguay: Violent displacement of people ................................................................................................................25
Conclion ..................................................................................................................................................................25Reference .................................................................................................................................................................26
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