This study by scientists from Alexandria University showed that the GM corn was not substantially equivalent to the non-GM parent.
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Chemical Analysis of BT corn “Mon-810: Ajeeb-YG®” and its counterpart non-Bt corn “Ajeeb”
Authors: Abdo E.M., Barbary O.M., Shaltout O.E.
Abstract
Commercialization of biotech crops has started since 1996, where the cultivated area of these cropswas increased from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to 170.3 million hectares in 2012 according to the latest statistics in 2012. Bt corn “MON810: Ajeeb YG®” is one of these crops that express endotoxin from Bacillusthuringiensis (Bt) throughout the whole plant. This study was designed to assess the safety of Bt corn bycomparing its compositional chemical analysis with its conventional counterpart “Ajeeb”. Moisture content,crude fat, total saccharides, starch & crude fiber were determined; sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorous content were measured, tannins & phytic acid were determined as anti-nutrients. Amino acids and fatty acids profiles were also evaluated. Results indicated the presence of significant differences between both of Bt corn and its counterpart.
There might be some concern, given the importance of this paper, that the GM corn and the control corn might have come from different environments, or might have been grown in different years — theby leading to false conclusions. However, one of the authors has assured us as follows: “……this is to inform you that genetically modified corn (Ajeeb YG) and control grain ( Ajeeb; the same background genetics but lacked the MON-00810-6 coding sequence) were grown at the same time (2011) and in the same county in Egypt (Hehia, Sharkia Governorate). Trials were harvested from side-by-side plots, to remove any possible effect of environment and climate or any cross-contamination.” As far as we can see, therefore, the work has been conducted to high scientific standards, and we are not surprised by the results. Once again we have a scientific demonstration that GM and control varieties are SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT.