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Unintended Effects of Genetic Manipulation

Type of Unintended Effect: Genetically Modified Plants Affecting Food and Feed

maize_002: Atlantic salmon fed Bt corn had altered enzyme activity in liver and intestine as well as altered proportions and numbers of different white blood cells.

pea_001: Peas engineered to be weevil-resistant elicited immune reactions in mice.

pea_002: Peas engineered to be weevil-resistant had lowered starch digestibility when fed to chickens and pigs.

potato_002: Inulin-storing potatoes had higher alkaloid content and pigs fed on them had reduced daily weight gain.

soybean_002: Diet containing glyphosate-resistant soybeans affected the nuclei of liver cells in mice.

soybean_006: Transgenic DNA from glyphosate-resistant soybeans was detected in the intestinal flora of humans.


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